Asked by a reporter if he had a message for North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, US President Joe Biden succinctly replied “Hello. Period” on Sunday, his last day in South Korea before moving on to the Japanese leg of his Asian trip. The not-quite-message followed Biden’s acknowledgment that he would …
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Women’s tennis ace Naomi Osaka returned to giving press conferences at the French Open and admitted that her ordeals in 2021 have made her a more cautious figure this time around. Osaka famously revealed she would not be taking part in any media commitments ahead of the Roland Garros tournament …
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The standoff entered into its second day on Tuesday, with asylum seekers camping on the Belarusian side of the border overnight. According to Polish estimates, up to 4,000 people remain at the border, with the largest group amassed near the Kuznica-Bruzhi border crossing. Some 10,000 more migrants are believed to …
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On Friday, the influential Bishops’ Conference of France (CEF) recognized that the Church bore “institutional responsibility” for scores of child abuse cases within its ranks. The statement came a month after an independent inquiry led by former Council of State Vice President Jean-Marc Sauve estimated that 216,000 children were abused …
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Salah, 29, has hit a rich vein of form which had seem him score nine times in nine games in all competitions for Liverpool leading up to this weekend. The Egyptian King continued that red-hot run with a sensational solo goal in the 54th minute against Watford at Vicarage Road. …
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Once upon a time, there was an “acclaimed” writer, poet and teacher called Kate Clanchy who got herself into a bit of a pickle after using some very silly words in a book that no one had ever heard of. Across the length and breadth of the land, “controversial” Kate …
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The new film on Bourdain’s life, ‘Roadrunner’, premiered on Friday, but was quickly overshadowed by controversy after director Morgan Neville let slip that some portions of the documentary narrated in Bourdain’s voice were generated by artificial intelligence, also known as ‘deepfake’ technology. While Neville later insisted that he approached Bourdain’s …
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In recent years, the policing of language has acquired a seemingly unstoppable momentum. Almost every week, the public is informed about yet another word that must not be used. But who would have imagined that the term ‘trigger warning’ would become the target of the language police? Until now, trigger …
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Most people have come to expect Joe Biden to bumble around a bit. His first couple hundred days in office have been him bumbling through the White House, bumbling across Europe, and bumbling a good chunk of his speeches. Today was a pretty egregious example of such a bumbling speech, …
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The decision was abruptly announced just 13 days before the tournament is due to start, with Colombia having a request rejected to postpone the tournament, which was set to be joint-held with Argentina, for a second time amid protests. The authority had declared on Sunday that Argentina would not be able …
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