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Free the nipple: Meta advisory board overturns ban on bare breasts

Meta’s Oversight Board says the platform’s adult nudity rules should be overhauled to be less confusing and more inclusive.

18/01/2023

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Is Channing Tatum remaking 90s romance classic 'Ghost'?

Get your pottery wheels out of the attic. Dust off your best hunk of clay. Because the film that made pottery and ghosts sexy is coming back. And this time, Channing Tatum is involved.

18/01/2023

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Bruce Gowers, director of 'Bohemian Rhapsody' and 'American Idol' dies

The ground-breaking director had a unique view on the world which he successfully managed to transfer to television via several award winning videos.

18/01/2023

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Queen of pop Madonna is heading to Europe to 'celebrate' hits

Madonna is on the move. The Material Girl has announced a tour of North America and Europe to mark nearly 40-years of chart success around the world.

18/01/2023

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Jeremy Renner returns home after serious snow plough accident

It's widely reported the two-time Oscar nominee and Marvel Avengers star will face a lengthy rehabilitation period after being seriously hurt.

18/01/2023

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Thousands attend pay tribute to Martin Luther King

People ammassed together for the annual parade and peace walk in reverence to Martin Luther King’s legacy in Washington DC.

17/01/2023

Tech News

Microsoft to expand ChatGPT access as OpenAI investment rumours swirl

Microsoft is reportedly considering a $10 billion (€9.2 billion) investment in OpenAI.

17/01/2023

Health news

US authorities flag possible COVID jab link to stroke in older adults

The health authorities say it’s “very unlikely” the data shows a true clinical risk, and “no change in vaccination practice is recommended”.

16/01/2023

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More classified documents found at US President Joe Biden's home

Lawyers for United States President Joe Biden have found five additional pages with classified markings at his home in Wilmington, Delaware

15/01/2023

Health news

Inside the US facility that has cryofrozen 199 'patients' and 100 pets

This American cryonics facility has preserved "patients" in liquid nitrogen-filled tanks until a future date when technology allows them to be thawed.

15/01/2023

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Watch : Martin Luther King Jr. memorial unveiled in Boston

Descendants of Martin Luther King Jr. gathered at the US' oldest public park to dedicate a massive monument to civil rights icon.

14/01/2023

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Robbie Knievel dies at 60

Evel Knievel's son has died after battling pancreatic cancer.

14/01/2023

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Trump Organization fined around €1.5 million for tax fraud

Former US President Donald Trump’s company was fined around €1.5 million on Friday for a scheme in which the former president’s top executives dodged personal income taxes on lavish job perks.

14/01/2023

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Tornadoes hammer southern US causing several deaths

A vast storm system that spawned at least one tornado has swept across the southern US killing at least seven people.

13/01/2023

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ExxonMobil predicted climate change during the 1970s

The oil giant ExxonMobil predicted global warming with great precision during the 1970s, according to a new report based on internal documents published in the journal Science.

13/01/2023

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Elon Musk breaks record for largest loss of personal fortune

Elon Musk has set a Guinness World Record for the "largest loss of personal fortune in history” following his takeover of Twitter.

13/01/2023

Culture news

Designer Thom Browne defeats Adidas over stripe trademark

The New York designer was victorious in the latest humiliating defeat for Adidas over its design.

13/01/2023

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Watch: Ohio electric aircraft allows farmers to fly over their land

Ohia electric aircraft allows farmers to fly over their land. Created by Ryse Aero Technologies, the Ryse Recon is fitted with six independent motors and six removable batteries.

13/01/2023

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US received 510 reports of unidentified objects last year

Last year the US Defence Department opened its All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office to analyse all reports of unidentified objects.

13/01/2023

USA

At least six dead after tornado rips through Alabama

The storm damaged homes and left tens of thousands without power in parts of the US South.

13/01/2023

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Biden 'cooperating fully' with probe into discovery of secret files

Republicans, who now control Congress, have vowed to investigate the matter thoroughly.

13/01/2023

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Watch: California orders 34,000 people to leave as storms cause floods

Tens of thousands of people are being urged to leave their California homes as rainstorms cause flooding.

13/01/2023

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Lisa Marie Presley, singer and only child of Elvis, dies aged 54

Lisa Marie Presley was rushed to a LA hospital after complaining of chest pains.

13/01/2023

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Biden faces further backlash as more classified documents are found

Earlier this week, Biden's lawyers said an initial set of papers had been found at his former office space in Washington.

12/01/2023

Culture news

German 'supermodel' Tatjana Patitz dies of breast cancer aged 56

Patitz graced magazine covers in the 1980's and 90's and was part of an elite handful of “original” supermodels along with Christy Turlington, Linda Evangelista, Naomi Campbell and Cindy Crawford.

12/01/2023

Travel News

Airport security: The weirdest items seized by the TSA last year

Every year US authorities release a list of the weird and wacky things seized at airports.

11/01/2023