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Calvert-Lewin's header gives Everton 2-0 lead
Dominic Calvert-Lewin gets on the scoresheet to give the Toffees a stunning 2-0 lead over Liverpool in the second half at Goodison Park.
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'Dine and dash' couple busted for hitting 5 restaurants for over $1,200 in free meals
The fraudsters snatched the free meals on multiple occasions because local law enforcement didn’t view the calls as an emergency, according to one restauranteur.
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20 new modern family rules for cutting costs at home
The cost of living means family house rules now include always turning off lights (63 percent), putting plastic, cardboard and glass in the...
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Keita Nakajima says Japanese success driven by desire to emulate Hideki Matsuyama - Articles
Keita Nakajima believes the recent success of Japanese golfers on the world stage is down to their determination to bridge the gap to “superstar” Hideki Matsuyama.
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Israel-Gaza – live: ‘Extreme force’ unleashed by Israeli forces as calls grow for mass graves investigation
UN says it is reviewing claims of more than 300 bodies discovered at two burial sites
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Spanish prime minister on brink of resigning over wife’s corruption scandal
PM denies allegations against his wife but says they will cooperate with investigation and defend her innocence
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Climate change is bringing malaria to new areas. In Africa, it never left
When cases of locally transmitted malaria were found in the United States last year, it was a reminder that climate change is reviving or migrating the threat of some diseases
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China should have confidence to talk to us, Taiwan's president-elect says
President-elect Lai Ching-te says he is 'very much looking forward to China having the confidence to engage with the elected and legitimate government that the Taiwan people have entrusted. That is the right way for cross-strait exchange.'
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Malaria is still killing people in Kenya, but a vaccine and local drug production may help
Malaria is still a significant public health challenge in Kenya, but an important pilot of the world’s first malaria vaccine may help
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UK has worst rate of child alcohol consumption in world, report finds
Study by World Health Organization shows more than half of children in Britain had drunk alcohol by age 13The UK has the worst rate of child alcohol abuse worldwide, and more than half of British children have drunk alcohol by the age of 13, according to a report.The study, one of the largest of its kind by the World Health Organization (WHO), looked at 2021-22 data on 280,000 children aged 11, 13 and 15 from 44 countries who were asked about alcohol, cigarettes and vape usage. Continue reading
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‘Everyone was in the streets. I just felt happiness’: Portugal recalls the Carnation Revolution
As the country marks 50 years since the end of fascism, people celebrate the coup’s legacy but say the fight must continue At 4am on 25 April 1974, Filipe Villard Cortez got the signal. He barricaded the door of the Monte Real air base commander’s room and cut his phone line. A few hours earlier, Portugal’s Carnation Revolution had begun.Cortez was 21 at the time, a commissioned air force officer who wanted the democratisation of Portugal and the end of its colonial rule. In the weeks before the...
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World’s billionaires should pay minimum 2% wealth tax, say G20 ministers
Brazil, Germany, Spain and South Africa sign motion for fairer tax system to deliver £250bn a year extra to fight poverty and climate crisis‘Why we need a global tax on billionaires’The world’s 3,000 billionaires should pay a minimum 2% tax on their fast-growing wealth to raise £250bn a year for the global fight against poverty, inequality and global heating, ministers from four leading economies have suggested.In a sign of growing international support for a levy on the super-rich, Brazil,...