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Chess: Fide world event controversially goes ahead despite Covid-19 lockdown
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The International Chess Federation will go ahead with next week’s 113-player Grand Swiss and 51-player Women’s Grand Swiss in Riga despite Latvia’s sudden imposition of a Covid-19 lockdown in response to a surge in ca...
Fearful but defiant: life goes on in Taiwan despite China’s threats
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In a small urban park on Yong Kang Jie, Taipei’s famous eat street, an elderly woman leans across the frame of her friend’s parked bicycle and shouts. “Taiwan is an independent country!” It’s a quiet autumn morning. C...
Peat-based compost used by UK public bodies despite proposed ban
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Government agencies are still buying peat-based compost even though the environment secretary is planning to ban it, new data has revealed. Peatlands occupy about 12% of the UK’s land area, and are the country’s large...
Rightwing pundit Candace Owens suggests US invade Australia to ‘free an oppressed people’
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Outspoken conservative political commentator Candace Owens has suggested the US military invade Australia in order to free its people “suffering under a totalitarian regime” while drawing comparisons to Hitler, Stalin...
Helicopters airlift stranded people after flash floods in India – video
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People stranded in flood waters in northern India had to be airlifted to safety by Indian air force helicopters. At least 150 people have died in India and Nepal after heavy rains produced flash floods that wrecked cr...
Tesla reports record quarterly earnings despite global supply chain meltdown
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Tesla saw its biggest quarterly net earnings in history, the company said on Wednesday, propelled by record electric vehicle sales last summer, amid a shortage of computer chips and other materials. The company made $...
45 million people in UK received scam texts or calls in last three months
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The scourge of scam texts and calls has been laid bare by UK telecoms regulator research showing almost 45 million people received at least one in the last three months, while mobile network EE had to block 18,000 sim...
A biennial Women’s World Cup is not a good idea – Fifa must ask the right people
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In a way Fifa has been clever. The body leading the charge towards a biennial men’s and women’s World Cup has somewhat sidestepped the mistake of the most recent attempts to shake up football. The proposed European Su...