41 m. ago 'I visited McDonald's in the Philippines and one item is a game

A fast food lover has shared her thoughts on a visit to McDonald's in the Philippines. She tried various items, and said one was a real game-changer

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50 m. ago The sea of blood: Water turns red as Faroe Islands carry out annual dolphin slaughter while children watch

GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING: The 'grindadrap', or 'grind' for short, is a 1,000-year-old Faroese tradition which sees hunters encircle pilot whales and dolphins before slaughtering them.

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62 m. ago Parents urged to check school meal support ahead of summer holidays

Households with two children could be entitled to between £150 and £288 over the school holidays this summer.

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94 m. ago The grand tour: one playwright’s quest to set foot in every African country before turning 60

Worried that he didn’t understand the continent of his heritage, Femi Elufowoju Jr challenged himself to visit all 54 of its nations. His trip took him from bustling Ghana to the tranquility of Tanzania – and sparked the idea for a playAt 53, I made myself a promise. Having built a reputation as the go-to authority on African culture in UK theatre, I realised with uncomfortable clarity that my knowledge barely scratched the surface of the continent’s vast complexity. What followed was an extraordinary seven-year quest to visit all 54 African nations before my 60th birthday – a journey that would ultimately transform into my ambitious new theatrical project, 54.60 Africa.The catalyst came during a 2015 world tour with theatre company Complicité that took me to Cape Town. Standing in the shadow of Table Mountain, I confronted a paradox that had long troubled me: despite my Nigerian ancestry and theatrical expertise, my understanding of Africa remained frustratingly...

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2 h. ago Sale Sharks and England star Ben Curry reflects on 'nuts' journey ahead of second Argentina tour

Aged just 18, Ben and twin brother Tom Curry were bold selections from Eddie Jones eight years ago when England travelled to Argentina deprived of a host of players on Lions duty.

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2 h. ago Heartbreak as youngest named victims of Air India crash so far are revealed to be in British family

Harrods brand ambassador Mariam Ali Syed, 35, her husband Javed - a hotel - and their children, Zayn, five, and Amani, four, died on the flight.

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2 h. ago Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's 'biggest hint' at royal return leaves critics 'bewildered'

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have reportedly submitted passport applications for their two children, in which they have kept their HRH titles as well as the surname Sussex

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2 h. ago Families, pensioners and disabled people due up to £305 in one

More than half a million children and families in Scotland received cash help for heating bills last year.

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2 h. ago Wrexham star's dad landed in hot water with Cristiano Ronaldo after 'uncool' request

Ollie Rathbone's father Mick was a physio at Everton for eight years, where his son would regularly visit and meet the club's star players

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2 h. ago South African president to visit flood sites with death toll at 78 and expected to climb

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to visit the sites of devastating floods that have left at least 78 people dead in the southeast of the country

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3 h. ago Air India Plane Crash in Ahmedabad LIVE Updates: PM Modi meets former Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani’s wife, family at airport after Boeing 787

Air India Plane Crash in Ahmedabad LIVE Updates: PM Modi meets former Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani’s wife, family at airport after Boeing 787-8 crash site visit  The Indian Express

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3 h. ago Man who's banned from every park in Swansea caught on park bench near children playing

Sex offender Tyrone Harding has a life-long ban from entering any park or recreational area in Swansea

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4 h. ago Cruel Scot left starved dogs scavenging for food in cage covered with faeces

“Whyte would not engage with us at that later visit. There was no excuse for the dogs suffering as our assistance was available."

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4 h. ago Air India Plane Crash in Ahmedabad LIVE Updates: PM Modi consoles former Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani’s wife, family at airport after Boeing 787

Air India Plane Crash in Ahmedabad LIVE Updates: PM Modi consoles former Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani’s wife, family at airport after Boeing 787-8 crash site visit  The Indian Express

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5 h. ago Air India Plane Crash in Ahmedabad LIVE Updates: After Boeing 787

Air India Plane Crash in Ahmedabad LIVE Updates: After Boeing 787-8 crash site visit, PM Modi holds meeting with ministers, officials to review situation  The Indian Express

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5 h. ago How Prince William has upheld his promise to survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire after the shock of being heckled on his first visit with his grandmother

The late Queen and Prince William visited the site to speak with survivors, relatives of those who died, as well as volunteers and emergency services workers on June 16, 2017.

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5 h. ago New Zealand PM to meet Xi Jinping as former leaders warn against becoming an ‘adversary’ of China

Christopher Luxon’s visit to Beijing comes as former NZ PMs warn the country must not become part of defence arrangements ‘explicitly aimed at China’New Zealand’s prime minister will meet Xi Jinping on a formal visit to China next week, his office has confirmed, a week after an open letter signed by some of his predecessors warned against positioning New Zealand as an “adversary” of its biggest trading partner.Christopher Luxon is scheduled to travel to Shanghai and Beijing, before going to Europe. His office said he will meet Xi and China’s premier, Li Qiang, for a visit focused on trade, but which would also discuss “the comprehensive bilateral relationship and key regional and global issues”. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Air India Ahmedabad Plane Crash Live Updates: After crash site visit, PM Narendra Modi reaches Ahmedabad Civil Hospital to meet injured; death toll rises to 265

Air India Ahmedabad Plane Crash Live Updates: After crash site visit, PM Narendra Modi reaches Ahmedabad Civil Hospital to meet injured; death toll rises to 265  Times of India

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7 h. ago ‘I’m not The Rock, right?’ Julianne Moore on action movies, appropriate parenting and twinning with Tilda Swinton

Ahead of her new film – in which she fights, dives and wrangles horses – the Oscar-winning actor discusses sunburn, age-gaps and hanging from helicoptersJulianne Moore has played some right mothers in her time. There was Amber Waves in Boogie Nights, whose pornography career and cocaine addiction costs her access to her child. Or Maude, the outre artist – “My work has been commended as being strongly vaginal” – whose determination to conceive drives much of in The Big Lebowski. Moore was the infernal, domineering mother – the Piper Laurie role – in the 2013 remake of Carrie, and a lesbian cheating on her partner with the sperm donor who fathered their children in The Kids Are All Right. In May December, the most recent of the five pictures she has made with her artistic soulmate, the director Todd Haynes, she became pregnant by a 13-year-old boy, then married and raised a family with him after her release from prison. Shocking, perhaps, but then she had already played a socialite wi...

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7 h. ago South African woman’s murder prompts anger at country’s high level of femicide

Olorato Mongale, allegedly killed by man she went on date with, is latest victim of violence against womenA wave of anger and frustration has gripped South Africa after the murder of 30-year-old Olorato Mongale, allegedly by a man she went on a date with. It is the latest in a series of high-profile cases of violence against women and children in the country.Friends of Mongale, a former journalist who had been studying for a master’s degree in ICT policy, raised the alarm when she stopped checking in with them while on a date in Johannesburg on 25 May. Her body was found that day. Continue reading...

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