Offbeat
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Japanese woman is world’s oldest living person, Guinness confirms
Tokyo, 11 March 2019 (MIA/dpa) – A Japanese woman who still enjoys studying maths and playing the board game Othello…
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NASA to mark milestone with all-female spacewalk on March 29
Washington, 6 March 2019 (MIA/dpa) – NASA has scheduled the first all-female spacewalk for later this month, the US space agency said Tuesday. NASA astronauts…
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Oscars reverse decision to not broadcast all awards live after Hollywood protest
Los Angeles, 16 February 2019 (MIA) – The Oscars ceremony will be broadcast in full after a Hollywood protest because…
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Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom ‘get engaged’
Los Angeles, 15 February 2019 (MIA) – Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom appear to have got engaged on Valentine’s Day.…
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Fluffy blue monster is warning the Dutch about Brexit
Amsterdam, 14 February 2019 (MIA) – The U.K. may have been hopelessly outgunned in Brexit negotiations with the rest of the…
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Angelina Jolie calls for safe return of Rohingya refugees
Dhaka, 6 February 2019 (MIA/dpa) – Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie has called on the Myanmar authorities to improve conditions in northern Rakhine state…
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Berlin police seize ‘A. Hitler’ paintings on forgery suspicions at auction
Berlin, 26 January 2019 (MIA) – A police raid Thursday ended a Berlin auction house’s plans to open bidding on three…
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CNN’s Jim Acosta writing book on Trump White House
Washington, 25 January 2019 (MIA) – The CNN Chief White House Correspondent, who has frequently clashed with President Donald Trump and…
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Chinese vent their stress in Beijing ‘anger room’
Beijing, 17 January 2019 (MIA) – It took Smash customer Qiu Siyu just a few sharp blows with a baseball bat…
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Autotuned autocrat: Turkmen leader croons Christmas song
Ashgabat, 23 December 2018 (MIA) – Turkmenistan’s President, accused by rights groups of heading one of the world’s most repressive…
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