As the Paris Olympics are set to open this week, the United States goes in as the favorite to win the most medals. China is unlikely to overtake the U.S. in the overall medal haul, but has a chance to win more gold medals than the Americans. Though ...
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Booking.com users have spoken of their anger at the company's failure to stop them falling victim to cyber-criminals. For at least a year, fraudsters have been able to infiltrate its app and trick users out of hundreds of pounds....
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Toblerone is to remove the Matterhorn mountain peak from its packaging when some of the chocolate's production is moved from Switzerland to Slovakia. The pyramid-shaped bar, which mirrors the Alpine peak, will undergo a labelling revamp a...
Elon Musk has said Twitter will only allow accounts with a blue tick to vote on changes to policy after a majority of users voted for him to quit. Mr Musk launched a Twitter poll asking if he should step down as chief executive - 57.5% of...
Facebook users around the world have been waking up to find themselves locked out of their accounts for no apparent reason. The message many received reads: "Your Facebook account was disabled because it did not follow our C...
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Vegetables may be good for you, but eating a lot of them is unlikely to reduce your risk of a heart attack or stroke, a large UK study suggests. What else we eat, how much exercise we do and where and how we live may have more of...
The global response to the Covid-19 pandemic has driven the biggest annual fall in CO2 emissions since World War Two, say researchers. Their study indicates that emissions have declined by around 7% this year. ...
In Georgia, known for its epic feasts and toasts, people often experience shemomechama, an untranslatable word for when you are full but you continue eating anyway....
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US President Donald Trump has said a sobering warning by his top infectious diseases expert about lifting pandemic restrictions too soon was unacceptable. He accused Dr Anthony Fauci of wanting "to play all sides of the equation" i...
Former Children's Laureate Michael Rosen is "very poorly at the moment” and spent a night in intensive care, his family have said. The statement on Twitter said he was "now doing OK" and was "stable" and &...
Disney released a new trailer for the live-action "Mulan" film, which is set to premiere March 27, 2020. The movie, which stars Chinese-American actress Liu Yifei, is about a young woman who disguises herself as a man so that she c...
Angelina Jolie Tries Not to Cry While Dropping Son Maddox Off at College...
There's only one rule laid down to journalists at the press launch of Mary Poppins Returns. "Don't ask any of the cast to spell Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious." This point is made by the film's publicists twice over as we arri...
Snake drops from the ceiling during bank's morning meeting...