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1. ~Lori Lightfoot ~ Last month, Lori Lightfoot was elected Mayor of Chicago. She will be the first African-American ...
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1. ~Royal gynaecologist ~ As per tradition, a royal child is delivered with the assistance of at least one royal ...
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1. ~Passport issue ~ In the UK, new passports without the words “European Union” on the front cover have been ...
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1. ~Far-right parties alliance ~ Far-right, populist and Eurosceptic parties from countries across Europe have formed a new alliance ahead ...
1. Jason Clarke is one of those actors whose face you know but you can’t quite place the name. When ...
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1. ~Warner Bros. versus Trump ~ Warner Bros has taken legal action against Donald Trump after he used music from ...
1. China’s first emperor ordered his subjects to search for the elixir of life in a quest for immortality. In ...
1. ~New York City’s Measles Outbreak ~ New York has been fighting against a measles outbreak for months, so ...