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Ariana Grande and Dalton Gomez Have Decided to Divorce
Ariana Grande and her husband Dalton Gomez, have chosen to end their marriage after being apart for months. TMZ says that Ariana and Dalton are planning to split up. The newspaper said that the couple had been apart since January, citing people who knew about the situation. It said that the singer didn’t have her…
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‘The Walking Dead – Dead City’ Follows Daryl Dixon to Post-Apocalyptic Paris
In the new ad for The Walking Dead: Dead City, fans got to see something they had been waiting a long time to see: Daryl Dixon walking into Paris. The teaser, which played during Sunday’s episode, showed Norman Reedus’s character going on a touristy sightseeing river cruise along the Seine. But the video showed that…
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‘Love Actually’ Director Richard Curtis Produces ‘Christmas Actually’
Richard Curtis, who is famous for his British love comedies like “Love Actually,” “Four Weddings and a Funeral,” and “Notting Hill,” has announced his next project, “Christmas Actually.” A story from BBC News says that this stage show, which includes live music, performances, poetry, and comedy, will be a fundraiser for Comic Relief. Richard Curtis…
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The A-Z of AI: 30 terms you need to understand artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence is arguably the most important technological development of our time – here are some of the terms that you need to know as the world wrestles with what to do with this new technology. Imagine going back in time to the 1970s, and trying to explain to somebody what it means “to google”,…
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How 2013 film The Congress predicted Hollywood’s current AI crisis
With US actors striking in part because of the threat of AI to their livelihoods, a 10-year-old, little-seen movie starring Robin Wright now seems eerily prescient, writes Caryn James. With Hollywood all but shut down indefinitely due to strikes by the actors’ union, SAG-AFTRA, and the Writers Guild of America, some powerful players have weighed…
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RFK Jr’s conspiracy theories and Republican supporters
Getty Images By Sam Cabral BBC News, Washington Robert F Kennedy Jr is running for US president as a Democrat, but the unusual backing he is receiving from right-wingers and his history of amplifying conspiracy theories has raised suspicions about his motivations. Over the weekend, Mr Kennedy doubled down on remarks suggesting Covid-19 may have…
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Iowa judge temporarily blocks six-week abortion ban
Getty Images By Chloe Kim BBC News An Iowa judge has moved to temporarily block a new state law banning most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed a six-week abortion ban, which included some exceptions, into law on Friday. The judge granted a temporary injunction, allowing abortion up to 20…
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Heatwave: BBC correspondents on how people are coping
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Millions of people in several parts of the world have been experiencing intense heat. Such periods occur within natural weather patterns, but globally they are becoming more frequent, more intense and are lasting longer due to global…
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Poland: Plane crash at Chrcynno hangar kills five and injures seven
EPA By Emily McGarvey BBC News A small plane has crashed into a hangar at an airfield near the Polish capital Warsaw, killing five people including its pilot, officials say. Eight people were also injured in the crash, police say. Thirteen people had reportedly been sheltering from bad weather in the hangar. The fire brigade…
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Gilgo Beach murders police search Amityville storage unit
Reuters By Holly Honderich BBC News Detectives investigating a series of cold-case murders in Long Island are searching a storage unit following the arrest of a suspect last week. Rex Heuermann, 59, pleaded not guilty after being charged with the killings of Megan Waterman, Amber Costello and Melissa Barthelemy. The prosecutor in the case says…