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Tyson Fury compared to Muhammad Ali after stunning win over Deontay Wilder
AOL 23 Feb 2020
Tyson Fury was put in the same breath as the great Muhammad Ali after his stunning display to stop Deontay Wilder and win the WBC world heavyweight title in Las Vegas ... British former world cruiserweight champion Glenn McCrory believes Fury is boxing his way towards being considered among the greatest of all time ... He will want none of that ... He wrote ... ....
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Bernie Sanders takes a commanding lead - is he now unstoppable?
ITV 23 Feb 2020
The race for the Democratic nomination has just passed a critical milestone. The presidential candidates have been tested in three key parts of the country. the American heartland (Iowa), the North-East (New Hampshire), and now in the racially diverse American West ... Hispanics flocked to his banner ... The battle of New Hampshire ... Credit. AP ... .......
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Hero in Hanukkah attack declining $20K reward over Zionism
The Journal 23 Feb 2020
An Orthodox Jewish man credited as a hero for attacking a knife-wielding man who stabbed five people during a Hanukkah celebration north of New York City is refusing to take a $20,000 reward from established Jewish groups because he considers them Zionists, according to a rabbi who knows him ... "That was what was on our minds." ... "We're letting it go....
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Saudi-led coalition says foiled Red Sea attack by Yemen's Houthis
Yahoo Daily News 23 Feb 2020
DUBAI (Reuters) - Naval forces from the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen on Sunday foiled an "imminent terrorist" attack by the Iran-aligned Houthi movement in the southern Red Sea, a major commercial shipping channel, the Saudi-led coalition said ... ....
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Brazilian transgender dancer shatters Carnival parade taboo
Wtop 23 Feb 2020
SAO PAULO (AP) — When dancer Camila Prins entered Sao Paulo’s Carnival parade grounds, a costume of feathers clinging to her sinuous body, she fulfilled a dream of feminine beauty nearly three decades old ... “Gorgeous women wanted to be here. I’m very excited because this shows we can be anywhere ... We don’t get it so often ... Source ....
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‘As long as the AfD is legal, racism is legal’: Far-right party condemned as Germany struggles to combat extremism
The Independent 22 Feb 2020
As Germany‘s president expressed his sympathy and shock during a candlelight vigil for nine people killed by an immigrant-hating gunman, a woman called out from the crowd, demanding action, not words ... Download the new Independent Premium app. Sharing the full story, not just the headlines Download now ... Shape Created with Sketch ... Show all 8 ... 1/8. REUTERS....
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Coronavirus: South Korea confirms huge rise in cases
BBC News 22 Feb 2020
Medical officials first announced 142 new cases on Saturday and then hours later increased the number by 87. In a statement, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said that of the 229 new cases, 95 were related to Daenam Hospital in Cheongdo ... They include 230 patients in a women's prison in Wuhan ... ....
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Erdogan announces Syria summit as Turkish soldier killed in Idlib
The National 22 Feb 2020
One Turkish soldier died on Saturday after shelling by Syrian President Bashar Al Assad's regime on the last rebel holdout of Idlib, the defence ministry said, as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he would hold a summit with the leaders of Russia, France and Germany to discuss the situation ... Read More ... Turkey's Syrian mercenaries in Libya ... Updated ... ....
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South Sudan’s rivals form unity government meant to end war
Federal News Radio 22 Feb 2020
JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan opened a new chapter in its fragile emergence from civil war Saturday as rival leaders formed a coalition government that many observers prayed would last this time around ... He called on their respective Dinka and Nuer ethnic groups to do the same ... Advertisement ... Insight by EY ... That's why we're here ... The U.N ... ___ ... ....
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US warns against cruise ship travel in Asia over coronavirus
Yahoo Daily News 22 Feb 2020
Washington (AFP) - Americans should avoid traveling by cruise liner within Asia because the vessels act as amplifiers of the novel coronavirus, a senior US official said Friday, adding that future evacuations of ship passengers were not guaranteed ... Three people repatriated from Wuhan have also tested positive ... ....
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Messi is four-some as Barcelona blow Eibar away
AOL 22 Feb 2020
Four goals from Lionel Messi sent Barcelona to the top of LaLiga as they eased to a 5-0 victory over Eibar at the Nou Camp. The reigning champions wasted little time claiming the lead as a 14th-minute Messi strike left them a goal to the good before a quickfire double from the captain widened that margin going into the break ... ....
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Greta Thunberg scathing about politicians as thousands join Hamburg climate protest
Yahoo Daily News 23 Feb 2020
"If enough people get involved in making change happen, change can happen," the 17-year-old said. (Reuters/F. Bimmer). Greta Thunberg gave a rousing speech to several thousand people as part of a climate protest in Hamburg on Friday ... Organizers estimated 60,000 people. "This is 2020, and we need to see real action now." ... ....
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Block Julian Assange extradition, Harry Dunn’s family urges Government
ITV 23 Feb 2020
The family of Harry Dunn has called for Julian Assange not to be extradited as long as the US refuses to send the suspect in the teenager’s death back to the UK ... Their spokesman Radd Seiger said the Foreign Affairs Committee had accepted their request for an inquiry into the extradition, and to the diplomatic immunity granted to Mrs Sacoolas ... Credit....
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Donald Trump Jr gets permit to hunt Alaska grizzly bear
Indian Express 22 Feb 2020
Donald Trump Jr. has been granted the right to hunt a grizzly bear in northwestern Alaska near the Bering Sea town of Nome, a state official said on Friday ... The state conducts periodic drawings for permits to hunt bears, caribou, moose and other animals in various regions ... “We get thousands of applications,” Grasser said ... Advertisement ... X ... ....
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Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary slammed for ‘abhorrent’ remarks on Muslims
AOL 22 Feb 2020
Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary is facing criticism for claiming terrorists “will generally be males of a Muslim persuasion”. The airline boss has been accused of making “racist and discriminatory” remarks ... ”Who are the bombers? They are going to be single males travelling on their own,” he said ... ....
