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Criminal’s Fart Gets Him Arrested & It’s As If Chulbul Pandey’s ‘Itne Ched’ Threat Has Come True




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Zoom Was India's Most Popular App Despite Security Woes Proving We Are OG 'Khatron Ke Khiladi'




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CarryMinati Closes In On YouTube Records After Savage TikTok Roast & The Numbers Just Keep Rising




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5 Bollywood Horror Movies That Are As Scary As Anything That Hollywood Has To Offer




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Johnson to lead way for young talent

Mitchell Johnson has emerged as Australia's most important player at the Gabba spearheading an inexperienced attack on the liveliest wicket in the land.




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The 1918 pandemic’s impact on music? Surprisingly little


The effects on musical culture in the United States ended up being relatively mild: merely a few weeks of delayed and cancelled concerts.




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Mom’s rule: Mother’s Day special doc airs on Comedy Central


“Call Your Mother,” a documentary about moms and their comedian children, has interviews with dozens of comedians, including Awkwafina, Jim Gaffigan, Jimmy Carr, Jo Koy, Bobby Lee, Kristen Schaal, David Spade and Roy Wood Jr.




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‘Disney Family Singalong: Volume 2’ — wanna see the playlist?


ABC struck ratings gold in April with “The Disney family Singalong.” In fact, more than 12 million viewers have seen it.




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Add some va-va-voom to your Zoom call with these tips from Hollywood sound and lighting pros


Hollywood pros share user-friendly video chatting tips to make your video conferencing look and sound its best.




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TV Academy reiterates rule change making Oscar-nominated movies ineligible for Emmys


The TV Academy made the alteration in March in an attempt to limit documentaries from catapulting from the Oscar stage to the Emmy podium.




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How an elite cross-trainer is helping ballet dancers stay fit


Joel Prouty, who works with many of New York’s most elite dancers, is in high demand, both because of and despite the coronavirus pandemic.




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Documentary shows how Netflix took on the entertainment world — and won


‘Netflix vs. the World’ is now available for streaming on Amazon Prime Video and soon will be available on a number of other digital platforms.




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To Dan Aykroyd, COVID-19 is ‘the closest thing to an alien invasion that we’ll see in our lifetime’


The disease is like “a zombie walking the Earth,” wanting to kill humans, says the Canadian actor. “I think the best thing to do is stay in and let’s keep doing what we’re doing.”




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Michelle Obama’s ‘Becoming’ documentary highlights hard-working Chicago student


The former first lady returned to her alma mater, Chicago’s Whitney M. Young Magnet High School, in November 2018 as part of her cross-country tour to promote her “Becoming” memoir, hosting an intimate discussion with 20 female students.




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Carlos Bunga’s ‘Occupy’ — art that keeps us apart while bringing us together


Bunga’s MOCA exhibit is the first piece of art in a series featuring one piece of art we can share and enjoy together each week




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Vinay Menon: How can I ever mow the lawn after Queen’s Brian May badly injured his buttocks while gardening?


The COVID-19 pandemic is a once-in-a-lifetime chance to reprioritize, writes Vinay Menon. And if one of my childhood heroes is now coping with mangled butt cheeks from a yard mishap, isn’t that a divine sign to shun the Greenworks tools in my shed until further notice?




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Little Richard, flamboyant and legendary rock ‘n’ roll pioneer, dead at 87


Born Richard Penniman, Little Richard was one of rock ‘n’ roll’s founding fathers who helped shatter the colour line on the music charts, joining Chuck Berry and Fats Domino in bringing what was once called “race music” into the mainstream.




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Two 'warrior women' from ancient Mongolia may have helped inspire the Ballad of Mulan

An ancient Mongolian cemetery held the remains of two 'warrior women.'




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Viral story of 'drunk elephants' in China is adorable ... and false. Here's what really happened.

Photos of allegedly "drunken elephants" quickly went viral on Twitter. But the elephants weren't drunk, they were just resting, officials said.




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Kentucky: Latest updates on Coronavirus

Here are the latest updates on coronavirus in Kentucky.




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Here's how the COVID-19 pandemic could play out over the next two years

A new report estimates that the COVID-19 pandemic will likely last 18 to 24 months.




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Pennsylvania: Latest updates on Coronavirus

Here's a look at the number of coronavirus cases in Pennsylvania and the latest news about the COVID-19 outbreak.




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Maryland and Washington, DC: Latest updates on coronavirus

Here is the COVID-19 situation in Maryland and Washington, DC.




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Here's how a wavy jet stream is screwing up weather all over the US this weekend

A polar vortex event will bring record lows and May snow to the east this weekend, even as the west coast bakes. Here's why.




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Is it safe to visit your mom on Mother's Day? A doctor offers this checklist.

Mothers love to be with their children on Mother's Day, but this year, things might be different. A physician walks you through some questions to consider as you decide whether such a visit is safe.




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Canada's trade deficit widens to $1.4B in March as exports and imports fall to lowest levels in years

Canada's trade deficit widened to more than $1.4 billion in March, as the COVID-19 pandemic dragged down both imports and exports to their lowest levels in years.




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Can the cruise industry stay afloat after COVID-19? Norwegian and Carnival plot uncertain course post-pandemic

The world's third-largest cruise ship operator cast doubt on its ability to stay afloat as a company for much longer, even as one of its biggest rivals said it is taking its first tentative steps toward reopening after COVID-19.




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Anxious about COVID-19 and returning to work? Here's what you need to know

With more businesses reopening, some employees are anxious about going back to work, worried their health could be at risk and wondering if they have any rights not to return. Here's what you need to know about your employment obligations if you are called back to work and any recourse you may have.




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Shopify surges past Royal Bank for title of most valuable company in Canada

Shares in Canadian e-commerce firm Shopify Inc. surged on Wednesday after the company said more and more businesses are signing up for the its online selling platform during the COVID-19 pandemic.




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Like giant ice cream trucks, supermarkets on wheels get ready to roll into the neighbourhood

Shoppers tired of waiting in line outside a supermarket, or trying to secure a slot with one of the overbooked grocery delivery apps, have new options to bring groceries home. Startups and established companies alike are eager to offer Canadians fresh alternatives during the COVID-19 lockdown and beyond.




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Greyhound Canada shuts down all routes due to COVID-19

Greyhound Canada will halt all of its bus routes in Canada starting May 13 because of the coronavirus.




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CPP-owned retailer Neiman Marcus files for bankruptcy

Neiman Marcus, the 112-year-old storied luxury department store chain, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the first department store chain to be toppled by the coronavirus pandemic.




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U.S. economy lost 20.5 million jobs in April

The U.S. economy lost a staggering 20.5 million jobs in April, the steepest plunge in payrolls since the Great Depression and the starkest sign yet of how the coronavirus pandemic is battering the world's biggest economy.




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Federal COVID-19 Indigenous business relief still leaves 'critical gaps,' says financial organization

A First Nations financial organization in the Atlantic region is voicing concern over the exclusion of band-owned, non-taxable businesses in federal financial relief programs during the COVID-19 pandemic.




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Postmedia seeks at least $20.3M in coronavirus-related emergency wage subsidies

Postmedia Network Canada Corp. expects to qualify for at least $20.3 million in COVID-related emergency wage subsidies from the federal government, the owner of Canada's largest newspaper chain said Friday.




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Head to the beaches for NYE

THE weather bureau has a message for Far Northerners wanting the best chance at avoiding any rain this New Year’s Eve.




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The next superhero films you can’t miss

SUPERHERO films are here to stay and there’s bound to be plenty more shocks and surprises with the very full slate of super-titles down for 2017.




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Big year to play host

AFTER a lull over the Christmas period, live entertainment ramps up in Cairns this month.




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Waifs celebrate 25 years with Cairns concert

LONG-RUNNING Australian outfit The Waifs are coming to Cairns as part of celebrations marking 25 years as a band.




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Eyes on world

NIGHT-LIFE in Cairns is set to reach new heights in 2017, with local nightclub Gilligan’s hoping to bring more international artists to its venue this year.




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Rare ‘Morning Glory’ cloud dazzles Virgin flyers

ONE of the world’s most spectacular clouds made a dramatic entrance for passengers on an Adelaide-bound jet.




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India develops unique model to hit enemy targets without positioning error

New Delhi (Sputnik) Apr 22, 2020
Due to the unavailability of a reliable model to predict the electron density of the ionosphere, navigation errors remain, creating technological hurdles. A new model developed by Indian researchers has potential applications in calculating these Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) positioning errors. In a major development that could have a wider impact, ranging from accurate aiming




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No last goodbye for Gulf migrant workers lost to pandemic

Dubai UAE (AFP) Apr 24, 2020
The body of the Indian migrant who died from coronavirus far from home was kept inside the ambulance in front of the crematorium in case a friend came by for a last goodbye. But nearly an hour later no one had appeared, and the workers in protective suits had to carry out their grim task. In silence, the four men carefully moved the body, wrapped in a white plastic bag, to a furnace




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Large scale survey telescope to be built in northwest China

Xining, China (XNA) Apr 24, 2020
Chinese experts will build a survey telescope with wide field and high resolution in Lenghu (Cold Lake) Town, in northwest China's Qinghai Province, sources here said. On April 16, the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) signed a cooperation agreement with the Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture in Qinghai province. They plan to build the telescope on top of Sai




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YouTube expands fact-check panels in move against misinformation

San Francisco (AFP) April 28, 2020
YouTube on Tuesday began adding fact-check panels to search results in the US for videos on hot-topic claims shown to be bogus. The Google-owned video streaming service said it is expanding to the US a fact-check information panel feature launched last year in Brazil and India. Fact-check information panels highlight credible findings by third-parties so YouTube viewers can make informed




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Search team finds bodies of all Koreans missing in Himalayan avalanche

Kathmandu (AFP) May 1, 2020
A search team on Friday recovered the last remaining two bodies missing after a Himalayan avalanche in January buried four South Korean trekkers and three locals. A wall of snow hit the trekkers at about 3,200 metres (10,500 feet) near the Annapurna base camp in Nepal on January 17, covering them under metres of snow. Avalanches and more snowfall since then made it too dangerous to lau




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Secret weapon in baby formula war

SHE’S the Chinese social media star who shot to fame after a cute pic went viral, now an Aussie company is banking on her to boost its baby formula sales.




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Domino’s hikes pizza prices on Sundays

YOUR pizza craving just got more expensive, with Domino’s tacking on a pesky Sunday surcharge to help cover workers’ penalty rates.




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Bellamy’s chief exits after $500m share wipe-out

THE chief executive of troubled baby formula maker Bellamy’s is stepping down in the wake of its disastrous share price plunge.




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Macca’s gets stingy with sneaky change

MACCA’S may have pulled in $5 billion last year, but Aussie customers won’t be rewarded for their loyalty if this sneaky move is anything to go by.