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£9.9m chimp parliament painting smashes Banksy record
AFP, Published on 04/10/2019
» LONDON: A Banksy painting depicting the British parliament populated by chimpanzees smashed the record for the mysterious British street artist on Thursday, fetching nearly £9.9 million, Sotheby's auction house said.
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Ukraine leader seeks to allay fears over separatist regions
AFP, Published on 04/10/2019
» KIEV - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday called on the nation not "to give in to provocations" after protests broke out against giving war-ravaged separatist-held territories in the east broad autonomy.
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EU 'unconvinced' by UK Brexit proposals
AFP, Published on 04/10/2019
» BRUSSELS - The EU is "unconvinced" by Britain's new Brexit proposals but has not immediately dismissed them, with officials and diplomats saying Thursday there were positive points alongside the many problematic ones.
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Rodgers eyes Liverpool revenge, Spurs seek salvation
AFP, Published on 04/10/2019
» LONDON: Liverpool's perfect start to the Premier League season is under threat from an in-form Leicester led by a manager with a point to prove at Anfield in Brendan Rodgers.
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Years of tears over as Johnson-Thompson strikes heptathlon gold
AFP, Published on 04/10/2019
» DOHA - Katarina Johnson-Thompson drew an emphatic line under years of tears when she struck heptathlon gold at the World Championships here Thursday.
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Mexican music prize snubs Placido Domingo amid scandal
AFP, Published on 04/10/2019
» MEXICO CITY: The organisers of Mexico's Batuta prize in classical music said Thursday they would no longer award it to Placido Domingo, the legendary opera singer facing a flood of sexual harassment accusations.
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Paralysed man walks again with brain-controlled exoskeleton
AFP, Published on 04/10/2019
» PARIS - A French man paralysed in a night club accident can walk again thanks to a brain-controlled exoskeleton in what scientists said Wednesday was a breakthrough providing hope to tetraplegics seeking to regain movement.
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World wildlife trade affects one in five species, says report
AFP, Published on 04/10/2019
» WASHINGTON - More than 5,500 species of birds, mammals, amphibians and reptiles are bought and sold on the worldwide animal market, a volume that is around 50 percent higher than earlier estimates, a study published in Science said Thursday.
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Art to the rescue: Old US police, fire boxes get breath of life
AFP, Published on 04/10/2019
» WASHINGTON - Decades after they helped save lives in the US capital, police and fire department call boxes still stand on city corners, relics of a time when firefighters used horse-drawn wagons and cops walked the beat.
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From Hitler to Michael Jackson, unlikely names for Nobel Peace Prize
AFP, Published on 04/10/2019
» OSLO - Eighty years ago on the brink of the bloodiest conflict in history, Adolf Hitler was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, illustrating that literally anyone can be nominated.
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