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Burnley have fared well on their past two visits to Anfield – ending Liverpool’s club record run of 68 home games unbeaten last season and emerging as the only visitors to avoid defeat during the host’s title-winning campaign the season before. Both matches, however, were played behind closed doors and the first full capacity Anfield […]
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In Pasi Sahlberg’s Sydney home, not all the schoolwork is being done. The deputy director of UNSW’s Gonski Institute for Education is in lockdown with two primary school aged children, and as the weeks of home learning drag on, classwork tasks are not always completed. “The kids just can’t do this every day,” he says. […]
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U.S. stocks opened lower on Thursday on concerns the Federal Reserve could begin to rein in its massive monetary stimulus, while commodity-linked stocks sank as oil and metal prices tumbled to multi-month lows. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI) fell 86.02 points, or 0.25%, at the open to 34,874.67. The S&P 500 (.SPX) opened lower […]
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Facebook announced plans to delay employees’ return to the office until 2022 earlier in August, but CNBC writes that some Facebook contractors employed by Accenture have been working in person since a week before. This might not be a surprise as The Verge previously reported that some of Accenture’s contractors in Texas were instructed to […]
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“’Till death do us part,” obviously doesn’t translate into ancient Mandarin, if this archaeological discovery in China is any indication. The skeletal remains of a couple locked in a tender embrace bears witness to the fact that in the Northern Wei Period of 4th century China, the expectation of love was that it went, quite […]
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Can Patrick Vieira exact revenge for Arsenal? Crystal Palace’s manager will certainly hope he can after a debut in the dugout to forget against Chelsea. This is surely an early marker for Vieira to be judged by and Palace’s vociferous support, back in full voice at Selhurst Park, will surely want to see something to […]
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Snack is a 10-year-old long-haired chihuahua. She enjoys sleeping on a comfy pillow, sneaking into the kitchen for stray bits of food and long walks – but only if she’s in the right mood. Snack is what adoption centres call a “senior rescue”. Her owner moved away, leaving her with an older relative who wasn’t […]
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Global shares fell for the fifth straight day and the dollar remained firm in a flight to safety on Friday as rising coronavirus cases compounded concerns over Chinese growth and the outlook for U.S. stimulus. The swirling macro currents have weighed on sentiment all week, setting a cautious tone ahead of a meeting of U.S. […]
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Microsoft is redesigning its Paint app in Windows 11. The app will be updated with a new command bar that borrows most of the same options and tools as what exists in the ribbon interface for Paint on Windows 10. It’s the first major update to Paint in years, and it even includes a dark […]
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A woman has gone viral on social media after sharing a major family secret she uncovered later on in life and it’s left many people desperate to know more about her story Each week a new trend takes over on social media, asking people to share amusing stories or do silly stunts. The latest in […]
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