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If you think the excitement of the NFL is getting bogged down by excessive penalties, you probably wouldn’t be surprised to hear you aren’t alone. [Watch NFL games on your phone for FREE with the Yahoo Sports app] However, you might be surprised to learn that a certain New England Patriots quarterback agrees with you. Tom Brady does not care […]
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Australia should be more ambitious with its diplomatic agenda, raise human rights issues with other nations more regularly and be more self-confident, three of the country's most respected former foreign ministers have said. In interviews with the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, Gareth Evans, Kevin Rudd and Julie Bishop shared their thoughts about the direction of the country's foreign […]
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A federal court judge has thrown out a bid by the prudential regulator to ban from the superannuation industry the former chief executive of IOOF Chris Kelaher and other executives of the embattled financial group. In a move that will alarm regulators, Jayne Jagot also said she did not accept that reserves set aside by super funds to deal with […]
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The conservative group Judicial Watch wants the Office of Congressional Ethics to investigate Rep. Ilhan Omar for $230,000 in payments her campaign made to contractor Tim Mynett — who is also her alleged lover. “Rep. Omar has significant ethics problems, and the House Ethics Committee must act to investigate the serious and substantial allegations against her,” Judicial Watch President Tom […]
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The face of a girl who died 40,000 years ago in Siberia has been revealed for the first time ever. A 3D-printed model and portrait of the prehistoric Denisovan has been revealed in a new study published in the journal Cell. Denisovans went extinct around 15,000 years ago and much about them has remained a mystery. But in 2010, the […]
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A Halifax man has been charged with three counts of intimidation of a justice participant stemming from incidents over the past three years. Halifax Regional Police say 45-year-old Wayne Joseph Misener first had an interaction with a uniformed peace officer back in 2016, who was in the course of performing their duties. Police say Misener posted “personal and concerning information” […]
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COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s leading presidential candidate, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, would “restore relations” with the country’s top lender China if he wins the Nov. 16 vote, his adviser said on Thursday. President Maithripala Sirisena initially suspended all Chinese investment projects after his election in January 2015, citing allegations of corruption, overpricing and flouting of government procedures. The following year, the […]
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OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau vowed to continue his re-election campaign and asked for forgiveness on Thursday after pictures of him in blackface emerged less than five weeks before the national vote. The Liberal Party leader’s campaign has been upended since Time magazine on Wednesday published an image of the prime minister, who is known to be […]
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A WOMAN scooped a $522million ( £416million) lottery prize – then waited three months to claim it. Laarni Bibal discovered she'd won the jackpot after buying a Mega Millions ticket from a supermarket in San Diego, California. But instead of rushing out to collect her cash, she placed her winning ticket in a "secret hiding place" until she was "ready", […]
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Winnipeg police say there is no longer a potential threat in the North End. Police had tweeted about a “potential threat” in the William White around 12:20 p.m. Thursday. They had warned people living in and around the William White neighbourhood not to open their doors to anyone they don’t know. Several North End schools were also under hold and […]
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