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Ilkay Gundogan has been a constant source of creativity in a mixed season for the Spanish side. No player in Europe’s top five leagues has created more chances (100). Real Madrid Toni Kroos looks set to answer Real Madrid’s pleas to extend his career into another campaign. Kevin De Bruyne – Manchester City’s best player in the last five seasons.
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1 year ago Read more at The Football Faithful

Higher education transformed the US into the country it is today. Its premier universities are why the US is the No. 1 choice among international students. But nowhere else is tuition as expensive — or are so many in debt. The World spoke to a number of students who are carving their own pathways to pursue higher education in the US.
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DonnaJean Wilde, 58, planked for four hours, 30 minutes and 11 seconds last Thursday. This broke the former record set in 2019 by fellow Canadian Dana Glowacka. In a clip from the Guinness Book of World Records posted on YouTube, she said her love for planking started about twelve years ago after breaking her wrist.
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Moviegoers in Hiroshima had mixed reactions after Oppenheimer finally debuted in Japan on Friday. The three-hour historical drama centred on the race to build the world’s first atomic bomb, which won the best picture Oscar earlier this month. It was watched with trepidation because of the sensitivity of the subject matter.
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Brad Gushue is approaching this year’s men’s world curling championships like it could be his last. The veteran skip from St. John’s, N.L., won the world title in 2017 and lost in the final three times, including the last two years. He said: “At this point, you have to treat every one like it’s the last one” He said in recent media availability before leaving Schaffhausen, Switzerland.
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1 year ago Read more at Global News

Niger, Senegal, Ivory Coast, DRC, and Rwanda are expected to emerge as the most notable growth drivers in Africa for the year 2024. The continent is expected to grow from 2.8% in 2023 to 3.5% in 2024 and reach 4.1% in 2025.
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1 year ago Read more at Business Insider Africa

The PSA World Championships is the most prestigious tournament in squash. The tournament will bring 128 of the world’s best male and female squash players to Egypt from 9th to 17th May. Of the 64 spots in the men’s and women’s draws, 57 will be taken up by the highest ranked players.
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1 year ago Read more at SquashSite

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued new provisional measures for Israel. The international court issued the new order in response to a recent request made by South Africa. South Africa submitted a case in December accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza.
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1 year ago Read more at Modern Diplomacy

DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD takes a fierce and darkly comic swipe at modern day life. Overworked and underpaid production assistant Angela (Ilinca Manolache) is assigned to film a workplace safety video for a multinational corporation in Bucharest.
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Beyoncé revealed that she intended for “Cowboy Carter” to come before “Renaissance” but the pandemic led her to change her plans. “This album took over five years,” she said in a press release.
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