Getty ImagesIt’s the second week of term. You’ve finally figured out how to use the washing machine, your flatmates are starting to feel like friends, and the whirlwind of freshers’ week is behind you. But just as things settle down, your throat starts to scratch, your nose runs, and suddenly…
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Helen BushbyCulture ReporterGetty ImagesThe film was a passion project for Johnson, who is better known for action films like The Fast & FuriousDwayne “The Rock” Johnson has taken a philosophical approach to his latest film underperforming at the box office.The Smashing Machine – a sports drama about MMA legend Mark Kerr – took just $5.9 million (£4.3 million) at the US box office, a career-worst debut for one of Johnson’s films; his successes include the…
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Poppy Maskill won gold, Bethany Firth silver and Georgia Sheffield bronze as Great Britain clinched the top three places in the women’s S14 100m backstroke at the World Para Swimming Championships in Singapore.Returning to global competition following the birth of her daughter, Firth led into the turn, but Maskill, who…
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All eyes are on Egypt as indirect negotiations between Hamas and Israel on the war in Gaza are set to begin on Monday, with the US and Israel pushing for the swift release of hostages.The talks come after Hamas agreed to some parts of a 20-point US peace plan, including…
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Will GrantMexico, Central America and Cuba correspondentAFP via Getty ImagesTourism is a vital component of the Cuban economyWhen US President Barack Obama stepped off Air Force One onto Cuban soil in 2016, he was one of around four million visitors to the island that year.A record high at the time,…
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Michelle RobertsDigital health editorGetty ImagesIf you feel unwell with a bad throat and a temperature you may well have caught one of the new strains of Covid circulating this autumn. XFG, called Stratus by some, and NB.1.8.1, known as Nimbus, are now the most common variants being passed around in…
