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Mexico fans celebrated a World Cup goal so wildly they triggered spikes on local seismographs
Mexico's packed World Cup crowd at Estadio Azteca reportedly caused an artificial seismic signal when Julian Quiñones scored against Ecuador.
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Paranoid Putin boosts his personal protection squad to 800 officers amid assassination fears
More than two dozen additional officers will be added to the central apparatus of Russia’s Federal Protective Service (FSO), increasing its strength from 785 to 812.
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Long Wave By Daisy Johnson review – a sublime novel of motherhood and loss
Covering three generations, this tangled story of secrets, childhood, abandonment and care might be her best work yetIn 2018 Daisy Johnson was the youngest writer ever to be shortlisted for the Booker prize, for her debut novel Everything Under, a gender-fluid reimagining of the Oedipus myth involving canal boat communities and their complex family dynamics, plus…
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Transfer roundup: Everton clinch Hackney signing, Spurs announce Fernandes
‘It was always going to be Everton,’ says HackneySpurs seal £85m deal for Fernandes from West HamEverton have completed the signing of Hayden Hackney from Middlesbrough in a deal that could rise to £25m, while Tottenham have confirmed the signing of Mateus Fernandes from West Ham for £85m.The midfielder Hackney, named player of the year…
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New Fallout 4 quest mod starring an iconic Elder Scrolls voice actor has you solve an eccentric gang war over a long-dead starlet’s vault of mysterious goodies
Since 2023, a group of well-known Fallout 4 modders have been getting together on an annual basis to team up with Elder Scolls and Fallout voice actor Wes Johnson on a chunky quest mod put together in a matter of days with the goal of rasing money for charity. Last year, their 40 hour-long charity…
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Muse’s Matt Bellamy looks back on ’00s guitar rock scene and recent rendez vous with Jack White and Albert Hammond Jr: “Fuck! We’re still here!”
He told NME about how “the guitarists from the 2000s” had survived, after Muse “didn’t fit in” during that decade The post Muse’s Matt Bellamy looks back on ’00s guitar rock scene and recent rendez vous with Jack White and Albert Hammond Jr: “Fuck! We’re still here!” appeared first on NME.
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Gurriers fight for the third world in furious new single ‘Party Lines’
The Dublin band’s second album ‘Nobody’s Coming To Save You’ is out in September The post Gurriers fight for the third world in furious new single ‘Party Lines’ appeared first on NME.
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Injured cyclist sues London council after breaking both elbows and jaw when hitting bike lane barrier – and says he ‘could have been killed’
Greg Simmons, 36, was overtaking a bus in a cycle lane in Edmonton, north London, in February last year when he hit a plastic lane divider and was catapulted from his bike.
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OpenAI reportedly wants all AI companies to give the US government a stake in their businesses
According to the Financial Times, Sam Altman is floating the idea of having leading AI companies give US sovereign funds a five percent equity.
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Alabama Shakes review – US rockers’ first UK gig in a decade is suffused with hope for the future
Millennium Square, LeedsAs they tee up a long-awaited third album, the deep south band are variously slick and raw as they ruminate on overcoming tough times‘Long time, no see,” declares Brittany Howard, stepping on stage to a rapturous welcome, as Alabama Shakes return from a hiatus. It’s been 10 years since the multiple Grammy-winning blues-soul-rock…