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Sun’s Mum Flares: Ming Yang Reveals How Chinese Swim Bosses Sought To Hide 2014 Doping Positive Doping Test

Sun’s Mum Flares: Ming Yang Reveals How Chinese Swim Bosses Sought To Hide 2014 Doping Positive

The eight-year ban handed down to three-time Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) for tampering with a test sample in 2018 has prompted the swimmer’s mother to launch an unprecedented attack on Chinese swimming authorities. In a social network post subsequently deleted but not before…
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March 1, 2020
Book Review: Cypriot Nationalisms in Context: History, Identity and Politics edited by Thekla Kyritsi and Nikos Christofis Hrant Dink

Book Review: Cypriot Nationalisms in Context: History, Identity and Politics edited by Thekla Kyritsi and Nikos Christofis

Please read our comments policy before commenting. Note: This article is provided by our sister site, LSE Review of Books. It gives the views of the author, not the position of EUROPP – European Politics and Policy or the London School of Economics. Featured image Credit: Alexander Gerst CC BY SA 2.0.…
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March 1, 2020
If We Saw Betelgeuse Explode It Would Be The Biggest Celestial Sight Of Our Lives. Or Would It? Solar Storm

If We Saw Betelgeuse Explode It Would Be The Biggest Celestial Sight Of Our Lives. Or Would It?

Supernovae are stupendously energetic; many can briefly outshine an entire galaxy. Artist's ... impression. ESO/M. Kornmesser Is Betelgeuse on the eve of destruction? The red supergiant star has been visibly dimming in the last few months, and is currently around a third of its normal brightness, though in recent days…
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March 1, 2020
The Year of the Elephant Mecca

The Year of the Elephant

Year of the ElephantThe Year of the Elephant (Arabic: عام الفيل‎, ˤĀmu l-Fīl) is the name in Islamic history for the year approximately equating to 570 AD. According to Islamic tradition, it was in this year that Muhammad was born. The name is derived from an event said to have…
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March 1, 2020
Using a dashcam may be illegal CCTV

Using a dashcam may be illegal

Might dashcams soon become restricted in Ireland? Are angry cyclists who post videos online of errant car behaviour flagrantly disregarding others' rights? On one reading of the current law, the answer to both questions is yes. Dashcams and bike cameras now record in 4K super-high definition. Passers-by in the published…
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March 1, 2020