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Australia receives bushfire reprieve with floods, battens down for cyclone Bushfire

Australia receives bushfire reprieve with floods, battens down for cyclone

SYDNEY/MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Many Australians were experiencing a bittersweet break from the threat of bushfires on Thursday, with flooding rains deluging some parts of the eastern states and miners preparing for a tropical cyclone to hit the country's iron ore heartland over the weekend.The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) issued severe…
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February 6, 2020
Australian firefighters get their own Funko Pop to help animals impacted by the bushfires Bushfire

Australian firefighters get their own Funko Pop to help animals impacted by the bushfires

All proceeds go toward helping Australian animals affected by the bushfires. Image: funko By Amanda Yeo2020-02-06 01:10:56 UTC Only slightly less famous than Rule 34 is the rule that, if something exists, there is a Funko Pop of it. Funko is known to apply its vinyl touch to whatever it…
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February 6, 2020
Is North Korea Considering a New ICBM Test? U.S. Spy Planes Are Watching. Korean Peace Talks

Is North Korea Considering a New ICBM Test? U.S. Spy Planes Are Watching.

Flight-trackers spotted two U.S. military surveillance planes over the Korean Peninsula in early February 2020, fueling speculation that the Pentagon is expecting North Korea soon to test a new strategic weapon. A U.S. Navy EP-3E flew over South Korea at an altitude of 25,000 feet, South Korean news agency Yonhap…
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February 6, 2020
Liam Gallagher Stops German Concert After 4 Songs Due to Vocal Issue Liam Gallagher

Liam Gallagher Stops German Concert After 4 Songs Due to Vocal Issue

Liam Gallagher stopped a show in Hamburg, Germany after four songs due to vocal issues. According to NME, Gallagher performed Definitely Maybe opener “Rock’n’Roll Star,” along with “Halo” and “Shockwave” from 2019’s Why Me, Why Not and “Wall of Glass” from As You Were. In a tweet, Gallagher apologized to fans, saying…
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February 6, 2020
Showtimes gives series order to Viola-Davis-as-Michelle-Obama show First Ladies Michelle Obama

Showtimes gives series order to Viola-Davis-as-Michelle-Obama show First Ladies

Photo: Elisabetta A. Villa (Getty Images), Paras Griffin (Getty Images)Making the transition from getting away with murders to the perversely far harder time of getting away with being, by all accounts, a perfectly pleasant person who just happens to be married to a still-ongoing target of frothing right-wing hate, THR…
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February 6, 2020