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The Salah effect Mecca

The Salah effect

More and more footballers, many from Africa, are openly displaying their religious beliefs on the field. An increasingly secular Europe is baffled, but not untouched. Sadio Mané at Liverpool vs. Chelsea, UEFA Super Cup. Image via Wikimedia Commons. For many p…
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January 31, 2020
Scottish independence: Nicola Sturgeon to give indyref2 update on Brexit Day Catalonia

Scottish independence: Nicola Sturgeon to give indyref2 update on Brexit Day

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionNicola Sturgeon: Independence referendum must be 'legal and legitimate'Scotland's first minister has warned there are "no shortcuts" to indyref2 as she urged her party to patiently build the case for independence.In a speech in Edinburgh, Ms Sturgeon stressed that she still wants…
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January 31, 2020
PETA Calls for Punxsutawney Phil to Be Replaced By Robot Groundhog for Groundhog Day Duties Moravec‘s Paradox

PETA Calls for Punxsutawney Phil to Be Replaced By Robot Groundhog for Groundhog Day Duties

Famous weather prognosticator Punxsutawney Phil, the beloved woodchuck who emerges every Groundhog Day to foretell how much more winter to expect, should be retired and replaced by a robot. That’s the plea from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), the world’s largest animal rights organization, which is trying to…
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January 30, 2020
Colombia rejects Venezuelan proposal to resume diplomatic relations Maduro

Colombia rejects Venezuelan proposal to resume diplomatic relations

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia rejected Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's proposal that the two countries resume diplomatic relations on Thursday, amid a dispute over a fugitive former Colombian congresswoman who was captured in Venezuela.Maduro abruptly cut diplomatic relations with neighboring Colombia last February after Colombian President Ivan Duque helped Venezuelan opposition…
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January 30, 2020