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  • Tennis player Grigor Dimitrov: ‘Pre-Wimbledon, I train six hours a day. Alcohol? I’ve never tried it’

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    The tennis player on feeling lonely at the top, shaking off ‘Baby Fed’ and eating burgers Sleep I’m a very good sleeper, especially during a tournament; I usually get eight hours a night, even before a big match. I can fall sleep anywhere; all I need is the curtains closed and the pillow I’ve been […]

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  • Will Gompertz reviews the documentary about singer Whitney Houston

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    On 27 January 1991, Whitney Houston stood on a small stage in Tampa, Florida, waiting for her cue. It was early evening. The pop superstar was wearing a baggy white tracksuit with a red stripe, a pair of Nike sneakers and a white headband. The outfit was the epitome of 1980s exercise-video chic. In front […]

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  • North Korea nuclear deal: US attitude ‘regrettable’, says Pyongyang

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    North Korea — North Korea accused the Trump administration on Saturday of pushing a “unilateral and gangster-like demand for denuclearization” and called it “deeply regrettable,” hours after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said his two days of talks in the North Korean capital were “productive.” Despite North Korea’s criticism, its Foreign Ministry said the North’s […]

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  • FedEx Institute Partners With Pharmacy to Use Blockchain for Cancer Medicine Distribution

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    The FedEx Institute of Technology has announced its partnership with pharmacy services company Good Shepherd Pharmacy to develop new blockchain-based infrastructure to help cancer patients get medications, news outlet Commercial Appeal reported July 6. The FedEx Institute of Technology is an organization that serves as a promoter of interdisciplinary research in emerging technologies that operates in tandem with the research […]

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  • Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin Blasts Centralized Crypto Exchanges: ‘I Hope They Burn in Hell’

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    Co-founder of Ethereum (ETH) Vitalik Buterin criticized centralized exchanges, saying that he hopes they will “burn in hell,” in an interview with a TechCrunch journalist Jon Evans, July 6. Buterin has reiterated his positive stance on decentralization, claiming that by developing “better” decentralized platforms, the  crypto community should be able to take away the “stupid King making power” […]

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  • The 1 Thing Nobody Understands About Content Creation

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    You’re asking the wrong question. Content creation isn’t about coming up with one brilliant idea. This is what very few people understand about winning the content creation game. You’re a designer. You’re a photographer. You’re a writer. You’re a columnist. You’re a creative agency. You’re creating content for your clients. Guess what — you’re all doing it wrong. […]

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  • Shape Your Brows With Benefit and You Could Get a Free Wedding Dress

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    Brides have a to-do list with a length only rivaled by the train on a royal wedding dress. This Summer, Benefit Cosmetics can help you check two things off your list in time for your big day. Not only are the brow experts prepared to give you perfect, face-framing eyebrows, but if you’re lucky you could also […]

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  • SS Mendi: Dancing the Death Drill review – tragic history stunningly sung

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    By Leslie Dawn Zamile Gantana takes a crate, sits in the middle of the stage, and gives a straightforward but lyrical explanation of what happened to the SS Mendi. In 1917, a total of 823 South African men boarded the ship to aid the British war effort; a month later, more than 600 of them drowned […]

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  • Business meets leisure: 6 days in Beijing

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    Later this year, Beijing will host the world’s leading China-Europe business event, the International Capital Conference. This is one of many indicators of the spectacular city’s growing popularity as a meetings, incentives, conferences, exhibitions (MICE) destination. It has already attracted global and regional events — linking stakeholders from all over the world at APEC, The […]

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  • Anthony Bourdain leaves most of $1.2M estate to his daughter in will

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    Celebrity chef and TV host Anthony Bourdain, who died by suicide in June, left the bulk of his estate to his 11-year-old daughter, Ariane Busia-Bourdain. His will, obtained by USA TODAY Friday from Manhattan’s Surrogate Court, was filed by estranged wife Ottavia Busia-Bourdain Thursday. The document shows that Bourdain’s $1.2 million in assets was made up of $425,000 in savings […]

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