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Don’t sleep on Danny Ings in the race for the Premier League’s Golden Boot. We’d all have to call it the Gold-Ings boot, though, wouldn’t we? Saints young phenom Will Smallbone spotted Ings’ run inside the heart of Watford’s defense, cutting past a defender before drilling a low bounding shot on goal. The shot was […]
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When I was a student working at a supermarket, I set up my own blog talking about how racism affects my community. Aggrieved that I would make such bold comments, a white (male) colleague accosted me on the shop floor to ask why I would write such a thing that ‘divides people’. Four years later, […]
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Social media site Reddit on Monday shut down r/The_Donald, a forum which long served as a popular online home base for fans of President Donald Trump, saying it violated the site’s hate speech rules. Other sites also conducted high-profile sweeps: Amazon.com Inc’s (AMZN.O) live-streaming platform Twitch temporarily banned Trump’s official channel, saying it violated Twitch’s […]
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Facebook is placing new restrictions on hateful content in ads, explicitly banning ads that encourage racial divisions. Specifically, the new policy will “prohibit claims that people from a specific race, ethnicity, national origin, religious affiliation, caste, sexual orientation, gender identity or immigration status are a threat to the physical safety, health or survival of others.” […]
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A “scumbag” burglar who preyed on the elderly and vulnerable during the Covid-19 lockdown mocked a judge after he was jailed for 10 years as he sneered: “Is that it? Should have made it 15.” Michael Alcorn, 55, of Accrington, Lancashire, made the comment after he was sentenced on Tuesday at Preston Crown Court for […]
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Ross Barkley’s second-half goal sent Chelsea into the FA Cup semifinals after a 1-0 defeat of Leicester City at the King Power Stadium on Sunday. Chelsea joins Manchester United and Arsenal in the semis, with Man City and Newcastle to decide the fourth entrant later Sunday. USMNT star Christian Pulisic was fantastic in the win, […]
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For those not in the know, What I Rent is our weekly series that takes you inside people’s homes, to get a proper picture of what renting is like in the UK and beyond. We had to take a break due to coronavirus and lockdown measures, which meant we couldn’t safely send our usual photographers […]
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Activity in China’s services sector expanded at its fastest pace in 7 months in June, official data showed on Tuesday, suggesting consumer confidence is rapidly recovering even as Beijing ramps up coronavirus curbs after a resurgence in infections in the capital. The official non-manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) rose to 54.4, from 53.6 in May, […]
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Some critics of President Donald Trump have spent the last few days trying to lock up Trump-branded merchandise by leaving thousands of products from his online stores in shopping carts. But while the attack has become a kind of resistance meme, reminiscent of recent pranks on the president’s Tulsa rally, it’s far less clear whether […]
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The Golden State Killer has been described as “the real life version of Hannibal Lecter” after finally admitting to a sickening spree of murders and rapes. Victims of ex-policeman Joseph James DeAngelo applauded as he was led out of court after pleading guilty to 13 murders, with some shouting: “Bye, bye! Go! Enjoy the dark.” […]
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