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Olivera Stajic kept her promise. The day after the young striker Sasa Kalajdzic scored twice against Scotland on his second appearance for Austria, Stajic posted a video on Twitter: “This is how you pronounce Sasa Kalajdzic,” the journalist explained. As in: don’t just remember the name, make sure you can say it correctly. She needn’t […]
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In Goa’s capital, Panaji, on Rua São Tomé, not far from the main post office, is a shop that offers packaging services. For a small fee, they will wrap your parcel in a sheet of muslin sewn with precise stitches to protect its contents from being damaged in the post. It started as a sideline […]
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Banks have too much cash on their hands – and they’re running out of places to put it. Nowhere is this more evident than in the rising popularity of a Federal Reserve program that lets firms stash their cash overnight with the U.S. central bank in exchange for at best a small return. The payout […]
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Exactly five years ago, Digital Foundry Retro was born! At the time, it was an experiment more than anything else, focusing on just one version of id software’s Quake – the astonishing Sega Saturn version, built from scratch by Lobotomy Software. It was the port that John Carmack reckoned couldn’t exist, but somehow a talented […]
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A five-year-old girl last seen walking alone at about midnight in a ‘Disney onesie’ has been found safe and well. Frantic officers made making door-to-door enquiries after the girl was seen reportedly walking on her own in Ollerton, Nottinghamshire. Nottinghamshire Police said they were called at about 11.55pm on Thursday to reports of a girl […]
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Graham Arnold has a general policy of trying to play his personnel in the positions they play for their clubs. It sounds awfully obvious, but a philosophy not always followed by international managers with experimental attitudes or simply a desire to embed their own brand. It is a trick the Socceroos coach learned from Guus […]
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We’re all catching up with family and friends: a joyful but also fraught process, judging by the snippets wafting my way from neighbouring gardens and streets. Me too: it had been 10 months since I had seen my best friend until she came to stay last week. It was wonderful, but also evidence of how […]
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When Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko intensified his crackdown on protesters in February, activists turned their attention to one of the country’s sources of funds: international bond markets. Hashtag #BelarusBloodBonds – which had first emerged around the country’s disputed 2020 elections – gathered steam again on Twitter, targeting big banks and funds, reminding them of their […]
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“Our youngest knight is ready to embark on her journey – let’s go!” Genshin Impact’s next sunshine-packed update, 1.6, will drop on 9th June. Entitled Midsummer Island Adventure, this latest patch will include premium summer-themed alternate outfits for Jean and Barbara – the latter of which can also be obtained through in-game activities – as […]
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A furious man has endured a 15-year battle to have a pile of rat-infested waste removed from land next door to his home. The homeowner – who wished to remain anonymous – claims despite regular petitioning and the involvement of local councillors, the issue is just as bad as it was when it started. He […]
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