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  • SportAssociated Press

    ACT Brumbies end Hurricanes' unbeaten run in Super Rugby Pacific

    The Wellington-based Hurricanes’ unbeaten start in Super Rugby Pacific ended Saturday when they lost 27-19 to the ACT Brumbies in round 10. A week after losing 46-7 to the second-place Blues, the Brumbies pulled off one of the upsets of the season in beating the first-place Hurricanes. The Brumbies have dominated the Hurricanes in Canberra, with the New Zealand side having lost its last six matches in the Australian capital.

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  • NewsStoryful

    Swirling Mass of Clouds as 'Wedge' Tornado Rips Through Iowa Town

    Numerous large tornadoes plowed through western and central Iowa on Friday April 26, local media reported, citing the National Weather Service.Footage captured by Meteorologist Cameron Barker on Friday, in Magnolia, Iowa, shows what he described as a “wedge tornado”, made up of a wide, swirling mass of dark clouds in the distance, lit up with multiple flashes of lightning.A “wedge tornado” is informal storm chaser slang for a tornado that looks wider than it is tall and is not a scientific defin

  • NewsAssociated Press

    The US and China talk past each other on most issues, but at least they’re still talking

    U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken wrapped up his just-concluded latest visit to China with a stop at a Beijing record store where he bought albums by Taylor Swift and Chinese rocker Dou Wei in a symbolic nod to cross-cultural exchanges and understanding he had been promoting for three days. Blinken and his Chinese interlocutors, including Chinese President Xi Jinping and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, all referred to these rifts even as they extolled the virtues of keeping communication channel

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  • NewsStoryful

    Tornado Seen Ripping Through Iowa Town as 'Disaster Emergency' Issued

    A destructive tornado wreaked havoc through an Iowa town on Friday, April 26, prompting the state’s governor to issue a disaster emergency.Footage filmed by Clint Hendricks IV captures the moment the enormous funnel swept through the town of Minden.Earlier on Friday the National Weather Service issued a tornado emergency, warning locals to seek shelter immediately.Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds issued a disaster proclamation for Pottawattamie County on Friday night. There was no information on any injur

  • NewsEvening Standard

    Top London private school changing structure to alleviate anxiety and boost girls' self-esteem

    Bromley High School, which takes pupils from age 4 to 18, will introduce a middle school to ease the “cliff edge” transition to senior school

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  • LifestyleThe Telegraph

    You’re not a hoarder, so why do you have so much clutter?

    On the kitchen island of Michelle Parr’s house there were to be found: 100 jam jars; a crate of high school exercise books; motley pans; a globe; six bottles of shampoo and a stack of Twinkle magazines from 1980.

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  • NewsThe Northern Echo

    Fomer Darlington cinema and snooker hall to become housing after demolition

    The former Darlington snooker and bingo hall on Eldon Street will be demolished and used for new housing.

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