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About 30 guests celebrating new year at the Tan Hill Inn in North Yorkshire, the highest pub in England, finally left today after heavy snow left them stranded for three days.
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January 24, 2015
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Islamic State terrorists execute Japanese hostage –
Japanese prime minister Shinzō Abe has called the footage of Islamic State hostage Kenji Goto apparently holding a photograph showing the body of fellow captive Haruna Yukawa “outrageous and unacceptable”. On January 20th 2015 Islamic State said it would kill the two men unless Japan paid a ransom of $200m (£130m) within 72 hours.
Japanese prime minister Shinzō Abe
Where are the richest 1% in the world? –
According to Credit Suisse anyone who has assets worth over $798,000 (£530,000) is one of 1% of the richest people in the world. 18 million of the top 47 million richest people are in the US, 3.5m in France, 2.9m in the UK and 2.8m in Germany. Ten percent of Swiss residents, a total of 800,000, are in the top 1%.
50 years since the death of Winston Churchill –
Sir Winston Churchill, prime minister of England through World War II died 50 years ago today. He was Conservative prime minister from 10 May 1940 – 26 July 1945 and again in 26 October 1951 – 6 April 1955.
Winston Churchill
FA Cup upsets return –
In England and Wales the fourth round of the FA Cup sees some of the most surprising results for many years. Premier League leaders Chelsea are beaten on their own ground 4-2 by Bradford City after leading the League One team 2-0. Manchester City who are second in the Premier League also lose at home to Championship side Middlesborough. This followed Cambridge United holding on for a 0-0 draw against Manchester United yesterday.
Jose Mourinho
February 3, 2015
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Zoella leaves dressing room for kitchen –
Zoe Sugg the YouTube vblogger with 7 million subscribers is to appear on the celebrity edition of The Great British Bake Off. Zoella as she is known online (@ZozeeBo with 2.6m followers on Twitter) recently featured on Debrett’s list of the 500 most influential people in Britain.
Zoe Sugg A.K.A. Zoella
AKB48 proposed to open Olympic ceremony in 2020 –
The big debate in Japan today is whether to allow J-pop group AKB48 to perform at the opening ceremony of the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. Their creator, Yasushi Akimoto, proposed choosing the best of the 48 girls (who rotate according to social media popularity) to appear but the idea was ridiculed by Japanese TV celebrity and columnist Matsuko Deluxe, who said the group (named after the Akihabara district of Tokyo) would be “an embarrassment”. The group have sold more than 30m records and had sales exceeding $128m (£85m) in 2013.
Big United beat little United –
Despite the support of 6,000 away fans Cambridge United are finally beaten by Manchester United 3-0 at Old Trafford in the 4th round of the FA Cup. Man Uniteds starting 11 cost £231m in transfer fees, Cambridge’s cost £0. By forcing a repeat two weeks ago the small club will get around £1 million for their share of the attendance fee which the chairman intends to spend on upgrading the toilets at their ground.
Cut down on your jog life –
A report in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology finds that people who jog at a steady pace for less than two and a half hours a week were least likely to die over a 12-year period that was studied. Those who ran more than four hours a week or did no exercise had the highest death rates.
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March 22, 2015
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Drone carrying drugs and weapons crashes into prison in smuggling bid –
A plot to smuggle drugs, mobile phones and weapons into a prison by flying them in on a drone failed after the operator crashed the remote-controlled aircraft into a jail wall. The device was spotted by guards at HMP Bedford after it crash landed into razor wire on top of the prison walls in the first incident of its kind. Guards quickly removed the drone – a DJI Phantom 2, which costs up to £900 – and found a package attached containing class A drugs, a knife, screwdriver and mobile phones. [Daily Telegraph]
Italian Job’s legendary Lamborghini discovered after almost half a century, now worth £1m –
It has a starring role in the classic movie The Italian Job – in one of the most memorable opening sequences in cinema history. A stunning orange supercar races through the Alps, before disappearing into a tunnel. Then, in a heartbreaking moment for car fans, the Lamborghini Miura crashes in a ball of flames. The smashed up wreckage is dragged out of the tunnel by the mafia and pushed into a ravine by a bulldozer – followed by a wreath for the driver. The millions who have seen the iconic film since it was made in 1969 must have assumed the car was an irrecoverable write-off, never to be driven again. The car’s new co-owner, Iain Tyrrell, received a tip-off at Christmas that the Miura had resurfaced.He said: ‘I was initially sceptical because no one had seen it for 46 years. But my source was a credible one so I started to pursue it.’ He was invited to see it – but given just three hours to verify the vehicle as the genuine article. ‘It was all very James Bond-ish – I had to go to Paris to inspect the car in a secret underground car park,’ he said. See Video of the Day. [Mail on Sunday]
Steven Gerrard sent off 38 seconds after coming on –
Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard was sent off 38 seconds after coming on as a half-time substitute as Manchester United retained their grip on a top-four place with a vital win at Anfield. Gerrard was introduced for Adam Lallana at the start of the second half with United deservedly leading through Juan Mata’s early goal – but was gone almost as quickly after following up a thunderous tackle on the goalscorer with a reckless reaction to a challenge with a clear stamp on Ander Herrera. See List of The Day. [BBC]
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April 5, 2015
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Large Hadron Collider restarts after two-year rebuild –
The Large Hadron Collider has restarted, with protons circling the machine’s 27km tunnel for the first time since 2013. Particle beams have now travelled in both directions, inside parallel pipes, at a whisker below the speed of light. Actual collisions will not begin for at least another month, but they will take place with nearly double the energy the LHC reached during its first run. Scientists hope to glimpse a “new physics” beyond the Standard Model. [BBC]
Cristiano Ronaldo scores five as Real Madrid thrash Granada 9-1 in Easter morning La Liga clash –
Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo struck the quickest hat-trick of his career on his way to netting five goals in a 9-1 drubbing of second-from-bottom Granada on Sunday, lifting Real to within a point of La Liga leaders Barcelona. Portugal forward Ronaldo struck three times in eight minutes in the first half and added two headers after the break on a festive, sun-drenched afternoon at the Bernabeu to help fire Real to their biggest victory in almost half a century. [Daily Telegraph]
Christiano Ronaldo
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July 14, 2015
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Large Hadron Collider discovers new particle – the pentaquark –
A new kind of particle, called the pentaquark, was discovered by scientists at the Large Hadron Collider yesterday [July 13, 2015]. Physicists had theorised the existence of the pentaquark since the 1960s, but had never been able to prove it until its detection by the world’s most powerful particle smasher at Cern. The discovery of the pentaquark comes after the LHC was used in 2012 to prove the existence of another particle, the Higgs Boson, which confers mass. Large Hadron Collider spokesman Guy Wilkinson said the pentaquark represented a way to combine quarks – the sub-atomic particles that make up protons and neutrons. [Daily Telegraph]
The CMS detector at the Large Hadron Collider
Deal Reached on Iran Nuclear Program –
Iran and a group of six nations led by the United States reached a historic accord on Tuesday to significantly limit Tehran’s nuclear ability for more than a decade in return for lifting international oil and financial sanctions. The deal culminates 20 months of negotiations on an agreement that President Obama had long sought as the biggest diplomatic achievement of his presidency. Whether it portends a new relationship between the United States and Iran — after decades of coups, hostage-taking, terrorism and sanctions — remains a bigger question. Mr. Obama, in an early morning appearance at the White House that was broadcast live in Iran, began what promised to be an arduous effort to sell the deal to Congress and the American public, saying the agreement is “not built on trust — it is built on verification.” [NY Times]
New Horizons: Spacecraft survives Pluto encounter –
A signal received from the New Horizons spacecraft shows that it survived its historic encounter with Pluto. Data in its first call home since Tuesday’s flyby suggest the spacecraft experienced no upsets as it hurtled past the icy world at 14km/s (31,000mph). The signal came through a giant dish in Madrid, Spain – part of a Nasa network of communications antennas. The message took four hours 25 minutes to traverse 4.7 billion km of space. [BBC]
Pluto by the New Horzons spacecraft – from NASA
Raheem Sterling: Manchester City sign Liverpool winger in £49m deal –
Manchester City have signed Liverpool and England forward Raheem Sterling for a fee that could reach £49m. City will pay an initial £44m for the 20-year-old, making him the most expensive English player ever. Sterling had asked to leave Anfield and was the subject of two bids from City in June, both of which were rejected. City boss Manuel Pellegrini described Sterling, who has signed a five-year deal, as “one of the best attacking players in world football”. Sterling, who is only behind Gareth Bale on the list of most expensive British players, will wear the number seven shirt. [BBC] See List of the Day
Raheem Sterling
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Highest transfer fees for Football (soccer) players (as of 14 July 2015)
Rank | Player | From | To | Fee (M £) |
Fee (M €) |
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1 | Gareth Bale | Tottenham Hotspur | Real Madrid | £85.3 | €100 | 2013 | |
2 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Manchester United | Real Madrid | £80 | €94.4 | 2009 | |
3 | Luis Suárez | Liverpool | Barcelona | £75 | €94 | 2014 | |
4 | James Rodríguez | AS Monaco | Real Madrid | £63 | €79.5 | 2014 | |
T-5 | Ángel Di María | Real Madrid | Manchester United | £59.7 | €75 | 2014 | |
T-5 | Zinedine Zidane | Juventus | Real Madrid | £46 | €75 | 2001 | |
7 | Raheem Sterling | Liverpool | Manchester City | £49 | €69.5 | 2015 | |
8 1 | Zlatan Ibrahimović | Inter | Barcelona | £59 | €69 | 2009 | |
9 | Kaká | Milan | Real Madrid | £56 | €65 | 2009 | |
10 | Edinson Cavani | Napoli | Paris Saint-Germain | £55 | €64 | 2013 |
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- Disasters and accidents
- At least 27 people are killed in a stampede at the Godavari Maha Pushkaram Hindu festival in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. (NY Times)
- A Russian Tupolev Tu-95 strategic bomber crashes about 80 km (50 mi) from Khabarovsk in Russia’s Far Eastern Federal District, killing two of the seven crew members. (The Daily Mail)
- A helicopter belonging to the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) with four people on board (two crew members, a patient, and a person accompanying the patient) crashes in the Persian Gulf. (Tasnim)
- Two people are dead and six are missing due to flash flooding in Kentucky. (NBC News), (Fox News)
- International relations
- Territorial disputes in the South China Sea
- The Google Maps website removes the Chinese name for the Scarborough Shoal bitterly disputed by China and the Philippines from its maps service, following an outcry from Filipinos. (The Economic Times)
- Negotiation of a comprehensive nuclear agreement with Iran
- A nuclear deal is reached in Vienna between Iran and P5+1. This Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action if signed by the entities involved, will cut off Iran’s ability to produce a nuclear weapon whilst allowing for the peaceful use of nuclear energy, inspections, and the lifting of sanctions.(BBC) (CNN) (NY Times)
- Law and crime
- North Korea announces a criminal amnesty in honor of the 70th anniversary of independence from Japanese rule. (AFP via Yahoo! News)
- Science and technology
- NASA‘s New Horizons spacecraft completes a historic flyby of the dwarf planet Pluto and its five moons. Measurements, along with many high-quality photos and reams of data, were taken, including conclusive information regarding the diameter of Pluto and its moons.(Gizmodo)(CNN) (official NASA page)
- Scientists at Northumbria University in northeast England develop a computerized statistical model of the Sun‘s solar cycle (a measurement of the number of sunspots and solar flares, in this case between 1976 and 2008, and their intensity and activity). While preliminary, and not yet peer-reviewed, the data predicts irregularities in the cycle: the Northern Hemisphere could experience a slight lowering in temperatures in the 2030s.(CNN) (Washington Post)
- An article published in Science suggests that recent climate change would still cause a 6-meter (20-feet) sea-level rise even if greenhouse gasemissions were reduced today. (Times of Malta), (Science)
- Scientists at CERN‘s Large Hadron Collider announce discovery of the pentaquark. (BBC) (ABC News)
- Sport
- A panel appointed by the Supreme Court of India recommends that two Indian Premier League cricket teams, the Chennai Super Kings andRajasthan Royals be suspended for two years due to a corruption scandal. (BBC)
- 2015 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
- In baseball, the American League defeats the National League 6-3 to win home-field advantage in the 2015 World Series. (Sports Illustrated via Twitter)
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November 28, 2015
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Jamie Vardy breaks record for goals in consecutive games –
Jamie Vardy broke Ruud van Nistelrooy’s record as he became the first player to score in 11 consecutive Premier League matches. The Leicester striker netted in the first half of his side’s 1-1 draw against Manchester United. Dutchman Van Nistelrooy achieved his feat for Manchester United across two seasons in 2003. Vardy’s run has included 13 goals, making him the league’s top scorer with 14 goals in total. [BBC] See List of the Day
Jamie Vardy
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- At least three people are killed in an attack on a United Nations peacekeeping base in Kidal, northern Mali. The jihadist group Ansar Dine claims responsibility. (Euronews), (AFP via Yahoo! News)
- Terrorism in Egypt
- At least four Egyptian police officers are killed in a drive-by shooting in Saqqara, south of Cairo. An Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant affiliate claims responsibility. (BBC), (AP via Fox News)
- Turkey–PKK conflict
- Tahir Elçi, a pro-Kurdish lawyer, is shot dead at a press conference in the city of Diyarbakir as clashes break out between Turkish security forces and PKK militants. (Bloomberg via Washington Today)
- Syrian Civil War, Military intervention against ISIL
- U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron, despite deep uncertainty over how many Labour MPs will back him, is planning to stage a parliamentary vote on British military action against ISIL in Syria this week. (The Guardian)
- Arts and culture
- Egyptologists announce that radar scans indicate an empty space behind King Tutankhamun’s tomb. British archaeologist Dr. Nicholas Reeves speculates if a second chamber exists, it could be Queen Nefertiti’s long-lost burial place. Antiquities MinisterMamdouh Eldamaty says work inside the tomb will not begin until all the data from the radar and infrared devices are carefully analyzed by Japanese experts. (Sky News) (CNN)
- Disasters and accidents
- A slow moving wintry storm system is responsible for more than a dozen deaths in the U.S. states of Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas. (AP)
- International relations
- 2015 Russian Sukhoi Su-24 shootdown, Russia–Turkey relations
- A day after Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had harsh words for Russia, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, in an essay in the London Times, says the downing of the Russian jet, “was not — and is not — an act against a specific country. … While the measures to defend our territory will remain in place, Turkey will work with Russia and our allies to calm tensions.” (CNN) (Times of London)
- Russian President Vladimir Putin signs a decree imposing economic sanctions on Turkey. The sanctions include a ban on charter flights from Russia to Turkey, that Russian tour operators should stop selling trips to Turkey, and that imports of some Turkish products are to be halted. All work visas for Turkish citizens are cancelled.(Irish Times)
- South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reports North Korea appears to conduct a submarine-launched ballistic missile test that ended in failure with no indication that the missile successfully ejected from the vessel and took off. (Reuters)
- European migrant crisis, Macedonian border crisis
- Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2015
- The Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Malta calls for an ambitious and legally binding outcome at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference. (AFP via Yahoo! News)
- The United Kingdom will host the next CHOGM meeting in 2018 as Vanuatu, which was to host the meeting, had its infrastructure damaged by Cyclone Pam earlier in the year. (AFP via Yahoo! News)
- Law and crime
- 2015 Colorado Springs shooting
- Colorado Springs Police Chief Peter Carey says all nine of the injured – five police officers and four civilians – are listed in good condition at area hospitals. (Reuters)
- Politics and elections
- The United Kingdom‘s Minister of State for International Development, Grant Shapps, resigns amid claims he failed to act on allegations of in-party bullying of a young Conservative Party activist who committed suicide in September. (BBC)
- Sport
- Tyson Fury of the United Kingdom defeats Ukrainian boxer Wladimir Klitschko in a title fight in Dusseldorf winning the WBA Super, IBF and WBO heavyweight titles. (BBC)
- 2015–16 Premier League
- Leicester City‘s Jamie Vardy scores in a record eleven consecutive Premier League matches after scoring against Manchester United in a 1-1 draw at the King Power Stadium, breaking former Manchester United player Ruud van Nistelrooy‘s record.(BBC)
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May 17, 2016
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British Premier League finishes late with Leicester City as 5000-1 Champions –
The final match of the Barclays Premier League saw Manchester United beat Bournemouth 3-1 in a rescheduled match after a suspect package was found at Old Trafford two days earlier. Leicester City were the surprise of the season. Following their narrow escape from relegation in the previous season many pundits had predicted that they would be relegated and bookmakers gave 5,000–1 odds on them winning the title which they achieved with two matches to spare. After the dismissal of manager Nigel Pearson, they began the new season with Italian Claudio Ranieri in charge. The Golden Boot (for the most goals scored by a player) went to Tottenham Hotspur’s Harry Kane. Norwich City, Newcastle United and Aston Villa were relegated. [Wikipedia] See List of the Day
Harry Kane
Hackers’ website breached by hacker –
The email addresses and private messages of more than 470,000 members of a hacking website have been leaked online following a huge data breach. The Nulled website was a popular marketplace for stolen account details and hacking tips. The leaked data contained more than 5,000 purchase records relating to the exchange of stolen information. The site has been taken offline, stating it is undergoing “routine maintenance”. [BBC]
Fireball captured on US traffic police officer’s dashcam –
A bright fireball shot across the sky early Tuesday around 0500 GMT (0100 EDT), lighting up several north-eastern US states and parts of Canada. The bright flash was apparently left by a meteor burning up as it passed through Earth’s atmosphere. The incident was caught on camera, including the dashcam of an officer from the Plattsburgh Police Department, which you can see here. [BBC] See Video of the Day
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Barclays Premier League 2015-16 [Wikipedia]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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1 | Leicester City (C) | 38 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 68 | 36 | +32 | 81 | |
2 | Arsenal | 38 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 65 | 36 | +29 | 71 | |
3 | Tottenham Hotspur | 38 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 69 | 35 | +34 | 70 | |
4 | Manchester City | 38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 71 | 41 | +30 | 66 | |
5 | Manchester United | 38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 49 | 35 | +14 | 66 | |
6 | Southampton | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 59 | 41 | +18 | 63 | |
7 | West Ham United | 38 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 65 | 51 | +14 | 62 | |
8 | Liverpool | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 63 | 50 | +13 | 60 | |
9 | Stoke City | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 41 | 55 | −14 | 51 | |
10 | Chelsea | 38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 59 | 53 | +6 | 50 | |
11 | Everton | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 59 | 55 | +4 | 47 | |
12 | Swansea City | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 42 | 52 | −10 | 47 | |
13 | Watford | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 40 | 50 | −10 | 45 | |
14 | West Bromwich Albion | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 34 | 48 | −14 | 43 | |
15 | Crystal Palace | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 39 | 51 | −12 | 42 | |
16 | AFC Bournemouth | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 45 | 67 | −22 | 42 | |
17 | Sunderland | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 48 | 62 | −14 | 39 | |
18 | Newcastle United (R) | 38 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 44 | 65 | −21 | 37 | |
19 | Norwich City (R) | 38 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 39 | 67 | −28 | 34 | |
20 | Aston Villa (R) | 38 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 27 | 76 | −49 | 17 |
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- Iraqi civil war (2014–present)
- At least 69 people are killed and 230 injured in a series of bomb attacks targeting Shiite neighborhoods in Baghdad, Iraq. Islamic State of Iraq and Syria claims responsibility for some of the attacks. (NY Times) (Reuters) (Press TV)
- Disasters and accidents
- Heavy rainfall leads to threats of flooding in Sri Lanka and southern India. (AccuWeather)
- 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire
- A flare up of wildfires around Fort McMurray has caused the evacuation of 8,000 workers. (Reuters/AFP via ABC News Australia)
- International relations
- North Korea and weapons of mass destruction
- Amid growing concern about North Korea‘s ballistic missile capability, South Korea, Japan and the U.S. are to hold their first ever joint anti-missile exercise next month, according to South Korea’s Ministry of National Defense. The three countries will practice “detecting and tracing a hypothetical North Korean missile,” said a ministry official. (CNN)
- Nepal–United Kingdom relations
- British national Martin Travers is detained in Nepal for allegedly taking part in protests against the Nepalese government. (AP via The Telegraph)
- Politics and elections
- United States presidential election, 2016
- Voters in the American state of Oregon have their mail-in ballots counted for a Democratic Party and Republican Party primary. Donald Trump is the projected winner on the Republican winner while Bernie Sanders is projected to win the Democratic Party race. (ABC News America), (NBC News), (AP via Chicago Tribune)
- Voters in the American state of Kentucky go to the polls for a Democratic Party primary with Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders winning an equal number of delegates and Clinton winning the popular vote narrowly.. (AFP via Yahoo! 7) (Courier-Journal), (CNN)
- The U.S. Senate passes a legislation that would allow victims of the Sept. 11 attacks to file lawsuits seeking damages from Saudi Arabia despite Saudi threats to pull billions of dollars from the U.S. economy.(LA Times) (Reuters) (NY Times)
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May 21, 2016
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Manchester United win FA Cup and replace their manager –
Manchester United came from behind and survived Chris Smalling’s sending-off to beat Crystal Palace and win the FA Cup at Wembley through Jesse Lingard’s extra-time strike. As Wembley was awash with growing speculation this this would be Louis van Gaal’s final match as United manager – with BBC Sport understanding he will be replaced by Jose Mourinho next week – he was able to add English football’s most glamorous cup to his honours list. United looked on course to end the season empty-handed as well as missing out on Champions League football when substitute Jason Puncheon’s powerful far-post finish put Palace ahead with 12 minutes left. It was harsh on United, who had hit the woodwork through Marouane Fellaini and Antony Martial, but they responded within four minutes with a brilliant run from Wayne Rooney that ended with Juan Mata scoring from close range. United lost Smalling to a second yellow card for hauling back Yannick Bolasie in extra time – but Lingard took the trophy to Old Trafford when he lashed home a first-time strike from Damien Delaney’s half-clearance after 110 minutes. [BBC]
Louis van Gaal
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- Attacks on secularists in Bangladesh
- A homeopathic doctor is hacked to death in Bangladesh. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claim responsibility. (Reuters) (CNN)
- War in Afghanistan
- Six police officers are killed in an insider attack in Uruzgan province. (NY Times)
- A suicide bomber attacks a NATO convoy in Parwan province, wounding two civilians. (Stripes) (VOA News)
- The United States kills Taliban leader Akhtar Mansour in an air strike along the Afghan Pakistan border near the town of Ahmad Wal. (Fox News) (CNN), (The Guardian)
- Disasters and accidents
- Cyclone Roanu
- At least 21 are killed and more than 500,000 are displaced by cyclone Roanu in Bangladesh. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera), (The Daily Star)
- The toll from landslides and heavy flooding in Sri Lanka rises to at least 73. (The Guardian) (bd24new.com) (Washington Post) (Press Trust of India via Business Standard)
- At least 37 people have been killed and 22 injured in a bus crash in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (ABC News)
- Health
- 2015-16 Zika virus epidemic
- The World Health Organization confirms that the Zika virus strain spreading in Cape Verde is the same as the one in the Americas. (Daily Mail) (CIDRAP)
- International relations
- Syrian Civil War, War on Terrorism
- The Pentagon rejects a Russian proposal to stage joint airstrikes against Al-Qaeda linked groups in Syria. (VOA News) (Reuters) (Huffington Post)
- War in Afghanistan
- Norway Foreign Minister Børge Brende says his government is doubling humanitarian aid to Afghanistan to around 200 million kroner (US$24 million). (AP)
- Politics and elections
- 2015–16 Iraqi protests
- At least four are killed and 90 injured among protesters who stormed the Green Zone in Baghdad. (Reuters)
- Kazakhstan police detain dozens of protesters during rallies against proposed land reforms in the former Central Asian Soviet Republic. (AP) (Al Jazeera)
- 2014–16 Venezuelan protests
- The Venezuelan Army holds the biggest military exercise in its history, citing threats to national security, amidst opposition demands of a recall referendum on President Nicolas Maduro. (Bloomberg)(Stratis Times)
- At least one person is dead in protests that have turned violent in Chile. (FOX News)
- Science
- Lake Mead in Mohave County, Arizona, the largest reservoir in the United States, drops to its lowest level in history, declining to its lowest level since it was filled in the 1930s. The reservoir serves water to the states of Arizona, Nevada and California. (WFAA)
- Sport
- 2016 Preakness Stakes
- Exaggerator wins the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. (Courier-Journal via USA Today), (CBS Sports)
- Two horses die during a rainy Preakness Day’s early races. A 9-year-old gelding apparently suffered cardiovascular collapse. A 4-year-old filly broke her left front cannon bone during her race and waseuthanized, while her jockey broke his right collarbone as he was thrown to the turf. (AP)
- 2016 FA Cup Final
- Manchester United F.C. beat Crystal Palace F.C. 2-1 at Wembley Stadium in London to win the 2015–16 FA Cup. (BBC)
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May 27, 2016
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UK Royal Mail unveils stamps to mark 50 years of Pink Floyd –
A set of stamps celebrating 50 years of British rock group Pink Floyd have been unveiled by Royal Mail. Ten stamps will be on sale on 7 July, marking five decades since the band turned professional. The collection include the band’s most famous album covers as well as live performance shots. Pink Floyd became known for its innovative album covers, which were made in collaboration with leading graphic designers and photographers. [BBC]
Royal Mail Pink Floyd stamps
Jose Mourinho: Man Utd confirm former Chelsea boss as new manager –
Jose Mourinho has been officially confirmed as Manchester United manager and has signed a three-year contract. He replaces Dutchman Louis van Gaal, who was dismissed on Monday, two days after the club’s FA Cup win. “Jose is quite simply the best manager in the game today,” said United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward. Mourinho, 53, said: “To become Manchester United manager is a special honour in the game. It is a club known and admired throughout the world.” Mourinho has been out of work since being sacked as boss of Premier League rivals Chelsea in December. [BBC]
Jose Mourinho
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- Health and medicine
- Zika virus epidemic
- More than 150 prominent scientists worldwide send a letter to World Health Organization Director-General Margaret Chan calling for the postponement or relocation of the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Summer Olympics because of the widening Zika virus outbreak in Brazil, despite U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Tom Frieden’s statement yesterday that “there is no public health reason to cancel or delay the Olympics.” (CNN) (Rio Olympics Later) (Reuters)
- A preliminary study by the National Toxicology Program finds that cellphone radiation has the potential to increase the risk of tumor growth in male rats. (The New York Times) (biorXiv)
- International relations
- 42nd G7 summit
- The 42nd G7 summit held at Ise-Shima in Japan‘s Mie Prefecture concludes with a declaration that the United Kingdom leaving the European Union would pose a “serious threat to world growth”. (BBC)
- Following the summit, Barack Obama becomes the first sitting President of the United States to visit Hiroshima, the site of the first use of an atomic bomb by the U.S. during World War II. Obama calls for nations to reconsider the development of nuclear weapons and eventually eliminate them. (CNN) (The Washington Post) (The New York Times)
- North Korea–South Korea relations
- South Korea fires warning shots after a North Korean patrol boat and a fishing boat cross the disputed west coast Northern Limit Line. The two vessels retreated. (Reuters)
- Law and crime
- Human rights in Argentina
- Reynaldo Bignone, the last military President of Argentina, is sentenced to twenty years imprisonment for his role in the forced disappearance of more than 100 people in Operation Condor. (AP)
- In the U.S., the Iowa Supreme Court rules juveniles, even those convicted of first-degree murder, can not be sentenced to life without parole, becoming the 19th state to ban such sentences. As of January, about 2,300 American juveniles were serving life-without-parole sentences. (The Des Moines Register) (The New York Times) (The Christian Science Monitor)
- Over 30 college students in Iran were arrested and punished with 99 lashes each for attending a co-ed graduation party. (The New York Times)
- The legal team of Joaquín Guzmán, the leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, has challenged the foreign ministry of Mexico’s decision to extradite him to the United States. (The New York Times)
- Politics and elections
- Philippine presidential election, 2016
- Rodrigo Duterte is officially elected as President and Leni Robredo as Vice President. (Al Jazeera)
- United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, 2016
- As of this day, local and central government are prohibited from making announcements in a way that could affect the outcome of the referendum. (Guardian)
- Republican candidate for U.S. President Donald Trump urges U.S. senator Marco Rubio to run for re-election after Rubio stated he would speak on Trump’s behalf at the Republican Convention, if asked.(Business Insider)
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May 28, 2016
Top News Stories –
Real Madrid lift Champions League on penalties –
Real Madrid were crowned champions of Europe for the 11th time after beating Atletico Madrid in a dramatic penalty shootout in Milan. Sergio Ramos’ controversial finish put Zinedine Zidane’s side ahead before Atletico striker Antoine Griezmann missed a penalty. However, substitute Yannick Carrasco sent the Champions League final into extra-time with a close-range finish. Cristiano Ronaldo struck the winning penalty after Juanfran had missed. Zidane, a Champions League winner with Real as a player in 2002, replaced Rafael Benitez as manager at the Bernabeu in January, with Real still reeling from a bruising 4-0 hammering by Barcelona earlier in the season and facing the prospect of a second successive campaign without major silverware. The 43-year-old finishes it as the seventh different manager to deliver a European Cup to Real. [BBC]
Zinadine Zidane
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First and last Appearance of Quentin Tarantino films. from Room 237 on Vimeo.
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Winners of the Champions League since 2000 [from Wikipedia]
Match was won during extra time | |
* | Match was won on a penalty shoot-out |
G. Score was 1–1 after 90 minutes and extra time. Bayern Munich won the penalty-shootout 5–4.
H. Score was 0–0 after 90 minutes and extra time. Milan won the penalty-shootout 3–2.
I. Score was 3–3 after 90 minutes and extra time. Liverpool won the penalty-shootout 3–2.
J. Score was 1–1 after 90 minutes and extra time. Manchester United won the penalty-shootout 6–5.
K. Score was 1–1 after 90 minutes and extra time. Chelsea won the penalty-shootout 4–3.
L. Score was 1–1 after 90 minutes and extra time. Real Madrid won the penalty-shootout 5–3.
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Spillover of the Syrian Civil War
- Turkey claims that its artillery fire together with U.S. air strikes killed more than 104 ISIL militants after rockets fired from northern Syria killed several people in the Turkish town of Kilis. (AP via The Olympian) (The New York Times)
- Conflict in the Niger Delta
- The Niger Delta Avengers militant group destroy gas and oil pipelines belonging to Shell and Agip in Nigeria. (The New York Times)
- Disasters and accidents
- Lightning strikes across Europe kill one person and injure at least 14 more. (BBC) (CNN)
- 2016 Atlantic hurricane season
- The United States National Hurricane Center issues a tropical storm warning for parts of South Carolina as the newly upgraded Tropical Storm Bonnie, at 5 p.m. EDT about 125 miles from Charleston, South Carolina, moves northwest toward the Atlantic Coast. (NBC News) (National Hurricane Center) (AP via The Washington Post)
- A Rutan VariEze experimental aircraft crashes north of Ventura, California, killing the two people aboard. (UPI)
- International Relations
- The U.S. military restricts off-base alcohol consumption in Okinawa until July 24 after the arrest of a former Marine suspected of murder. (The New York Times)
- The President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, warns Romania and Poland against hosting parts of the U.S. missile defense shield. (FOX News) (CNN)
- Law and crime
- Bryce Dejean-Jones, a National Basketball Association player with the New Orleans Pelicans, is shot dead in Dallas, Texas, after breaking down an apartment bedroom door. (Bleacher Report) (ESPN)
- Brazilian Police say they have identified and are searching for four of the more than 30 men suspected in last Saturday’s gang rape of a 16-year-old girl in Rio de Janeiro. The assault came to light after several men posted about the attack online. (AP via New York Daily News)
- The Chilean government says President Michelle Bachelet voluntarily testified this week as part of a probe into alleged tax crimes by her daughter-in-law Natalia Compagnon. (Reuters)
- Politics and elections
- Iran’s newly elected parliament, officially called the Islamic Consultative Assembly, is opened and new members will be sworn-in during the first session. (ibtimes) (PressTV)
- Former Secretary General of NATO Anders Fogh Rasmussen is named an advisor for Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, a move described by a Russian deputy chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee as a “hostile gesture”. (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
- Anti-government protests erupt across Papua New Guinea against Prime Minister Peter O’Neill, calling on him to resign. Papua New Guinea has been in a state of political turmoil since 2014 when the Prime Minister was accused of fraud and corruption. (Radio New Zealand)
- United States presidential election, 2016
- Federal District Judge Gonzalo Curiel unseals documents requested by The Washington Post that had been filed with the court in connection with pending civil cases against Trump University, a former business of the Republican Party’s presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump. The judge noted that Mr. Trump’s candidacy has increased interest in these cases, and that Mr. Trump’s comments, “… (have) placed the integrity of these court proceedings at issue.” (The Washington Post) (Politico) (UPI) (Court Order)
- Sports
- Eight Russian Olympic athletes from three different sports have tested positive for banned substances during a re-examination of blood samples taken during the 2012 London Olympics, according to theRussian Olympic Committee. (The New York Times)
- 2015–16 UEFA Champions League
- In association football, Real Madrid C.F. defeats Atlético Madrid in a penalty shoot-out to win the final. (The Guardian) (Eurosport)
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February 26, 2017
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Oscars mistake: Moonlight wins best picture after announcement mix-up –
Moonlight has won best picture at the Oscars – but only after Faye Dunaway initially said La La Land had won. Warren Beatty was handed the previous winner’s envelope, containing a card saying “Emma Stone, La La Land”, resulting in the error. The team from La La Land was in the middle of its acceptance speeches when the mistake was discovered. Stone said backstage afterwards: “Is that the craziest Oscar moment of all time? Cool! It’s going to be history.” PriceWaterhouseCooper, the accountancy firm responsible for counting the ballots, said in a statement: “We sincerely apologise to Moonlight, La La Land, Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, and Oscar viewers for the error that was made during the award announcement for best picture. “The presenters had mistakenly been given the wrong category envelope and when discovered, was immediately corrected. We are currently investigating how this could have happened, and deeply regret that this occurred.” [BBC]
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La La Land as directed by David Lynch – Trailer Mix
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Winners of the 89th Academy Awards [BBC]
Best picture
- Winner: Moonlight
- Arrival
- Fences
- Hacksaw Ridge
- Hell or High Water
- Hidden Figures
- La La Land
- Lion
- Manchester by the Sea
Best actress
- Winner: Emma Stone – La La Land
- Isabelle Huppert – Elle
- Ruth Negga – Loving
- Natalie Portman – Jackie
- Meryl Streep – Florence Foster Jenkins
Best actor
- Winner: Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea
- Andrew Garfield – Hacksaw Ridge
- Ryan Gosling – La La Land
- Viggo Mortensen – Captain Fantastic
- Denzel Washington – Fences
Best supporting actress
- Winner: Viola Davis – Fences
- Naomie Harris – Moonlight
- Nicole Kidman – Lion
- Octavia Spencer – Hidden Figures
- Michelle Williams – Manchester by the Sea
Best supporting actor
- Winner: Mahershala Ali – Moonlight
- Jeff Bridges – Hell or High Water
- Lucas Hedges – Manchester by the Sea
- Dev Patel – Lion
- Michael Shannon – Nocturnal Animals
Best director
- Winner: La La Land – Damien Chazelle
- Arrival – Denis Villeneuve
- Hacksaw Ridge – Mel Gibson
- Manchester by the Sea – Kenneth Lonergan
- Moonlight – Barry Jenkins
Best original screenplay
- Winner: Manchester by the Sea – Kenneth Lonergan
- 20th Century Women – Mike Mills
- Hell or High Water – Taylor Sheridan
- La La Land – Damien Chazelle
- The Lobster – Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou
Best adapted screenplay
- Winner: Moonlight – Barry Jenkins and Alvin McCraney
- Arrival – Eric Heisserer
- Fences – August Wilson
- Hidden Figures – Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi
- Lion – Luke Davies
Best original score
- Winner: La La Land – Justin Hurwitz
- Jackie – Mica Levi
- Lion – Dustin O’Halloran and Hauschka
- Moonlight – Nicholas Britell
- Passengers – Thomas Newton
Best original song
- Winner: La La Land – City of Stars by Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
- La La Land – Audition by Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
- Moana – How Far I’ll Go by Lin-Manuel Miranda
- Trolls – Can’t Stop the Feeling by Justin Timberlake, Max Martin and Karl Johan Schuster
- Jim: The James Foley Story – The Empty Chair by J Ralph and Sting
Best cinematography
- Winner: La La Land – Linus Sandgren
- Arrival – Bradford Young
- Lion – Greig Fraser
- Moonlight – James Laxton
- Silence – Rodrigo Prieto
Best foreign language film
- Winner: The Salesman – Iran
- A Man Called Ove – Sweden
- Land of Mine – Denmark
- Tanna – Australia
- Toni Erdmann – Germany
Best costume design
- Winner: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them – Colleen Atwood
- Allied – Joanna Johnston
- Florence Foster Jenkins – Consolata Boyle
- Jackie – Madeline Fontaine
- La La Land – Mary Zophres
Best make-up and hairstyling
- Winner: Suicide Squad – Alessandro Bertolazzi, Giorgio Gregorini and Christopher Nelson
- A Man Called Ove – Eva Von Bahr and Love Larson
- Star Trek Beyond – Joel Harlow and Richard Alonzo
Best documentary feature
- Winner: OJ: Made in America
- 13th
- Fire At Sea
- I Am Not Your Negro
- Life, Animated
Best sound editing
- Winner: Arrival – Sylvain Bellemare
- Deepwater Horizon – Wylie Stateman and Renee Tondelli
- Hacksaw Ridge – Robert Mackenzie and Andy Wright
- La La Land – Ai-Ling Lee and Mildred Iatrou Morgan
- Sully – Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
Best sound mixing
- Winner: Hacksaw Ridge – Kevin O’Connell, Andy Wright, Robert Mackenzie and Peter Grace
- 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi – Gary Summers, Jeffrey J Haboush and Mac Ruth
- Arrival – Bernard Gariepy Strobl and Claude La Haye
- La La Land – Andy Nelson, Ai-Ling Lee and Steve A Morrow
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – David Parker, Christopher Scarabosio and Stuart Wilson
Best animated short
- Winner: Piper – Alan Barillaro and Marc Sondheimer
- Blind Vaysha – Theodore Ushev
- Borrowed Time – Andrew Coats and Lou Hamou-Lhadj
- Pear Cider and Cigarettes – Robert Valley and Cara Speller
- Pearl – Patrick Osborne
Best animated feature
- Winner: Zootopia
- Kubo and the Two Strings
- Moana
- My Life as a Zucchini
- The Red Turtle
Best production design
- Winner: La La Land – David Wasco and Sandy Reynolds-Wasco
- Arrival – Patrice Vermette and Paul Hotte
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them – Stuart Craig and Anna Pinnock
- Hail, Caesar! – Jess Gonchor and Nancy Haigh
- Passengers – Guy Hendrix Dyas and Gene Serdena
Best visual effects
- Winner: The Jungle Book – Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R Jones and Dan Lemmon
- Deepwater Horizon – Craig Hammack, Jason Snell, Jason Billington and Burt Dalton
- Doctor Strange – Stephane Ceretti, Richard Bluff, Vincent Cirelli and Paul Corbould
- Kubo and the Two Strings – Steve Emerson, Oliver Jones, Brian McLean and Brad Schiff
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – John Knoll, Mohen Leo, Hal Hickel and Neil Corbould
Best film editing
- Winner: Hacksaw Ridge – John Gilbert
- Arrival – Joe Walker
- Hell or High Water – Jake Roberts
- La La Land – Tom Cross
- Moonlight – Nat Sanders and Joi McMillon
Best documentary short
- Winner: The White Helmets – Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara
- 4.1 Miles – Daphne Matziaraki
- Extremis – Dan Krauss
- Joe’s Violin – Kahane Cooperman and Raphaela Neihausen
- Watani: My Homeland – Marcel Mettelsiefen and Stephen Ellis
Best live action short
- Winner: Sing – Kristof Deak and Anna Udvardy
- Ennemis Interieurs – Selim Azzazi
- La Femme et le TGV – Timo Von Gunten and Giacun Caduff
- Silent Nights – Aske Bang and Kim Magnusson
- Timecode – Juanjo Gimenez
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- Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian Civil War
- The Syrian Army recaptures the strategic town of Tadef from ISIL, south of al-Bab, securing key transportation routes in eastern Aleppo Governorate. (Xinhuanet)
- Arts and culture
- 89th Academy Awards
- The 89th Academy Awards are held in Los Angeles, California. (ABC)
- Moonlight wins the Academy Award for Best Picture, moments after La La Land was mistakenly announced as the winner. (ABC News Australia)
- Mahershala Ali wins the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Moonlight. He is the first Muslim American to win the award. (The Guardian)
- La La Land ‘s director Damien Chazelle wins the Oscar for Best Director and Emma Stone wins the Academy Award for Best Actress. (The Guardian)
- Casey Affleck wins the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Manchester by the Sea. (ABC)
- Viola Davis wins the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Fences. (ABC)
- The Salesman directed by Asghar Farhadi won Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Farhadi and other film crew did not attend the ceremony in protest of Donald Trump‘s visa ban. First Iranian in space Anousheh Ansari and scienist Firouz Naderi attended in place of Farhadi. (The Guardian)
- O.J.: Made in America wins the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. (ABC)
- The Netflix documentary The White Helmets, a film about the Syrian Civil War, wins the Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject). Its cinematographer was unable to recieve the award due to the immigration policy of the Donald Trump administration.(CNN)
- Zootopia wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. (ABC)
- Disasters and accidents
- Millions of residents in the Chilean capital Santiago are left without access to running water after the Maipo River is contaminated by flooding and landslides. At least four people have died in the floods. (BBC)
- 16 people dead in northern India after a truck carrying villagers to church overturned on a mountain road. (DW)
- Politics and elections
- Tens of thousands of people march through Moscow, Russia, to commemorate the two-year anniversary of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov’s assassination. (The Guardian) (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
- Political appointments of Donald Trump
- Philip Bilden, nominee for Secretary of the Navy, withdraws his name from consideration. Mr. Bilden says his business interests created complications. (CNN)
- Sport
- 2017 EFL Cup Final
- Manchester United beat Southampton 3–2 at Wembley Stadium to win the 2016–17 EFL Cup. (BBC)
- 2017 Daytona 500
- Kurt Busch wins his first Daytona 500. (Orlando Sentinel)
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