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For instance, the teen doesn’t yet have his own cell phone, a decision that’s “getting to the point where it’s becoming a little bit of a tense issue,” William admitted to Brazilian TV host Luciano Huck in November.  Nor, does he get to make any sort of decree about the music that plays when Kate Middleton shepherds him and younger siblings Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis off to school.  “Everyone wants different songs,” the duchess revealed in an Instagram video from her June visit to The Christie NHS Foundation Trust. “Charlotte wants Taylor Swift. George wants more rock. He loves AC/DC. He plays the…

After a war comes a reckoning. The survivors will sweep the streets and bury the dead – and then start to point fingers. In the wake of World War Two, many societies that had suffered under Nazi occupation were rightfully angry towards those they saw as sympathisers and collaborators. They were quick to dole out what they believed to be apt punishment for colluding with the enemy, notably for women determined to have had relationships with German men – often regardless of evidence or circumstance. Mal el-Toukhy’s third feature film, co-written with Maren Louise Käehne, focuses on a woman desperate to keep such…

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Australia have announced a 16-member Test squad for their upcoming three-match series against South Africa, with Marnus Labuschagne retaining his place despite a prolonged lean run with the bat. The tour will mark Australia’s first Test visit to South Africa since the infamous 2018 ball-tampering saga.The squad also features the return of Cooper Connolly, Matthew Kuhnemann and Michael Neser, while Matthew Renshaw has kept his place after replacing Jake Weatherald during the recent Bangladesh series. Six members of the current squad were connected to Australia’s 2018 South Africa tour, although Renshaw was added only for the fourth Test after the…

Juventus scored a 92nd-minute equaliser to rescue a point in their Serie A clash with rivals Milan in Turin. Substitute Federico Gatti headed in to level the score late on after teenager Alphadjo Cisse had come off the bench to break the deadlock for Milan. The result preserves both sides’ unbeaten starts to the season, having each picked up two wins in their first two league outings. A closely contested first half In what was a rather uneventful first quarter of an hour, Nicolas Gonzalez stung the gloves of Mike Maignan with a fierce drive from 30 yards. The Milan…

Does it really make sense for the Buffalo Sabres to continue pursuing Connor Hellebuyck? Mike Harrington of the Buffalo News: The Winnipeg Jets have lost leverage with Connor Hellebuyck, and he’s getting impatient as training camp nears. The Sabres were close to landing him at the draft, but the Jets wouldn’t give the Sabres the No. 8 pick. Is it a good thing for the Sabres? In the playoffs, Hellebuyck has a career record of 23-24 with a 2.90 GAA and .903 SV%. In the past three years, he’s 8-15 with a 3.60 GAA and .870 SV% and has been…

An Amazon Air cargo plane overshot the runway while attempting to land at Miami International Airport, killing five people and seriously injuring five more.The Boeing 767-300 cargo aircraft crashed just before 14:00 local time (19:00 GMT) after departing from Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The flight also hit several vehicles on the ground.Amazon said that it is “working closely with local authorities and officials to understand exactly what happened”.All flights were ordered grounded by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as fire crews raced to the smoking crash site. The crash comes over Labor Day weekend,…

The Liquid Network said Sunday that purported white-hat hackers withdrew about 4,000 bitcoin, worth about $320 million, from the federation wallet that backs L-BTC. Bridge nodes were disabled, and the sidechain was paused. Other issued assets, including USDT, DePix and RWAs, were unaffected, the official account said on X. The Liquid Network is a federated sidechain of Bitcoin, founded by Adam Back’s Blockstream. The Liquid chain issues a variety of assets such as LBTC, which it backs with BTC on the Bitcoin main chain, held in a large multisig of 15 corporate and known members. 11 of the 15 members…

Singer Ciara has shared some big news! The mommy of four, announced in her social media post, that she is set to become a mother for the fifth time.Ciara pregnant with fifth childThe 40-year-old singer and her husband, NFL star Russell Wilson, announced in a sweet video, that they are expecting their fifth child together and captioned the post as, “One more person to Love.”The couple’s announcement featured photos and a video of Ciara showing off her baby bump in a tank top and baggy pants. In one of the images, Ciara is seen standing alongside four shirts bearing the…

shoaib akhtar and babar azam Pakistan cricket appears to be entering a major rebuilding phase after a disastrous start to the England tour, with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) already making significant changes before the three-Test series has even reached its conclusion.England have taken an unassailable 2-0 lead after registering two emphatic victories. The hosts won the first Test at Headingley by an innings and 103 runs before securing a 194-run triumph at Lord’s. Pakistan’s poor performances have since triggered a major overhaul of the national setup.Sarfaraz Ahmed and Umar Gul have departed the coaching setup, while Mike Hesson has…