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Man dies and another fighting for life after stabbings in Halifax

One man has died and another is fighting for his life after three men were stabbed in the early hours of Sunday in Halifax, West Yorkshire. Officers were called to the “serious incident” in Commercial Street at 3.48am following reports that three men had been assaulted, West Yorkshire Police said. All three were rushed to

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They Ran for a Better Life, Straight Into a Wildfire

As they traversed the harsh, wooded terrain in northeastern Greece, the 18 asylum seekers were presented with an agonizing dilemma: Take the safer route through villages and over highways, but into the arms of the Greek authorities, or travel through the forests and fields being ravaged by Europe’s largest recorded wildfire. They opted for the

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As heat waves grip Pacific, what happens to ocean life?

Scientists are pretty good at recognizing marine heat waves: A global network of thousands of oceanic buoys and orbiting satellites allow them to see, in real time, ocean surface temperatures, changing currents and storm systems as they develop, move or stall from the Antarctic to the North Pole. What’s harder to see is what’s happening

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Video games give sports stars second life

The post-retirement careers of the biggest sports stars can be fascinating to watch — Viagra ads, property ventures, crypto projects — but one option is becoming a sure-fire winner: put your face on the cover of a video game. And death is no barrier for this particular career, with two popular games this year choosing

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Hollywood writers’ strike deal ‘life saving’ – commentator

Hollywood’s writers union said on Sunday (September 24) it had reached a preliminary labor agreement with major studios, a deal expected to end one of two strikes that have halted most film and television production and cost the California economy billions. Film critic and programmer Kaleem Aftab told Reuters the mood as soon as the

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