Wednesday, January 2, 2019

Vlhova upsets Shiffrin in New Year's Day showdown

Slovakia's Petra Vlhova brought Mikaela Shiffrin's unbeaten World Cup slalom run to a halt by claiming the Oslo city event on New Year's Day, beating the American in the final.

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World's best aviation museums

It's easy to forget that barely more than a century has passed since Orville and Wilbur Wright flew the first successful airplane in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

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Diabulimia: 'I've got my life and I've got my feet'

Becky Rudkin explains what it's like having diabulimia as funding is given for research into the condition.

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The firm whose staff are all autistic

A California father set up a company where his sons could work - and now employs more than 150 people.

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Tuesday, January 1, 2019

Xi warns Taiwan independence is 'a dead end'

Xi Jinping called on Taiwan to reject independence and embrace "peaceful reunification" with China, in a conciliatory speech that nevertheless took a hard line on the self-governing island's political sovereignty and freedoms.

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Indian women form 620 km human chain in support of temple equality

Tens of thousands of women in the Indian state of Kerala have formed a series of human chains extending an estimated 620 kilometers (385 miles) as a show of solidarity in protest at a refusal to admit women to the Sabarimala Temple, one of Hinduism's holiest sites.

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Why Netflix pulled 'Patriot Act' episode in Saudi Arabia

Human rights groups have denounced Netflix after the streaming platform blocked an episode of a comedy show in Saudi Arabia which mocked Riyadh's official explanation of the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

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Can we grow a third set of teeth?