‘If my body is healthy, anything is possible,’ Kenya’s affable Faith Kipyegon promises as she breaks 5000m World Record in Paris

‘If my body is healthy, anything is possible,’ Kenya’s affable Faith Kipyegon promises as she breaks 5000m World Record in Paris

Kipyegon took the lead with about 600 metres to go, but Gidey kept close contact. They were about six seconds outside of world record pace, but Gidey also knew what Kipyegon is capable of. The world 10,000m champion knew that Kipyegon had the finishing speed to break Gidey’s world record.

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Truth’s treason: It’s 10 years since Edward Snowden blew whistle on US government spying on journalists

Truth’s treason: It’s 10 years since Edward Snowden blew whistle on US government spying on journalists

Law enforcement agencies have also begun using facial recognition technology to identify crime suspects despite the fact that the software is known to frequently misidentify people of colour – leading to the wrongful arrest and detention earlier this year of Randal Reid in Georgia, among other cases.

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Fears another rebel force in Sudan’s South Kordofan State is preparing to launch attacks as conflict spreads

Fears another rebel force in Sudan’s South Kordofan State is preparing to launch attacks as conflict spreads

SPLM-N forces had moved into several army camps around Kadugli, the capital of South Kordofan, prompting the army to reinforce its positions, they said, adding that the RSF had closed the road between Kadugli and El Obeid to the north, depriving the city of supplies.

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With obviously fake photos, Republican presidential aspirants DeSantis and Trump raise AI ante

With obviously fake photos, Republican presidential aspirants DeSantis and Trump raise AI ante

Trump, who is currently the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination, has indeed used altered images to attack DeSantis, his closest rival. However, he seems to have primarily shared obviously fake content, for instance an image of DeSantis riding a rhinoceros, a suggestion that the governor is a “Republican in Name Only” (RINO).

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Why North Koreans are hoarding US dollars and Chinese yuan, but use local won to buy cheap items like vegetables and soda

Why North Koreans are hoarding US dollars and Chinese yuan, but use local won to buy cheap items like vegetables and soda

North Koreans are likely resisting attempts by authorities to take their foreign currency given the low level of public trust in the government’s economic policies, said Choi Ji-young, an analyst at Seoul’s state-funded Korea Institute for National Unification.

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Trump’s push to recapture White House runs into headwinds as he’s accused of mishandling sensitive documents

Trump’s push to recapture White House runs into headwinds as he’s accused of mishandling sensitive documents

Investigators seized roughly 13,000 documents from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, nearly a year ago. One hundred were marked as classified, even though one of Trump’s lawyers had previously said all records with classified markings had been returned to the government.

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Republicans join parents in Utah to protest ban on Bible in schools as a ‘violent, vulgar, incestuous’ book

Republicans join parents in Utah to protest ban on Bible in schools as a ‘violent, vulgar, incestuous’ book

The Bible removal is the highest-profile effort to remove a book from a school in Utah since the Legislature passed a law requiring school districts to create new pathways for residents to challenge “sensitive materials” and used a statute-based definition on pornography to define them.

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Republican party nomination field looks set for battle, but opinion polls give Trump a head start

Republican party nomination field looks set for battle, but opinion polls give Trump a head start

It will be a long road to the GOP’s national convention in Milwaukee next summer when Republican delegates across the country gather to finalise their nominee to run against President Joe Biden. Surprises are guaranteed. Fortunes will change. But as of now, every Republican White House hopeful is looking up at former President Donald Trump, who is the undisputed frontrunner in the crowded contest.

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Messi on why he snubbed Saudi petrodollars: I wanted to leave Europe, get out of spotlight and think more about my family

Messi on why he snubbed Saudi petrodollars: I wanted to leave Europe, get out of spotlight and think more about my family

Lionel Messi had wanted to go to a club where he could eventually have an ownership stake, a source with knowledge of the negotiations revealed this week, and his contract is expected to pave the way for him to do so after he retires.

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Football’s big stars’ scramble for petrodollar in ME is part of Saudi Arabia’s soft power tactic to control world opinion – expert

Football’s big stars’ scramble for petrodollar in ME is part of Saudi Arabia’s soft power tactic to control world opinion – expert

PIF is Saudi Arabia’s version, worth some $620 billion (£514 billion), making it the seventh largest such fund in the world. It holds stakes in some of the western world’s best-known companies, including Disney, Uber and Boeing.

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