Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona died Wednesday at his home in Buenos Aires province at the age of 60, his press agent said."Diego died," Sebastian Sanchi told Efe. Earlier, at around 1 pm local time, some local media outlets reported that Maradona had suffered a heart attack and that at least four ambulances were parked outside the residence.Maradona, who along with Brazilian great Pele was co-recipient of the FIFA Player of the 20th Century award, was hospitalized for 10 days earlier this month at a Buenos Aires clinic for anemia, dehydration and depression. After he underwent a batter...
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A few minutes before noon on Saturday, November 7th, Joe Biden was declared the winner of the US presidential election. He is projected to have won over 290 electoral votes.The call was made by several American news outlets, such as CNN, NBC, ABC, CBS, Fox News, and the Associated Press after four days of vote counting and increasing anticipation across the country and the world.Biden was declared the victor of this election after votes were finally counted in the states of Pennsylvania, Nevada, Georgia, and Arizona, and it was clear that he had won.The President-elect tweeted: “America, I’m h...
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¿Cuántas veces se ha escuchado eso de arriesgarse por amor? Quizá para muchos sea demasiado trillado y para otros es un reto que están dispuestos a asumir. Lo peligroso de esto ha sido darlo todo por alguien o algo que no vale la pena y que al final, en lugar de sumar solo resta y te roba más de lo que podías dar.No obstante, hay una canción que demuestra que las cosas suceden y cuando pasan o las tomas o las dejas ir. Lo mejor de esto es que también muestra un trasfondo que quizá no conocías sobre la mujer que siempre estuvo enamorada de Cerati y se conformó con sólo ser su amiga."El riesgo d...
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For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast,And breathed in the face of the foe as he passed;And the eyes of the sleepers waxed deadly and chill,And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still!-Lord Byron-The clock is ticking. From the moment you’re conceived, your clock is ticking. We all know the time is going to come someday, and each tick of the clock brings us one step closer. How will it be like? Is it impossible to guess? Are we going to be aware of it when it happens? What’s next? Again, there’s no way to know. The only certainty is that when the Angel of Death choos...
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Thirty of the coffins, discovered two months after excavations halted by the coronavirus resumed, were presented at the Saqqara Necropolis, dedicated to thegoddess Bastet, with the presence of 43 ambassadors and over 200 journalists from across the world.The coffins are believed to belong to the 26th Dynasty (664-525 BC), the last that ruled Egypt before the Persian conquest, Mostafa Waziri, secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities of Egypt, told the journalists.He, alongside prominent Egyptologist Zahi Hawas and the Tourism Minister Khaled al-Anani, opened two sealed coffins in...
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Three scientists who discovered the Hepatitis C virus have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.Researchers Harvey Alter and Charles Rice, from the United States, and their British colleague Michael Houghton were honored with this year’s accolade.The Karolinska Institute in Stockholm praised them for their“decisive contribution to the fight against blood-borne hepatitis, a major global health problem that causes cirrhosis and liver cancer in people around the world”. It was the first round of prizes in the 2020 Nobel Prize, with physics, chemistry, literature, peace and econo...
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If trick-or-treating won't be the same this year, can we at least have something else to celebrate the Halloween season? Well, HBO Max just released the first trailer for The Witches, and it is everything we need to have a Happy Halloween.The film features Anne Hathaway as the Grand High Witch, a role that was performed by Anjelica Houston in the original 1990 movie, which is an adaptation of Roald Dahl's popular children's book of the same name. The cast also includes Octavia Spencer and Stanley Tucci, and the voice of Chris Rock as the film's narrator.RelatedmoviesCuarón And Del Toro Are Pai...
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K-Pop group Blackpink released their long-awaited first studio album titled "The Album," which includes collaborations with American artists Selena Gómez and Cardi B and comes after a succession of hits, singles and mini-albums.The female quartet's first full-length album includes "Ice Cream" and "How You Like That," two previews of the album released in recent months that entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart and whose video clips each add up to more than 300 million views on YouTube."Ice Cream," recorded with Gómez and written byAriana Grande and Victoria Monét, also reached No. 13 on that lis...
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"Tonight, the first lady and I havetested positive for COVID-19. We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. Together we will get through it!" Trump, 74, announced on Twitter.In a subsequent statement, presidential physicianSean Conley said "the President and the First Lady are both well at this time, and they plan to remain at home within the White House during their convalescence."He added that the White House medical team would maintain “a vigilant watch” and he expected Trump to continue carrying out his duties without disruption.Melania, 50, also posted a message on her...
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Argentine cartoonist Joaquin Salvador Lavado, better known as Quino, creator of the widely loved comic strip "Mafalda," died in his native Mendoza. He was 88.The son of Spaniards who emigrated to Argentina, he acquired Spanish citizenship in 1990 and alternated his residence between Madrid and Buenos Aires, until the end of 2017, when he moved to Mendoza following the death of his wife.Quino, who received Spain's Prince of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities in 2014, created the character Mafalda for what proved to be a failed advertising campaign and the comic strip featuring the ...
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