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Rowan Atkinson to bring Blackadder back in new London show
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TV & film
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Milo Yiannopoulos says he is ashamed he supported Trump after ICE arrest and deportation
For over a decade, British far-right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos has lived and worked in the United States. But last week he was arrested by ICE and deported. "I am very ashamed that I supported Donald Trump," he says in an interview.
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Emily Wilson to translate The Odyssey again from scratch
First, she criticized Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" for lacking depth and having a "lousy script." Now, British translator Emily Wilson is taking on the epic - again.
Entertainment
More than 1,000 dead after massive Himalayan mudslide, thousands still missing
More than a thousand people have been found dead after a massive mudslide in the Himalayas. Thousands more are still missing.
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Record year for New Zealand’s rare kākāpō parrots as population tops 300
It's spring for the "world's fattest" parrot. For the first time in 75 years, there are now over 300 owl parrots in New Zealand.
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Turkmenistan fixes eight methane leaks after UN warnings
Turkmenistan has been singled out as the world's worst country for giant methane leaks from aging oil and gas facilities. The country has now fixed eight leaks.
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