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Wrestling legend Hulk Hogan greets the crowd during the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Crown Jewel pay-per-view at the King Saud University Stadium in Riyadh on November 2, 2018.
Wrestling legend Hulk Hogan greets the crowd during the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Crown Jewel pay-per-view at the King Saud University Stadium in Riyadh on November 2, 2018.
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Pro wrestling legend Hulk Hogan dead at 71

Hogan's wrestling skills and magnetic personality as a heroic all-American in the ring transformed the sport into mainstream family entertainment, attracting millions of viewers and turning the league into a multi-billion-dollar empire.

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Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath's bat-biting frontman, dies aged 76

Osbourne kicked off his career in the early 1970s as singer on Black Sabbath's hits, from "Paranoid" to "War Pigs" to "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath". Those plus a string of solo releases saw him sell more than 100 million records worldwide.

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US tech CEO in viral Coldplay concert video resigns

During a Coldplay concert in Foxborough, Massachusetts on Wednesday, the jumbotron zoomed in on a man and a woman embracing in the stands.

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Colombian photographer documents world's largest variety of butterflies

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Star US podcaster Joe Rogan says he has Covid

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7-time Emmy winner Ed Asner dies age 91

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3 years ago
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Tributes pour in for Lee 'Scratch' Perry, reggae and dub legend

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Afghanistan's 'Gen Z' fears for future and hard-won freedoms

Almost two third of Afghans are under the age of 25, and an entire generation cannot even remember the Taliban, who ruled Afghanistan from 1996 until it was toppled by Western-backed militia in 2001.

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Osaka vows to celebrate her own accomplishments ahead of US Open title defence

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Afghan photographer warns of Taliban threat to media

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The Afghan minister who became a bicycle courier in Germany

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R. Kelly considered self 'genius' who could act with impunity

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3 years ago
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Charlie Watts: the heartbeat of the Rolling Stones

British drummer Charlie Watts, who died on Tuesday at 80, was known as the quiet man of the scandal-soaked Rolling Stones, keeping the beat for the legendary rock group in his own steady style.

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Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts dies after tour pull out

Among the first British bands to properly crack the American market and a symbol of 1960s London, the Rolling Stones lineup of Watts, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones and Bill Wyman produced a string of hit records. The Stones also went on to break records with multimillion-pound grossing global tours.

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Australian coach blazes a trail for women in African basketball

When she was growing up in Sydney, Liz Mills dreamt of becoming a professional basketball coach. Little did she know that she would end up having fame thrust upon her thousands of kilometres away in Africa.

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America's tallest man dies at age 38

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Afghan baby girl born on US military plane in Germany

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3 years ago
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Josephine Baker to be first Black woman in France's Pantheon

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Liechtenstein's Princess consort Marie dies aged 81

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Caught in the crossfire, Ethiopian minority flees to Sudan

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Afghan influencers go dark on social media as Taliban return

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Afghan film director recounts escape from Kabul

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'Predator' R. Kelly groomed girls for decades, trial hears

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