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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

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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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Hong Kong action hero Jackie Chan eager to join Communist Party

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A veteran rebel who slipped in and out of government, Riek Machar has been a central figure in South Sudan's bloody history, his charming gap-toothed smile masking a capacity for anger and ruthlessness.

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‘Wayang kulit’ master Ki Manteb Sudarsono dies of COVID-19

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4 years ago
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Bill Cosby release sparks worries it will set back #MeToo progress

The 83-year-old comedian and actor was freed on Wednesday after Pennsylvania's highest court overturned a 2018 verdict that found him guilty of sexual assault. Activists, who had celebrated his conviction as a watershed moment, strongly condemned the new decision.

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50 years after his death, Paris remembers Jim Morrison

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US intelligence agency says it isn't spying on Fox's Tucker Carlson

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Ex-GIGI guitarist Aria Baron passes away after battling COVID-19

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Belgian art star Jan Fabre sent to trial for sexual harassment

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People, not numbers: Nunik Herawati Hudojo, the teacher who cared endlessly for others

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The young Indian chef taking the 'world's best butter chicken' global

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