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Painter and photographer Chuck Close, who rose to acclaim with his photorealistic painting, died Thursday at the age of 81, US media reported. Born in 1940 in the US state of Washington, Close was known for his gigantic portraits or self-portraits -- some of which were mosaics and others so detailed that they looked like photographs to the naked eye.
Source: france24.com
A Canadian soldier who fed cannabis cupcakes to her fellow troops during a live firearms exercise could now be sentenced to five years in prison. Bombardier Chelsea Cogswell was found guilty of administering "a noxious thing" to eight soldiers, as well as behaving in a disgraceful manner. Soldiers had described feeling drunk and confused while handling weapons after eating the cakes in 2018. The crime occurred three months before cannabis was legalised across Canada.
Source: bbc.com
Chiba, a ferociously talented martial artist whose international renown grew with films like "The Street Fighter" and "Kill Bill" series, died this week from Covid-19 complications, his representative Timothy Beal confirmed to CNN. Chiba was 82.
Source: cnn.com
China has marked the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Tibet Autonomous Region on the roof of the world, with a call to accept the rule of the Communist Party.
Source: aljazeera.com
Law, 81, who says he has Alzheimer's and vascular dementia, is the latest former player to reveal he is suffering from the degenerative brain disease. His former United team-mate Sir Bobby Charlton was diagnosed with the condition last year. "This will not be an easy journey especially for the people who love you the most," Law said.
Source: bbc.com
A powerful roadside bomb exploded among a procession of Shiite Muslims in central Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least three and wounding over 50 people, local police said. The attack took place in the deeply conservative city of Bahawalnagar in the eastern Punjab province.
Source: apnews.com
Robert Lewandowski wants a new challenge away from Bayern Munich but the club has valued him at more than £100m. Lewandowski, who turns 33 on Saturday, is happy at Bayern but wants to secure a move to another top European club before the age of 35. The Poland striker is understood to be frustrated by their reluctance to sell, but is unlikely to do anything that will harm his good relationship with the club.
Source: skysports.com
The study, involving more than 700,000 randomly selected people, suggests herd immunity might be difficult to reach.
Source: news.sky.com
Pilot Zara Rutherford, 19, took off on Wednesday at the start of a three-month bid to become the youngest woman to fly solo round the world. Rutherford departed from Kortrijk-Wevelgem Airport in western Belgium in her Shark ultralight, the world's fastest microlight aircraft.
Source: reuters.com
The James Bond star, 53, who has a net worth of around £116 million ($160 million), said he believes inheriting money is 'distasteful' and he is hoping to 'give away' most of his millions. Daniel, who has a daughter with his current wife Rachel Weisz and another with his ex Fiona Lourdon, also reflected on his departure from the role of 007 in the upcoming No Time To Die.
Source: dailymail.co.uk
Israel is now requiring anyone over the age of three to show proof of vaccination or a negative Covid-19 test before entering many indoor spaces, as it tackles a sharp rise in infections. Restaurants, cafes, museums, libraries, gyms and pools are among the venues covered by the "Green Pass" system. However, proof of immunity is not needed to go into shops or malls.
Source: bbc.com
U.S. troops may stay in Afghanistan past an Aug. 31 deadline to evacuate Americans, President Joe Biden said on Wednesday, and the Pentagon said the U.S. military does not currently have the ability to reach people beyond the Kabul airport.
Source: reuters.com
Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani has taken refuge in the United Arab Emirates, the Gulf nation says. Mr Ghani left Afghanistan as the Taliban advanced on the capital city Kabul over the weekend. The UAE's foreign ministry said the country had welcomed Mr Ghani and his family on humanitarian grounds.
Source: bbc.com
Scarlett Johansson is a mom to two now. The “Black Widow” star recently gave birth to a son, Cosmo, with husband Colin Jost, the “Saturday Night Live” star wrote on Instagram Wednesday. This is the first child for the couple, who were married last October. Johansson, 36, also has a 6-year-old daughter, Rose, from a previous marriage to Romain Dauriac.
Source: apnews.com
At least 1,941 people are known to have died in Haiti in Saturday's powerful earthquake - a rise of more than 500 on the previous figure, officials say. Rescue workers have managed to pull 34 people alive from the rubble but many are still missing after the 7.2-magnitude quake. Nearly 10,000 people have been injured and hospitals were left overwhelmed. The UN says about 500,000 children now have limited or no access to shelter, safe water and food.
Source: bbc.com
Iran has accelerated its enrichment of uranium to near weapons-grade, the U.N. atomic watchdog said in a report on Tuesday seen by Reuters, a move raising tensions with the West as both sides seek to resume talks on reviving Tehran's nuclear deal.
Source: reuters.com
California's wildfire crisis escalated on Tuesday as resurgent strong winds fanned the state's biggest conflagration, drove flames from a separate, smaller blaze into a rural mountain community and prompted widespread precautionary power shutoffs. Already the second-largest California wildfire on record, the Dixie fire raging since mid-July in the rugged Sierra Nevada range northeast of San Francisco had charred 604,000 acres.
Source: france24.com
Robert de Niro sparked romance rumors while celebrating his 78th birthday in France. The actor was spotted with a mystery woman while leaving the French hotel, Eden Roc, for a boat ride on Tuesday. De Niro and the mystery woman appeared at ease with each other as they offered one another support during the rocky walk to the boat. The two were spotted walking hand-in-hand.
Source: foxnews.com
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