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Phil Duracz caught a 9.34-pound whitefish while out on Lake Michigan earlier this month. According to the Indiana Department of National Resources, this new fish beat out the previous record by 1.65-pounds. That record had been set in 2019. The state department writes that the lake whitefish record has been broken eight times since the year 2012.

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A popular Polish writer and journalist could face up to three years in prison for calling President Andrzej Duda a "moron" in a Facebook post in November. Jakub Zulczyk accused Mr Duda of failing to understand the US electoral process in a tweet to Joe Biden. Mr Duda's tweet stopped short of recognising his victory, pending Electoral College confirmation, but hailed his "successful campaign". Poland has made it a crime to insult state leaders and religion.

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Press Secretary Jen Psaki said she expects the pair will continue to consult throughout Biden's presidency.

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“The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” a sturdy daytime hit, has had a steep ratings decline since the host addressed accusations by former staff members that led to firings and an internal investigation. “Ellen” has lost more than a million viewers since September, according to the research firm Nielsen, averaging 1.5 million viewers over the last six months, down from 2.6 million in the same period last year.

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Israelis vote Tuesday in their fourth parliamentary election in just two years. Once again, the race boils down to a referendum on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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At least 20,000 Rohingya have fled a huge blaze engulfing shanty homes at refugee camps in south-eastern Bangladesh, officials said on Monday, in the third fire to hit the settlements in four days. Nearly 1 million of the Muslim minority from Myanmar live in cramped and squalid conditions at the camps in the Cox’s Bazar district, with many fleeing a military crackdown in their homeland in 2017.

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The leading opposition presidential candidate in Congo-Brazzaville, who was seriously ill with Covid-19, has died hours after polls closed. Guy-Brice Parfait Kolélas died on a plane taking him to France for treatment, his campaign director said. Hours earlier the 61-year-old had appeared in a video shared on social media, where he removed his oxygen mask and told his supporters that he was "fighting death".

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Philippine troops have killed a leader of the Abu Sayyaf kidnap-for-ransom group and rescued four Indonesian hostages held since last year, the military said on Sunday.

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An international neo-Nazi group is targeting British teenagers as young as 14 for recruitment during the coronavirus lockdown, a report has found, as record numbers of children are arrested for terrorism offences. The National Partisan Movement (NPM) runs online channels where members “regularly express antisemitism and support for mass murderers”.

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The former Liverpool, Bayern Munich and Real Madrid player is in charge of Real Sociedad’s B team but will return to Germany in June to take the top job at Mönchengladbach. Alonso will replace Marco Rose, who signed a deal last month to become Borussia Dortmund manager at the end of the season after activating a clause in his current contract.

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Author and science journalist Dr David Quammen warned animal-to-human infections from zoonotic viruses such as Nipah was "happening with increasing frequency"and three-in-four people infected die. He used the example of a pig farm in northern Malaysia, where infected bats had spread the disease to pigs - and then their farmers. A deafening chorus of coughing could be heard in the surrounding area, he said, sparking fears of a mass outbreak.

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There are now more than 800 children who have been held in US Customs and Border Protection custody for 10 days or more after crossing the US-Mexico border, according to a report. Unaccompanied children are supposed to be transferred to the care of the Health and Human Services department after a maxiumum of three days, but are currently being held in unsuitable, crowded conditions.

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Eating processed meats such as bacon every day could increase the risk of dementia by 44 per cent. The study, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, examined nearly half a million people with an average age of around 57, who had signed up to the UK Biobank project.

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Losing 1-0 and desperate to try and salvage at least a point from the match, Sevilla goalkeeper Yassine 'Bono' Bounou ran the length of the pitch to join the attack for his team's final corner of the game. After a mix up in the Valladolid defense, the ball found its way to Bono eight yards from goal and the Moroccan keeper showed poise and composure befitting of a striker to slot the ball into the net.

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Millions of cubic tonnes of soil due to be used to build a controversial US airbase on the Japanese island of Okinawa contains the remains of Japanese and Americans who died in one of the bloodiest battles of the Pacific war, according to citizen excavators. The volunteers, who search for the bones of people who were killed or committed suicide during the 1945 Battle of Okinawa, have demanded that Japan’s defence ministry end work to clear the land, calling it an affront to the dignity of the war dead.

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Williams, an eight-time winner in Miami, has not played since losing in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open. She has withdrawn from the Miami Open because of "recent oral surgery".

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Days of torrential downpours across large areas of New South Wales state have caused rivers and dams to overflow, damaging homes. The state's premier said the weather system that has caused the worst floods in decades was not going away and people should take it seriously. Forecasters predict that the Hawkesbury river, north-west of Sydney, will reach its highest level since a devastating flood in 1961 on Monday.

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with two goals as the Spanish giants thrashed Real Sociedad 6-1 in La Liga. The Argentina forward, 33, moved one game clear of former midfielder Xavi's total as Barca closed the gap on leaders Atletico Madrid to four points. Antoine Griezmann opened the scoring, Sergino Dest scored twice and Ousmane Dembele also found the net. Messi has now scored 23 league goals so far this season.

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