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A former Italian football star, Luigi Sartor, has been put under house arrest after police allegedly found him growing marijuana with an accomplice.

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Australia's government will amend draft laws that would make Google and Facebook pay for news to clarify that publishers would be paid in lump sums rather than per click on news article links. The legislative changes described in a government statement as "clarifications and technical amendments" follow Australian ministers' weekend discussions with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Sundar Pichai, chief executive of Alphabet Inc. and its subsidiary Google.

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Sorenson was the third CEO in Marriott’s history, and the first without Marriott as a last name.

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Lung cancer specialists claim that having the scans could catch 70 per cent of lung cancers at an early stage - saving thousands of lives.

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The US top infectious diseases expert, Anthony Fauci, has been awarded a prestigious $1m (£717,000) Israeli prize for his commitment to science. He was also praised for advocating for Covid vaccines, and for his leadership on HIV research and Aids relief. Dr Fauci, 80, has advised seven US presidents.

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its health minister said on Tuesday. Jens Spahn said rapid antigen tests were now sufficiently available on the market to enable local test centres and pharmacies to offer the tests for free.

Source: reuters.com 

Modern medicine has made it easier for players to extend their playing careers, and there are plenty of stars still dominating the game past their 35th birthday. 90min made the list of ten of the best players aged 35 and over in world football right now. According to the list Cristiano Ronaldo is N1.

Source: 90min.com

The tornado hit just after midnight Tuesday, damaging houses, ripping some off their foundations.

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Republican Rep. Mike Waltz on Monday introduced a resolution urging the U.S. to boycott the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing if they are not moved, saying the U.S. "cannot in good conscience" have American athletes celebrating an event hosted by "a brutal dictatorship" and warning that China's Communist Party would be "emboldened by the legitimacy conferred by the Olympics."

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Zimbabwe receives 200,000 doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines.

Source: cnn.com

Dozens of Spanish police have stormed a university and arrested a rapper who had barricaded himself inside the building after being sentenced to jail on charges of glorifying terrorism and insulting royalty in his lyrics. Pablo Hasél and a group of his supporters had taken refuge on Monday in the university town of Lleida in north-eastern Catalonia.

Source: theguardian.com

A footballer dubbed North Korea's Cristiano Ronaldo has been forced back home after he was accused of breaching UN sanctions. Former Juventus striker Han Kwang-song, 22, who most recently played for Qatari side Al-Duhail, may have been sending much of his £80,000-a-month wages back to Kim Jong-un's ruthless regime.

Source: thesun

Saudi Arabia will no longer sign contracts with foreign companies which do not have a regional headquarters in the kingdom after 2023. The policy, which comes into effect on Jan 1. 2024, is designed to encourage foreign firms to open a permanent, in-country regional presence that would help create local jobs.

Source: reuters.com

Singapore’s foreign minister Vivian Balakrishnan told parliament on Tuesday he did not support slapping “widespread generalised indiscriminate sanctions” on Myanmar in response to a military coup, because they could hurt ordinary citizens. The island state is a major investor in Myanmar and a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. 

Source: reuters.com

Novak Djokovic came clean, or so it seemed, right after his third-round victory at the Australian Open, about pain in his midsection after an awkward, torso-twisting slip. Asked that night about being ready for his next match, Djokovic replied: “I know it’s a tear, definitely, of the muscle. ... I don’t know if I’m going to step out onto the court or not.”

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Bill Gates exudes optimism in discussing the world’s ability to tackle climate change – until he hits on manufacturing. About that, he is worried. There is currently no way to make steel or cement without releasing climate-warming emissions. Yet, neither governments nor investors are looking hard to solve that problem, Gates said.

Source: reuters.com

The Masked Singer finale was watched by an average audience of 8.6 million viewers, overnight figures show. That's the biggest live TV audience for any programme so far this year, outside of news and sport.

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On Saturday, the Tesla CEO tagged the Kremlin's official account to ask if the Russian president would like to join him in a conversation on the audio-only app. The Kremlin called Musk's invitation "interesting" but added that it would need to know more details.

Source: cnn.com