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Uber chief to take leave from company

UberCEOTravisKalanicktoldemployeesonTuesdayheplanstotaketimeawayfromthecompany,andcouldreturninadiminishedrole.Hismovecomesafteramonths-longinvestigationofmanag

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Myanmar plane missing: Military aircraft carrying 116 people disappears

AmilitaryplanehasdisappearedoverMyanmarwith116peopleonboard.Theplanewentmissingat1.35pmlocaltime(7:05amUKtime)asitflewfromMyeiktoYangon,thecountry'sarmysaid.Ama

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South Africa's Van Niekerk wins 200m dash in Boston

SouthAfrica'sWaydeVanNiekerkandShaunaeMiller-UibooftheBahamaseachcapturedtheir200metreracesontheseconddayofatrackandfieldeventinBostononSunday.The24-year-oldVan

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Jamaica's Thompson stars at international athletics meet

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Centrowitz dominates Farah in 1,500m at USATF Distance Classic

AmericanMatthewCentrowitz,the1,500meterOlympicchampionattheRioGames,dominatedBritain'sMoFarah,theundisputedkingofthe5,000and10,000metres,attheUSATFDistanceClass

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S.Korea raises foot-and-mouth alert to highest, stops moving livestock

South Korea's agriculture ministry on Thursday raised its foot-and-mouth disease alert to the highest level for the first time in seven years, stopping the moves of all livestock across the country.

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You won't be able to look away from this eyelash clock

Time is a huge cause of our everyday stress. It's always either passing too slowly or too quickly.

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Arrival – Amy Adams reaches out to aliens in clever sci-fi drama

Director Denis Villeneuve follows up acclaimed thriller Sicario with an emotional and intellectual look at how we’d handle visitors from space

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If you want to arrive on time, take these airlines

Keeping a strict schedule and traveling by air is a tricky combination. Delays abound—there’s airport congestion, inclement weather, mechanical problems, labor shortages, or the rare puppy. But certain airlines do stick more closely to their schedules than others.

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Golden Globes 2017: Red carpet

Despite a stormy forecast earlier in the week, the weather obliged just in time for the 2017 Golden Globes, where the biggest stars in movies and TV are gathering to be celebrated all at once to mark the real beginning of the most wonderful time of the year in Hollywood.

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One killed, more than 30 wounded in car bomb blast in Turkey

A car bomb blast killed one person and wounded at least 30 others in south-eastern Turkey on Friday (Nov 4).

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Apple CEO: Nothing will eclipse smartphone any time soon

Apple CEO Tim Cook said Tuesday that smartphones are growing in importance as they add new functions, and they will not be replaced by other products any time soon.

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Study finds birds can sleep in mid-air during long-distance flight

German scientists have found definitive proof for the first time that great frigatebirds can sleep during their long-distance flight.

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China's unmanned metro to launch in 2017

The line connects Yanshan, a suburb built around a petroleum and chemical enterprise, to Fangshan, where passengers can transfer to trains bound for the center of Beijing.

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U.S. Embassy in Myanmar apologizes for inconvenience by security drill

The U.S. Embassy in Yangon, the largest city of Myanmar, apologized to neighbors and others in local areas for the inconvenience caused by its unannounced security drill on Sunday evening, the embassy said via its Facebook account on Monday.

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Catch'em all: Pokémon Go game becomes an online hit in China

Gamers in Chinese mainland are increasingly upset over their lack of access to Pokémon Go, the latest Nintendo smash-hit game sending countless smartphone addicts worldwide outdoor to hunt down fictional creatures.

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AlphaGo taught itself how to win, but without humans it would have run out of time

Even at Google’s DeepMind, there’s still stuff that humans code best, it seems – and it’s all down to timing