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Bieber, Sheeran win first Grammys, Kendrick Lamar leads early winners

Rapper Kendrick Lamar lead the early winners at Monday's Grammy awards with fouraccolades including one shared with Taylor Swift, while Justin Bieber and Ed Sheerancelebrated their first Grammy wins.

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Lionel Messi: a genius and antidote to football’s bloated excesses

Fifa’s Ballon d’Or ceremony is undoubtedly overblown and overdressed but Barcelona’s talisman is a worthy winner of the celebrated award

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German authority prohibits best-price clauses at Booking.com

​The German Federal Cartel Office prohibited on Wednesday the German arm of Booking.com from continuing to use best-price clauses in its contracts with hotel operators in the country.

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Kenya makes history, reigns supreme at Beijing World Championships

​Kenya wrote history as the best country in track and field when it ruled roost as the curtains came down on the 15th edition of the World Championships at the Bird's Nest Stadium in Beijing on Sunday.

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Chinese film big winner at Shanghai festival

Chinese film "The Dead End" became a bigger winner with the best director and best actor awards at the 18th Shanghai International Film Festival, which ended on Sunday.

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Feature: Who will be the best footballer in Copa America?

Chile's Copa America 2015 is set to be a magical showcase of the best talent in the world of football but the bets are on for who will be the tournament's best player.

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Films "Birdman," "The Grand Budapest Hotel" lead Oscar nominations with 9 nods each

​"Birdman" and "The Grand Budapest Hotel" led Thursday's Oscar nominations, with nine nominations each for the 87th Academy Awards, followed by "The Imitation Game," which got eight nods.

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"Ruins of Time" wins Chinese sci-fi award

The 2014 Xingyun (Nebula) Award for Global Chinese Science Fiction was announced Sunday, with the best saga novel prize awarded to a story about a world trapped in an endless loop.

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Int'l animation film festival presents high-quality productions

The sixth ReAnimania International Animation Film Festival underway here on Saturday through Friday presents the best animated films produced by world filmmakers this year.

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Turkish movie wins best film at Sarajevo Flim Festival

​The movie "Song of My Mother", directed by Erol Mintas from Turkey, on Saturday won the Heart of Sarajevo for the best film at the 20th Sarajevo Film Festival (SFF) .

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Colombia celebrates James Rodriguez goal voted World Cup's best

Colombians Monday celebrated the selection of a goal by national footballer James Rodriguez as the best of the 2014 Brazil World Cup.

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Czech Karlovy Vary film festival's main prize goes to Georgian film

Georgian film "Corn Island", directed by George Ovashvili, won the main prize Crystal Globe and and a 25,000 U.S. dollars cash prize at the prize-giving gala of the 49th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival on Saturday night.

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Dutch film "Boys" wins four awards at Czech film festival

The Dutch film "Boys" won four awards at the 54th International Film Festival for Children and Youth which is held in Zlin, the Czech Republic, the organisers announced on Wednesday before the awarding ceremony.

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Sydney’s best beaches to beat the heatwave

As a cruel arctic winter envelops much of North America, Australia is literally sweltering in another record-breaking heatwave. With the summer crowds, pouring out of the Sydney CBD this week for the nearest refreshing solution, the team at Xinhua, Sydney bureau have selected what we think are the best of the best – Sydney's top beaches and what they offer for those looking to escape the grinding heat.

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Zhang Ziyi wins Best Actress at Golden Horse Awards

Iconic Chinese movie star Zhang Ziyi won the best leading actress award at the Golden Horse Awards, considered the Chinese-language Oscars, for her performance in the film "The Grandmaster." 

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HBO finishes as biggest winner at 65th Emmys

HBO garnered seven more honors at the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony Sunday in addition to the 20 awards it earned last week, bringing its total Emmy haul to 27 this year.