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Liverpool go unbeaten in Premier League for a full year

Jurgen Klopp hailed "exceptional" Liverpool after they made it an entire calendar year without a Premier League defeat as the runaway leaders beat Sheffield United 2-0 on Thursday.Klopp's side mov

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After 2019’s reality check, what’s ahead for driverless cars in 2020?

If 2018 was when the industry was shocked into sobriety, 2019 would be a year when pragmatism and the challenges of trying to develop and scale a technology got a lot more real. The upshot: the indust

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The story of why Marc Benioff gifted the AppStore.com domain to Steve Jobs

In Marc Benioff’s book, Trailblazer, he tells the tale of how Steve Jobs planted the seeds of the idea that would become the first enterprise app store, and how Benioff eventually paid Jobs bac

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Arteta earns first win as Arsenal sink Man Utd

Marcus Rashford of Manchester United in action with Sokratis of Arsenal during the Premier League match between Arsenal FC and Manchester United at Emirates Stadium in London, the United Kingdom,

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Int'l community praises Xi's New Year speech on world peace, common development

The international community has praised Chinese President Xi Jinping's New Year speech delivered on Tuesday, saying that China's development benefits people, and giving thumbs up to China's commitmen

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APD | Rouhani urges U.S. to return to right track for talks with Iran

By APD writer Muhammad SohailIranian President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday voiced his country’s readiness to resume talks with the United States under the condition tha

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French hardline union calls for more strikes to counter Macron's pension reform

French hardline union CGT called on Wednesday for more strikes in France this month after president Emmanuel Macron pledged to push through an overhaul of the pension s

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Which Chinese words do foreigners recognize the most?

FromUSPresidentDonaldTrump’sgranddaughterArabellatoJimRogers’daughterHappyRogers,quiteanumberofforeignershaveeitherstartedtolearnChineseorprefertheirdescendants

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Manchester named UNESCO City of Literature

Manchester,EnglandonWednesdaywasdesignatedaCityofLiteraturebyUNESCO.ThecitybuiltBritain'sfirstpubliclendinglibraryandgavetheworldtheworkofgreatwritersincludingE

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Academics uncover 30 words 'lost' from English language

Snout-fair,dowsabelandpercherareamong30"lost"wordswhichexpertsbelievearestillincurrentuse.Researchershavedrawnupthelisttopersuadepeoplethatthesedefunctwordscans

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How Americanisms are killing the English language

SoitturnsoutIcannolongerspeakEnglish.ThiswasthealarmingrealisationfoisteduponmebyMatthewEngel’switty,cantankerousyetnonethelesspersuasivepolemicThat’stheWayitCr

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Madcap monikers! Odd company names to be banned in China

"BeijingAfraidofWifeTechnology"and"WhatYouLookingatTechnology"arejusttwoexamplesofthekindofcompanynamethatwillsoonbeathingofthepast.Afterlaunchingacampaigntoeli

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Talk dirty to me? US literature sees growth in use of swear words

MarkTwainoncesaid,“Thereoughttobearoomineveryhousetoswearin,”because“it’sdangeroustohavetorepressanemotionlikethat.”TheAmericanhumorist'scallforuseofobscenelang

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Meet author of world's first English K-pop dictionary

Many international K-pop fans are eager to fully understand what their favorite stars are saying but not all of them can afford to learn the Korean language.

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Women from Venus, men still from Mars on Facebook, study finds

Women used warmer, gentler words in their status updates on Facebookcompared to men, who were more likely to swear, express anger and use argumentative language, a study of 10 million postings released on Wednesday found.

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"Refugees" named word of year 2015 in German language

​The German word "Fluechtlinge," which means "refugees" in English, was named "Word of the Year 2015" in the German language, the Society for the German Language (GfdS) announced Friday.

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Italy's new president gets unanimous welcome

​Sergio Mattarella, the new Italian president, started his seven-year mandate on Tuesday with a promise to guarantee the rule of law amid high appreciation of the local political and social world.