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French Open bans Hamou over attempts to kiss reporter on live TV

May 30, 2017

Tennis player Maxime Hamou has been banned from the French Open by the tournament’s organisers after attempting to kiss a female journalist multiple times during a live television interview. The 21-year-old French player held reporter Maly Thomas around her neck and shoulders while repeatedly kissing her, even as she visibly tried to pull away and […]

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FA Cup archive: Arsenal 3-2 Manchester United, 1979 final

January 27, 2015

Arsenal needed an 89th-minute winner from Alan Sunderland to beat Manchester United 3-2 in the 1979 FA Cup final, having conceded two goals in the final three minutes. First-half goals from Brian Talbot and Frank Stapleton appeared to have won the final for the Gunners before the Red Devils levelled the game with goals in […]

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What’s it like being a cat?

October 3, 2014

According to research conducted jointly by BBC and Royal Veterinary College, domestic cats have reached an intriguing evolutionary crossroads. Through behavioral adaptations in response to modern life – particularly dense urban environments – such as sharing territory between cats or people or hunting less actively while improving communication both ways with each other and humans […]

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The Kanamara Matsuri: Japan’s unique festival of fertility and tradition

April 2, 2014

The Kanamara Matsuri, often referred to as the “Festival of the Iron Phallus,” is one of Japan’s most colorful and talked-about events. Every spring, on the first Sunday of April, thousands of people gather at the Kanayama Shrine in Kawasaki, just outside Tokyo, to celebrate fertility, health, and the more lighthearted side of life. It’s […]