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Ballon d'Or Awards 2023: Messi wins for a record eighth time
The most prominent figures in global football assembled at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris yesterday for the prestigious 67th Ballon d'Or awards ceremony to honour the best players over the last year. The highlight of the night was when Lionel Messi won the best men's player award for a record-extending eighth time, while the Barcelona and Spain midfielder Aitana Bonmati was recognised as the best female footballer in 2023. Here's a look at all the award winners at the Ballon d'Or 2023 ceremony
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Top 5 friendliest cities in Europe
Discover Europe's most welcoming destinations voted by readers of Condé Nast Traveller for 2023
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Less sex, more friendship: Gen Z preference for movies and TV shows
For nearly half of the teens surveyed, sex isn't a necessary plot element in most movies and series, according to the annual "Teens and Screens" report from the University of California's Center for Scholars and Storytellers
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World's available CO2 'budget' for 1.5C smaller than thought: study
Scientists said the revised "carbon budget" meant that humanity was now more likely than not to blow past the Paris Agreement's safer temperature threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius since the preindustrial era
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Britain's iconic red phone boxes get a new lease of life
Redundant red and other phone boxes are increasingly being adopted by local communities and converted into facilities such as mini libraries, visitor information stands and defibrillators
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'Too hot outside': Saudis take to walking, jogging in malls
It is a scene replicated daily in malls across the Saudi capital, highlighting how a growing interest in physical fitness in the Gulf kingdom has collided with a dearth of suitable spaces for working out
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Young gamers are rallying for Palestine... on Roblox
Called "(PALESTINE) Dataran tanjung mas" (written in Malay), this online space was created by the user "Tanah Melayu Official," according to the Roblox page, and has caused quite a stir on social networks
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'Last' Beatles song set for release next week
"Now And Then", first written and sung by ex-Beatle John Lennon and developed by the rest of the band, has now been finally finished by McCartney and Starr—and AI—decades after its original recording
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Generation Alpha are the biggest gaming enthusiasts, study finds
Video games play an essential role in the lives of Generation Alpha (people born after 2010), according to Newzoo's Global Gamer Study 2023
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Car drivers torture a New Zealand city with Celine Dion songs
Local media have reported on contestants—often people with family links to Pacific Island nations—using large siren-type speakers on cars and even bicycles to drown each other out with their powerful systems
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Vacation inspiration: Top travel destinations for 2024
Thoughts are already turning to vacation plans for 2024, and Mongolia takes first place, ahead of India and Morocco