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Long a champion of cooperation with China, the German city of Duisburg has abandoned its partnerships there, a move that reflects broader uncertainty in the European Union about Beijing.

Every night before he sleeps, filmmaker and musician Bruce Sheridan writes one page in a lined Moleskin notebook with a black cover.

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If you need some hints on how to get over the pain of the morning after the night before, these international dishes might just be the solution

As the sky turned dark and a thick haze choked the air below, bush fires closed in on a small coastal town in southeast Australia. Chad Staples and his staff at Mogo Wildlife Park were running out of options.

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It follows a ban from the US Navy and a ‘cyber awareness’ message from the Defence Department urging the Pentagon’s 23,000 employees to uninstall the app because it could potentially expose personal data to ‘unwanted actors’.

The unthinkable happened at the Chinese cinema box office in 2019: the top two films were domestic. It’s far from certain Hollywood can regain top spot in China. Will Chinese films threaten US studios’ global dominance too?

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There are countless traditions for the turn of the calendar, from house cleanings to warding off bad spirits, to eating certain foods or jumping around in a specific way

China has financed ports, railways, airports and naval bases, as well as servers that house most or all of the internet for Somalia, Yemen and Ethiopia. But what’s the real cost? And where’s the US in Africa?

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We’re not all hyper-organised travellers, and for some it’s tempting to leave half-full bags sitting around. Experts and fellow travellers offer advice on what to do (Pro tip: those dirty wet clothes doesn’t improve with age).

On Friday night Trump shared a Twitter post from @surfermom77 with his 68 million followers naming the alleged whistle-blower. It later disappeared, but was restored.

Physicist Pan Jianwei plays down significance of documents cited in report, saying they do not mean he or his researchers were supporting development of military technology.

US military cyber officials are developing information warfare tactics that could target the sensitive, personal data of senior Russian officials and oligarchs if Moscow tries to interfere in the 2020 US elections.

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Brilliant performances in Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story and Greta Gerwig’s Little Women have shown that, at 52, Laura Dern is at the peak of her powers, and is finally enjoying the acting career that she had always hoped for.

The folklore behind the space opera, whose ninth episode, The Rise of Skywalker, is storming the box office, has grown over the years. We examine five of the myths that have built up surrounding the films.

Star Wars, Stormland and Ghost Giant – 2019 was a great year for virtual-reality gaming as developers finally began realising the medium’s promise.

Gaming is the No.1 entertainment now, and the past decade saw milestone developments in storytelling and in-game elements. These are the titles that had the most impact in the 2010s.

Riot Games co-founder follows Netflix, Disney, Amazon and HBO into television programming with new show Arcane. It’s a natural move for a company looking to appeal to an audience outside the gaming community.

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