Winner of Ig Nobel and Nobel Prizes Is Stripped of Citizenship – Improbable Research

  1. Winner of Ig Nobel and Nobel Prizes Is Stripped of Citizenship  Improbable Research
  2. Nobel Prize-Winning Physicist Is Stripped of Dutch Citizenship  The New York Times
  3. Netherlands down a Nobel Prize as winner loses his Dutch nationality  NL Times
  4. The Netherlands “loses” a Nobel Prize winner to the British  dub.uu.nl
  5. Nobel prize winner Andre Geim falls foul of NL nationality rules  DutchNews.nl
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Japanese airlines cancel flights after manga predicts disaster – NewsNation

  1. Japanese airlines cancel flights after manga predicts disaster  NewsNation
  2. A Manga Is Causing Earthquake Panic in Japan  Time Magazine
  3. Japan braces for more quakes, authorities dismiss doomsday hype  Reuters
  4. Another quake rocks islands in southwestern Japan  nhk.or.jp
  5. Is an earthquake or tsunami hitting Japan today? Manga prediction spooks people  Hindustan Times
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Oasis kick off reunion tour in Cardiff with triumphant, nostalgic gig

Focusing heavily on their 1990s output with only one song from their last four albums, Liam and Noel Gallagher performed together for the first time since 2009

Swaggering, cocksure and incredibly loud, Oasis burst back on to the live music scene on Friday night with an accomplished – if ever so slightly distanced – debut gig on their reunion world tour.

Playing Cardiff’s Principality Stadium, the six-piece impressed at the start of what is arguably the most anticipated tour of the century, focusing overwhelmingly on songs from their 1990s heyday – only one song, Little By Little, was taken from their final four albums.

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Oasis setlist: all the songs played at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium

With a heavy emphasis on their 1990s heyday, here is every song that Oasis and their support acts played on the first night of their tour

Hello
Acquiesce
Morning Glory
Some Might Say
Bring It on Down
Cigarettes & Alcohol
Fade Away
Supersonic
Roll With It
Talk Tonight (sung by Noel)
Half the World Away (sung by Noel)
Little By Little (sung by Noel)
D’You Know What I Mean?
Stand By Me
Cast No Shadow
Slide Away
Whatever
Live Forever
Rock ’n’ Roll Star

Encore
The Masterplan (sung by Noel)
Don’t Look Back in Anger (sung by Noel)
Wonderwall
Champagne Supernova

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Netanyahu, IDF chief said to clash in stormy meeting over plan to displace Gazans – The Times of Israel

  1. Netanyahu, IDF chief said to clash in stormy meeting over plan to displace Gazans  The Times of Israel
  2. Israeli Ministers to Meet on Next Steps Toward Gaza Truce  The New York Times
  3. Post-war Gaza: IDF Chief of Staff Zamir presents three alternatives  The Jerusalem Post
  4. A ceasefire in Gaza appears to be close. Here’s why it could happen now  The Guardian
  5. Will Netanyahu Dare Slap Trump in the Face by Refusing to End the Gaza War?  Haaretz
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4,500-Year-Old DNA from Ancient Teeth Reveals Secrets of a Lost Civilization – Indian Defence Review

  1. 4,500-Year-Old DNA from Ancient Teeth Reveals Secrets of a Lost Civilization  Indian Defence Review
  2. The first genome sequenced from ancient Egypt reveals surprising ancestry, scientists say  CNN
  3. DNA shows ancient Egyptians had surprising foreign roots  DW
  4. Ancient Egyptian history may be rewritten by a DNA bone test  BBC
  5. Skeleton found in pot is first ancient Egyptian to undergo whole genome analysis  The Guardian
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‘He likes the game too much’: Why Trump isn’t sweating his lack of trade deals – Politico

  1. ‘He likes the game too much’: Why Trump isn’t sweating his lack of trade deals  Politico
  2. With Liberation Day deadline approaching, Trump the dealmaker struggles to close  The Globe and Mail
  3. Donald Trump wanted 90 trade deals in 90 days. How many has he cracked?  Firstpost
  4. ‘Pissed uncle at Christmas’: Inside Trump’s trade push  The Saturday Paper
  5. Why trade and trade deals are complicated | Number Theory  Hindustan Times
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Allez, allez, allez! Quebec gives go-ahead to cheer ‘go!’ in English at provincial sports games

Province’s language police had a petite contretemps when it challenged Montreal transit agencies use of word on buses

Quebec’s mercurial and controversial language police have decided that using the word “go” is a legitimate way to cheer on sports teams in the province, paving the way for excited fans – and Montreal’s transit agency - to celebrate without fear of recrimination.

In new guidelines, the Office Québécois de la Langue Française (OQLF, the Quebec Board of the French Language) said that “go” was now “partially legitimized”, according to reporting by the Canadian Press, although the language watchdog says it prefers the French equivalent: allez.

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