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What this 18th-century shipwreck reveals about the horrors of the slave trade
For more than 200 years, the São José Paquete d’Africa lay hidden off Cape Town’s shore. Its excavation in 2014 uncovered a ...
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Manchester United's 1999 treble winners crowned greatest football team, surpassing Barcelona and Brazil
The legendary Man Utd side that won the treble in 1999 has been voted as the greatest football team of all time in a poll ...
Hindu music singer inaugurates project to spread yoga in Brazil’s favelas
Dozens of Brazilian yoga aficionados saluted the sun in Rio de Janeiro for the inaugural class of a free course allowing ...
What really happens when Wimbledon residents host players
From a ruined mattress to a visit from Nadal, a select few Londoners get a unique insight into the tennis world every summer ...
From a fun idea at 16, now Amelia Dimoldenberg has millions of fans worldwide
Chicken Shop Date has become so popular, even presidents have been calling for a chat. But the 31-year-old isn’t always ...
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Chestnut reclaims crown in Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating contest
By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press Famed competitive eater Joey “Jaws” Chestnut reclaimed his title Friday at the Nathan’s ...
Roberto Baggio on 1994 penalty miss: ‘If I had a knife then, I would have stabbed myself’
Three decades later, the moment still haunts Baggio, but he gifted a jersey he wore in that WC to Lionel Messi on his 38th ...
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The value of what is ours, by Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi
I attended a Ford Foundation philanthropy retreat in Bahia, Brazil. My first visit to Brazil was in 2004 to attend a ...
Brazil's first lady is under fire. Critics say her outspokenness oversteps her ceremonial role
Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks to supporters accompanied by girlfriend Rosangela da Silva after he was released from Federal Police headquarters where he was imprisoned on ...