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- One Direction
- Dish of the day
- Constantine
- Sudan – 11 million people have been displaced and famine threatens a further 13 million more. Some say that the complex nature of the conflict doesn’t fit a neat narrative, making it difficult for outsiders to see who is right. As a result, Western media finds it more comfortable to turn a blind eye.
- Wives and girlfriends of football stars.
- Grimaldi – ever since Francesco Grimaldi captured Monaco in 1297.
- The Women’s marathon record. It was set in Chicago by Ruth Chepngetich of Kenya who won in 2:09:56. The previous record, set by Tigist Assefa of Ethiopia, last year, was 2:11:53.
- Freddie Mercury
- The first was the Space X launch of the Starship rocket where the booster section (once it had performed its function) returned to the launch pad and was caught in the arms of the launch tower. This for subsequent re-use. The second was NASA’s launch of Europa Clipper, a spacecraft designed to explore the possibility of alien life on Europa, one of Jupiter’s moons where it is scheduled to arrive in 2030. Europa is suspected of having an ocean of liquid water under its crust.
- b) – she jumped in front of a train.
- A hippodrome used for chariot races. It could accommodate more than 150 000 spectators. The site is now a public park in Rome.
- False – he started wearing them when he forgot his ordinary ones on a plane. He continued with the dark glasses as believed they looked cool.
- Italy – PM, Giorgia Meloni, has set up two processing centres in Albania. Those whose applications fail will be sent by Albania back to their home countries. The EU has endorsed the deal since its ambition is to prevent people from attempting dangerous sea voyages to Europe.
- Joseph Stalin
- False – the story goes that this was his response to the question of whether he thought Starr was the best drummer in the world. But it is an urban legend, originating from a joke in 1981 which was repeated by the comedian Jasper Carrot in his televised shows on the BBC.
- Elon Musk – who, in a short period of time, has become persona non grata, especially in the liberal media. In some circles, even Tesla vehicles are now considered undesirable through association.
- b) Slippery, smarmy or insincere – Jill was not impressed by her blind date and considered him a rather unctuous individual who was clearly trying to mask his real character.
- New facts – acquiring new knowledge.
- b) – a flat carpet shark that lures its prey through camouflage before it strikes in an instant.
- It is the only official lake in the country. The other bodies of freshwater are all called lochs.
