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Brooklyn Nets traded Trevor Booker for Jahlil Okafor and Nik Stauskas
In a trade deal last Thursday, Philadelphia 76ers announced that in exchange for forward Trevor Brooker, they had traded big man Jahlil Okafor, guard Nik Stauskas and a second-round draft pick to the Brooklyn Nets.
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'Victory Day': Iraq military parade celebrates ISIS defeat
An Iraqi military parade in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone celebrated final victory over Islamic State on Sunday, with Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi looking on as troops marched in formation, their bodies spelling 'victory day' in Arabic.
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Pope Francis prays for 'world without nuclear weapons'
Pope Francis on Sunday called on world leaders to work in favour of nuclear disarmament to protect human rights, particularly those of weaker and underprivileged people.
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Christian teacher suing Oxfordshire school for suspension after 'misgendering' transgender pupil
A Christian maths teacher suspended by his Oxfordshire school for 'misgendering' a transgender pupil is suing his school on the grounds of discrimination.
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Iraqi PM says ISIS completely 'evicted' from Iraq
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Saturday that Iraqi forces had driven the last remnants of Islamic State from the country, three years after the militant group captured about a third of Iraq's territory.
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Bitcoin updates: Coinbase tops all iPhone apps in US; several applications to use Bitcoin
The trend of mining, buying, selling, and storing bitcoin has become huge in 2017. The value of bitcoin quickly soared from $1,000 to over $18,000 recently. Several applications were launched this year in order to help people acquire bitcoin and store it for future use.
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Sofia Richie and Scott Disick spotted in Miami
The two have been spotted at an art exhibition by Alec Monopoly and David Yarrow at the Art Basel cocktail hour presented by Haute Living and Maddox Gallery in Miami Beach on Thursday evening.
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'Midnight, Texas' updates: Second season still unconfirmed
NBC summer series "Midnight, Texas" aired its season finale on September, and until now fans of the show are hoping for any kind of sign that the series will renew for a second season.
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"Fantastic Beasts: Crimes of Grindelwald" updates: New set photos released
Entertainment Weekly recently released an exclusive first look at a couple of new photos of the film.
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'Iron Fist' season 2 updates: Actress Alice Eve set to join the cast
A new cast member has joined the crew of Marvel-Netflix Series "Iron Fist" season two. Actress Alice Eve will be appearing in the series' second season, although her character on the show is still kept under wraps.
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CMF praises 'climb-down' allowing UK medics religious exemption from contraception prescription
UK medical professionals who work in sexual health will now be free to 'conscientiously object' on religious or moral grounds to prescribing contraception, including the morning-after-pill, to patients. The move comes after the Christian Medical Fellowship (CMF) publicly lobbied for the exemption and warned of legal action.
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Jesus is my coach: 9 of Our Saviour's favourite sports
As well as being a huge sports fan, God so loved the world that he sent his only son into the world in order to coach sport.
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Trump's Jerusalem move branded a 'terrorist decision' as thousands of Muslims protest in 'day of rage'
Thousands of Palestinians are protesting in a 'day of rage' across the occupied West Bank, Gaza and in East Jerusalem against Donald Trump's recognition of the ancient city as Israel's capital.
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Pope Francis wants to change the Lord's Prayer â but has he got his Greek wrong?
Pope Francis has encouraged Catholics to make a change to the Lord's Prayer, saying that the current form wrongly implies that God can lead humankind 'into temptation'. But looking at the original Greek prayer, is he right?
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World Evangelical Alliance under fire for too close links with Roman Catholic Church
The World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) is under pressure from member bodies in Catholic majority countries accusing it of abandoning its historic opposition to Roman Catholicism and theological liberalism.