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CHRISTMAS crackers are a staple at any festive dinner table in Britain as family and friends wrestle for the prize and accompanying bad joke contained therein. But why do we pull crackers on Christmas Day?

1. Ben Stokes resumes training for Test but illness worries mount for England  The Guardian
2. England in South Africa: Ben Stokes misses training with father critically ill  BBC News
3. England star Ben Stokes's dad showing signs of improvement after being rushed to hospital  Mirror Online
4. Ben Stokes' father Ged in 'stable condition' but still in intensive care  Daily Mail
5. Ben Stokes: England star in training for Boxing Day Test v South Africa but illness hits tourists'... Читать дальше...

Need to fix gravy that's too thin? A chef has divulged his top cooking tips for thickening up your sauces – and it should come in handy on Christmas day

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Liverpool will be looking to extend their lead at the top of the Premier League table when they take on the second-placed Foxes on Boxing Day

Eight cases against embattled Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein are being reviewed by the

3 systems KKR could follow for the upcoming IPL season.

We’d like to wish all our followers and Real Madrid fans worldwide a very Merry Christmas! Here’s to good health, a great New Year and plenty of trophies in 2020 and beyond. HALA MADRID!

Can you identify the Edinburgh derby heroes from these classic Hearts v Hibernian encounters? Try the BBC Scotland quiz.

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has completed the first review under of the Republic of Armenia’s performance under the program supported by the Stand-By Arrangement (SBA).

Rapper claimed his second album in the space of a few months would be released on Christmas Day

The first phase of the Champions League is over and we are ready for the most exciting football competition to continue in February when the...

Italy has taken a range of steps to counter the depopulation of small communities after one in four have been declared ghost towns in recent years.

MICHELLE OBAMA has offered seasonal greetings from her family in a Christmas card shared on her Instagram page, complete with the paw-prints of dogs Bo and Sunny, in which the former first lady wishes her followers a “holiday season that sparkles with magic and wonder and a new year filled with peace and hope”.

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U.S. Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper is weighing proposals for a major reduction — or even a complete pullout — of American forces from West Africa as the first phase of reviewing global deployments that could reshuffle thousands of troops around the world, according to officials familiar with internal deliberations. Read more here.

Days after the release date of Sam Mendes' much-awaited film '1917' was announced, the first look poster of the war drama was dropped on Wednesday.The poster was set in the war theme showcasing two armed men walking towards barbed wires with the Sun setting in the background. 'Time is the enemy' read the poster of the film.Film critic and trade analyst Taran Adarsh shared the first look poster of the film on his Twitter account.The film is an account of two young British soldiers at World War I during... Читать дальше...

The decision by President Vladimir Putin to set up reserve funds ten years ago has saved the Russian economy, says the country’s former finance minister Alexei Kudrin, who now heads the Accounts Chamber.
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The decision by President Vladimir Putin to set up reserve funds ten years ago has saved the Russian economy, says the country’s former finance minister Alexei Kudrin, who now heads the Accounts Chamber.
Read Full Article at RT.com

Christmas turned to chaos for many holiday observers in the central Philippines as a typhoon with strong winds and heavy rains destroyed homes, cut off power and stranded travellers, disaster officials have said.

Cat is a true feminist and conducts its own partial birth abortion. If you vote for abortion a d support it but can't watch this video or are disturbed by it you're a hypocritical dumbass.

BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:10 P.M.) – The spokesperson for the Turkish presidency stated on Tuesday that the Beghazi-based Libyan National Army (LNA) should stop their attacks (on Tripoli), otherwise the situation will escalate in different regions in Libya. Turkish Presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said in a press conference on Tuesday,”Hafter must stop his attacks, otherwise the […]

An Iranian military fighter jet crashed on Wednesday near a dormant volcano in the northwest of the country, official media reported.