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Taylor Swift concerts canceled over alleged terrorist attack plans

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Taylor Swift performs onstage during "Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour" at Veltins Arena on July 17, 2024 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
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Organizers say they had “no choice but to cancel” three Eras tour concerts in Austria. Local authorities have arrested two suspects.
Taylor Swift performs on stage at the Paris La Defense Arena as part of her The Eras Tour, in Nanterre, France, on May 9, 2024.
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From left, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance.
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Analysis Trump stays home, leaving Vance to challenge Harris and Walz for the Midwest
A damaged house is seen in the town of Sudzha in the Kursk region, Russia following what local authorities called a Ukrainian military strike, in this handout image released August 6, 2024.
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Russia says Ukrainian troops crossed into its territory and launched ‘massive attack’
Antifascist counter-protesters demonstrating against far-right riots in Walthamstow, east London.
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Thousands of anti-racist protesters turn out to counter far-right rallies in UK
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Alice Finot of Team France competes in the women's 3000m steeplechase final on day eleven of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade de France on August 6.
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French runner Alice Finot proposes to her boyfriend in latest act of Olympic love
Ana Barbosu of Romania competes during the women's Artistic Gymnastics All-Around Final - on Balance Beam on Day 6 of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Bercy Arena on August 1, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Harry Langer/DeFodi Images via Getty Images)
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Romanian PM won’t attend closing ceremony to protest judges’ treatment of gymnasts
India's Vinesh Phogat reacts to beating Japan's Yui Susaki in their women's freestyle 50kg wrestling early rounds match at the Champ-de-Mars Arena in Paris on August 6, 2024.
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Triumph to torment for Indian wrestler who led anti-sexual harassment protests
Paris 2024 Olympics - Athletics - Men's High Jump Qualification - Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France - August 07, 2024. Gianmarco Tamberi of Italy greets Mutaz Essa Barshim of Qatar after their jump during the qualification round. REUTERS/Aleksandra Szmigiel
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Algeria's Imane Khelif (Blue) reacts after beating Thailand's Janjaem Suwannapheng in the women's 66kg semi-final boxing match during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Roland-Garros Stadium, in Paris on August 6, 2024. (Photo by MOHD RASFAN / AFP) (Photo by MOHD RASFAN/AFP via Getty Images)
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Ukraine's Olga Kharlan celebrates with her country's flag after winning in the women's sabre team gold medal bout between South Korea and Ukraine during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Grand Palais in Paris, on August 3, 2024.
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The NYSE app is seen in the app store in this illustration photo taken in Warsaw, Poland on 05 August, 2024.
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People walk in front of Cinderella's Castle at the Magic Kingdom Park at Walt Disney World on May 31, 2024, in Orlando, Florida.
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Bangladeshi Nobel peace laureate Muhammad Yunus, center, leaves a court in Dhaka, Bangladesh on January 1, 2024. Nobel peace laureate Yunus was convicted on January 1, of violating Bangladesh's labour laws in a case decried by his supporters as politically motivated.
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Christian Musema, a laboratory nurse, takes a sample from a child declared a suspected case Mpox - an infectious disease caused by the monkeypox virus that spark-off a painful rash, enlarged lymph nodes and fever; at the the treatment centre in Munigi, following Mpox cases in Nyiragongo territory near Goma, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo July 19, 2024. REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi
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This photo taken on May 2, 2023 shows people eating barbecue during the 5-day Labour Day holiday in Zibo, in China's eastern Shandong province.
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‘Special forces travelers’ are making and breaking tourism destinations
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Two male squaretail groupers fighting over a mating territory at a spawning aggregation site
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Colin Farrell arrives at an FYC event for "Sugar" on Sunday, April 28, 2024, at Linwood Dunn Theater in Los Angeles.
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Colin Farrell launches foundation in honor of son, who has a rare neurogenetic disorder
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US company Calcarea is developing technology to removw carbon dioxide from the exhaust of cargo ships. Pictured is a prototype reactor at the Port of Los Angeles. <strong>Scroll through the gallery to see more innovations that are helping to make transport greener.</strong>
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The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) stands in the financial district on August 05, 2024, in New York City.
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Stocks jump as Wall Street looks to stage comeback
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<strong>Italian dream:</strong> Christina and Pete Sobolev, both in their sixties, bought a home in the hilltop village of Santa Domenica Talao, near Scalea, Calabria in a bid to save their marriage.
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They moved from the US to Italy to save their marriage. Here’s how that worked out
How ‘special forces travelers’ are making – and then breaking – Chinese tourism destinations
This US woman drove solo from Georgia to Mongolia via Russia. It wasn’t the fun overlanding expedition she expected
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PARIS, FRANCE - AUGUST 06: Gold medalist Gabrielle Thomas of Team United States celebrates after winning the Women's 200m Final on day eleven of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade de France on August 06, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Michael Steele/Getty Images)
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‘What a special moment’: US figure skating team finally receives Beijing 2022 gold medals in ceremony under the Eiffel Tower
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Opinion

GREENFIELD, IOWA - MAY 22: Residents go through the damage after a tornado tore through town yesterday afternoon on May 22, 2024 in Greenfield, Iowa. Multiple deaths and injuries have been reported from a series of tornadoes and powerful storms that hit several Midwestern states. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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US Politics

ATLANTA, GEORGIA - AUGUST 03: Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the Georgia State University Convocation Center on August 03, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. Polls currently show a close race between Trump and Democratic presidential candidate, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
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Science and health

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You need to focus on your pelvic health. A doctor explains why
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The health benefits of flexibility, and how to get there

Tech

Elon Musk, Chief Executive Officer of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of X looks on during the Milken Conference 2024 Global Conference Sessions at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., May 6, 2024.
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Has the AI bubble burst? Wall Street wonders if artificial intelligence will ever make money

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Opened last year in a star-studded three-day celebration, Atlantis, The Royal in Dubai is the only resort in the Middle East to snag a spot on the inaugural World's 50 Best Hotels list.
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Beyoncé stayed in $100,000 per night suite in the Middle East’s ‘best hotel’
Andy Schmid, from Switzerland, took gold in the underwater category with this image of a female orca chasing herring, in Skjervøy, Norway.
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World Nature Photography Awards showcase wildlife
Unveiled at Dubai Airshow, CelestialSTAR is a new concept cabin design from Lufthansa Technik. It's designed for the BBJ 777-9 — the upcoming private jet version of Boeing's new widebody aircraft, the 777X.
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World’s biggest twin-engine private jet gets a luxury cabin concept
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FILE- In this Feb. 7, 2008 file photo, a couple of sea otters sit on a float in the Cordova, Alaska boat harbor. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009 designated more than 5,800 square miles as critical habitat for sea otters in the Aleutian Islands, Bering Sea and Alaska Peninsula. (AP Photo/Al Grillo, File)
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How sea otters came back from the brink of extinction
The newly opened One Za'abeel in Dubai is home to the world's longest cantilever building, a 220-meter-long glass corridor that seemingly levitates between towers on either side. The lifestyle destination is also home to the United Arab Emirate's longest suspended infinity pool.
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The world’s longest cantilever building just opened

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