7 May 2017
7.5.17
Kenyan runner Eliud Kipchoge has broken the world record for the fastest-ever marathon, but failed to break the two-hour barrier by just 25 seconds.
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Thailand has revoked the passport of an heir to the Red Bull fortune for ignoring his 8th summons for killing a policeman by reckless driving in his Ferrari.
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Prince Philip’s decision to stop visiting people has been greeted with gloom on the South Pacific island of Tanna, whose inhabitants worship him as a god.
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The Irish police are investigating Stephen Fry for blasphemy. The anonymous man who reported the alleged offence says he himself was not offended by it.
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Elon Musk’s appeal for names for his new boring machine has produced The Elongator, David Attenburrow, William Burroughs and Digg.