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A Nigerian chess champion is trying to break the world record for the longest chess marathon

  • Tunde Onakoya, 29, is playing against Shawn Martinez, an American chess champion, in line with Guinness World Record
  • Onakoya, who founded Chess in Slums Africa, hopes to raise $1 million for children’s education across Africa
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‘HELP’ written in palm fronds lands rescue for Pacific castaways

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Dining hall with Trojan War decorations uncovered in ancient Roman city of Pompeii

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Bosnian Formula One fan brings speed dreams to the mountains

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Istanbul airport provides anxious travelers with paw-sitive experience by hiring 5 therapy dogs

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‘Spectacular’ total eclipse leaves North Americans spellbound

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Happy ABBA-versary, fans mark 50 years since ‘Waterloo’ took the world by storm

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6 inmates who sued New York over its prison lockdown order will get to view solar eclipse after all

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Japan’s royal family makes formal debut on Instagram as world’s oldest monarchy tries to draw youth

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‘Oppenheimer’ finally premieres in Japan to mixed reactions and high emotions

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Dogs can associate words with objects, study finds

India’s biggest election loser ready to fight again

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Creature named Kermit the Frog offers clues on amphibian evolution

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Finland world’s happiest country again, Kuwait ranks 13: study

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Authorities seize ailing alligator kept illegally in New York home’s swimming pool

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McDonald’s hit by system failure at Asian outlets

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2 women drove a man’s body to a bank to withdraw his money, US police say

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French ‘Spiderman’ scales tower to support Philippines’ South China Sea claims

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Israel to revise Eurovision entries said to allude to Hamas attack

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Spaceship Odysseus lying sideways after dramatic moon touchdown

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US police shoot and kill man holding a plastic fork

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Private US spacecraft enters orbit around the moon ahead of landing attempt

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Kuwaiti ‘death ship’ carrying cattle causes stench in Cape Town

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Harrison Ford’s ‘Star Wars’ script fetches £10,795 at UK sale

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Giant teddy bear nabs Peru drug dealers in Valentine raid

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