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New Beatles song set to reach number one on UK singles chart
A new Beatles song, produced with the help of AI, is on track to be named number one on the U.K.'s official singles chart on Nov. 5, the chart company said.
The song, "Now and Then" that used artificial intelligence to include the vocals of John Lennon and guitar by George Harrison, who died in 1980 and 2001 respectively, was released last week.
ABBA singer Agnetha makes comeback as solo artist
Two years after iconic Swedish pop group ABBA returned with a new album, singer Agnetha Faltskog has announced she will unveil a new single as a solo artist this week.
"So... where do we go from here?" the 73-year-old asked in a post to Instagram late on Aug 29.
She said the single - also titled "Where Do We Go From Here?" - is set to premier on BBC Radio 2 on yesterday.
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Boris Johnson and the Parthenon Marbles
In the last few months there have been encouraging signs that what Cavafy might have termed "mia kapoia lysis" to the vexed question of the return of the Parthenon Marbles to Athens might be found.
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McCartney blames Lennon for Beatles split
Paul McCartney has revisited the breakup of The Beatles, flatly disputing the suggestion that he was responsible for the group's demise.
Speaking on an episode of BBC Radio 4′s "This Cultural Life" that is scheduled to air on Oct. 23, McCartney said it was John Lennon who wanted to disband The Beatles.
"I didn't instigate the split. That was our Johnny," McCartney said.
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Migrant influx a challenge, Greek minister says
Amid an increase in the influx of undocumented migrants from Turkey, Alternate Citizens' Protection Minister Giorgos Koumoutsakos, who is responsible for migration policy, has said that Europe's migration problem is beyond Greece's capabilities to handle independently.
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Irish Stand-up | Athens | November 29
A night of stand-up comedy from the island of saints, scholars, leprechauns, Bono, Guinness, Daniel Day Lewis, Conor McGregor and Kerrygold Regato comes to Athens with Ireland's finest London-based comedians, Niamh Marron and Colin Chadwick, in a live stand-up show for one night only on November 29. Niamh is a multi-award-winning comedian.
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Europe's Post-Brexit Financial Capital Will be … London
Michael Bloomberg, the businessman and former New York mayor, said London will remain a global financial capital after Brexit, BBC writes.
He told the BBC that the UK's departure from the EU would probably slow the capital's growth, but would not see it eclipsed by a European rival.
London's benefits were its culture and the English language, Mr Bloomberg said.
Bitcoin Not Big Enough to Threaten World Economy
Bitcoin is not at a size where it would pose a risk to the global economy, Bank of England Deputy Governor Jon Cunliffe said on Wednesday, as the virtual currency soared to a record high above $10,000 on major exchange, reported Reuters.
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The end of an era: BLACK SABBATH play tonight their final show ever! (VIDEO)
The band that defined and practically gave birth to a whole genre, Heavy Metal, the fathers of all that is Dark and Doom, will play their last show ever in Birmingham, where everything started 49 years ago.
Ozzy Osborne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler will hit the stage one more time at 7.00′ (local time) for a “farewell” to the world.
Turkey, a victim of Erdoğan's inflammatory rhetoric
"Ten years ago, the Americans helped Sunni tribal leaders in Anbar province west of Baghdad form the 'Awakening' movement to defeat a previous incarnation of violent fundamentalist Islam - al-Qaeda in Iraq.