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By the time Hurricane Harvey was downgraded to a Category 1 storm early Saturday, it had already delivered a 1-2 punch to the Gulf Coast of Texas, making landfall twice, with powerful wind gusts and the threat of catastrophic flooding.

It was still threatening to be the most powerful storm to hit the Lone Star State in more than a decade.

Hurricane Harvey intensified early on Aug. 25, spinning into potentially the biggest hurricane to hit the U.S. mainland in more than a decade, with life-threatening floods expected along the Gulf Coast. 

Hurricane Harvey intensified early on Friday, spinning into potentially the biggest hurricane to hit the U.S. mainland in more than a decade, with life-threatening floods expected along the Gulf Coast, reported Reuters. 

Steven Soderbergh is showing me a collage he’s been making. Half-finished, it sits on a table in his New York office. Composed entirely of movie stars in character, the work gives pride of place to Robert De Niro as a mohawked Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver. He’s flanked by River Phoenix, John Belushi, Sacha Baron Cohen, Dennis Hopper and Catherine Deneuve.

The growth of shale gas extraction is positioning the United States to be a bigger natural gas exporter, potentially challenging Russia's hold on the European market.

Love him or hate him, one thing is certain about Conor McGregor. The Irish UFC champ has that special something, it could be his wittiness, the swag, the confidence or simply that X-factor that makes him stand out from the rest. The public simply adores him. In fact his charisma and magnetic appeal are so strong that even his lookalikes can draw in a crowd.

Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor will go face to face for the third time this week on Thursday night, as their whistle-stop media tour arrives in New York City.

The NYC presser will be held at the Barclays Centre and is due to get underway at 11.30pm BST. We’ll be bringing you live coverage of the event from around 10pm.

Rumours Prince Harry is about to pop the question to girlfriend Meghan Markle appear to be far from his mind in pictures of him partying with a blonde pal at a rock show.
As speculation Harry is set to propose to the US actress continues to swirl, the young Prince hung out with pals at a gig in London’s Hyde Park.

The “accidental hero” who halted the global spread of an unprecedented ransomware attack by registering a garbled domain name hidden in the malware has warned the attack could be rebooted.

Acropolis is among the most photographed sites in the world on instagram, as Buzzfeed reports.

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