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    Oct 27, 2023
     

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    • UAE professor recognised for his achievements in astronomy
    • X, formerly known as Twitter, rolls out new feature
    • Mike Johnson elected to key role in US government
    • The biggest revelations from Britney Spears’s new memoir
    • Bitcoin reaches highest price for first time since May last year
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    • New study says short bursts of daily exercise can make up for sitting all day
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    • Actor Richard Roundtree dies aged 81
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