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Dua Lipa, SZA and Shania Twain to lead this year's Glastonbury Festival in June

Whatever the weather, the 200,000 or so music fans heading down to this year's Glastonbury Festival are going to get something different.

For the first time since the festival started in 1970, two female acts will be performing the headline spots on the main stage on two of the three nights. British singer Dua Lipa will play the headline spot on the Pyramid Stage on Friday night and American artist SZA will close it out on Sunday.

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Brahim Díaz selected for Morocco's national team, ending speculation in Spain

Brahim Díaz was selected in Morocco's squad on Wednesday for two friendlies later this month, ending speculation about the Real Madrid winger's possible future with the Spanish national team.

The Spanish daily Marca and other local media reported the move earlier this week. Spanish media said the national team's lack of interest in Díaz played a role in his decision, with Morocco active in trying to recruit him.

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Atletico beats Inter on penalties to reach Champions League quarterfinals

With tears in his eyes, Diego Simeone stared at the Atletico Madrid fans celebrating in the Metropolitano Stadium stands.

Minutes earlier, the coach was pacing back and forth by the sideline, unable to watch the tense penalty shootout that ended with Atletico triumphing over Inter Milan and advancing to the quarterfinals of the Champions League.

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Messi dealing with injury, likely to miss Miami's match versus D.C. United

Inter Miami superstar Lionel Messi is dealing with a leg injury that will likely cause him to miss the team's next match.

Messi checked out of Wednesday's 3-1 win over Nashville just a few minutes into the second half, and coach Gerardo "Tata" Martino said the 36-year-old was experiencing discomfort in his right hamstring area. He was removed from the game as a precaution.

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Spanish league to report 'lamentable racist chants' aimed at Vinícius Júnior

The Spanish league will report what it called "lamentable racist chants" aimed at Real Madrid forward Vinícius Júnior before Atletico Madrid's Champions League game.

Video on social media showed a small group of Atletico fans jumping and chanting "Vinícius chimpanzee" before the team played Inter Milan on Wednesday in the round of 16 of the European competition.

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Former Treasury Secretary says he's putting together investor group to buy TikTok

Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says he's going to put together an investor group to buy TikTok, a day after the House of Representatives passed a bill that would ban the popular video app in the U.S. if its China-based owner doesn't sell its stake.

TikTok, which has more than 170 million American users, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Chinese technology firm ByteDance Ltd.

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EU targets TikTok, X, other apps over AI risks

European Union regulators on Thursday ratcheted up scrutiny of big tech companies including Google, Facebook and TikTok with requests for information on how they're dealing with risks from generative artificial intelligence, such as the viral spread of deepfakes.

The European Commission, the EU's executive branch, has sent questionnaires about the ways that eight platforms and search engines — including Microsoft's Bing, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube and X, formerly Twitter — are curbing the risks of generative AI.

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British government wants to define extremism. Critics say it risks creating more division

The British government published a new official definition of "extremism" on Thursday, and said groups that get the label will be barred from receiving government funding.

The move is in response to a surge in reports of antisemitism and anti-Muslim hate speech and what authorities call an increase in radicalization in Britain since Hamas' Oct. 7 attack on Israel, which triggered the war and Israel's invasion of Gaza.

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Major snowstorm hits Colorado, closing schools, government offices and highways

A major snowstorm has hit Colorado, closing numerous schools and government offices Thursday and shutting down sections of highways leading to the Denver area as meteorologists warned of difficult to nearly impossible travel.

"Our city hasn't seen a storm like this in a few years," Denver Mayor Mike Johnston posted Wednesday on X, formerly known as Twitter.

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Sun to totally eclipse across North America on April 8

The sun is about to pull another disappearing act across North America, turning day into night during a total solar eclipse.

The peak spectacle on April 8 will last up to 4 minutes, 28 seconds in the path of total darkness — twice as long as the total solar eclipse that dimmed U.S. skies in 2017.

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