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Alpine skiing: Women’s downhill (10:30-12:50)This race marks the return of legendary American skier Lindsey Vonn, six years after her retirement from the sport. Downhill is the 41-year-old’s speciality and she’s won a record 45 World Cup races in this event, plus her only Olympic gold medal in 2010.We will have to see how much of an affect crashing in the final World Cup downhill before the Winter Olympics hinders Vonn’s bid. Keep an eye out for her superbly-named compatriot Breezy Johnson, who is the 2025 world champion. The host nation will be hopeful of at least one podium place, although…

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Is the Mandelson-Epstein crisis Sir Keir Starmer’s Profumo scandal?Both involved sex, call girls, lurid revelations and a police investigation. The Profumo scandal brought down Tory prime minister Harold Macmillan in the early 1960s.Secretary of state for war John Profumo had an affair with call girl Christine Keeler, who was also involved with a Soviet naval attache.Tap here for the latest on the Epstein files Profumo lied to parliament about his affair, Macmillan’s handling of the crisis was seen as hopeless – and he failed to confront Profumo about the affair.Months later, Macmillan was gone. Could it happen again? Now, after…

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As the issue of ‘Indian takeover’ of Frisco rocked the council meeting Tuesday, pushed by influencers on social media, Frisco council’s first Indian-origin member Burt Thakur spoke about the issue and said Indians who came to America upheld American Dream because American Dream needs participation. “Somewhere along the way Indians came to America, and then they became Americans, and then they helped to reinforce the American Dream because the American Dream requires participation,” Thakur said. “People are upset. And I suppose what I’m trying to say to you is this. Look to the left of you and look to the…

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