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Photographer Tim Page dies at 78

His death was confirmed by his longtime partner, Marianne Harris, according to  The New York Times. Page was one of the most vivid personalities among a corps of Vietnam photographers whose images helped shape the course of the war. Timothy John Page was born in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, in the UK on May 25, 1944.  He was the son of a British sailor who was killed in World War II. He was adopted and never knew his birth mother. At 17, he left England in search of adventure, leaving behind a note that read: “Dear Parents, am leaving home for Europe or perhaps Navy and hence the world. Do not know how long I shall go for.” He went well beyond Europe, travel ing to the Middle East, India, and Nepal, before ending his journey in Laos at the beginning of the Indochina war. He found freelance work with United Press International and won a job thanks to photographs he had taken of an attempted coup in Laos in 1965. He spent most of the next five years covering the war in V...

Liverpool equal Premier League record with 9-0 hammering of Bournemouth

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Two goals inside the opening six minutes from Luis Diaz and Harvey Elliot put the hosts into a commanding position from the off. A stunning strike from England full-back Trent Alexander Arnold which arrowed into the top corner gave Liverpool a three-goal lead in the 28th minute before Roberto Firmino got in on the act with a fourth three minutes later. Not done there, Liverpool had a fifth before the interval, with Virgil van Dijk heading home from a corner — the first time the Reds had netted five in the first half of a league game since 1958. Chris Mepham’s own goal had the visitors staring at the prospect of an embarrassing drubbing, with such worries heightening after a close-range finish from Firmino and substitute Fabio Carvalho’s volley. After Diaz headed in the ninth, Liverpool had five minutes to become the first side to score 10 goals in a Premier League match. But despite some late scares, Bournemouth did just enough to avoid suffering that ignominy. Soccer Foot...