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A Belgian boy has graduated secondary school aged eight after completing six years' study in just a year and a half. Laurent Simons, whose father is Belgian and mother Dutch, and has an IQ of 145 according to his parents, collected a diploma with a class of 18-year-olds. Speaking to Belgium's RTBF radio, Laurent said his favourite subject was maths "because it's so vast, there's statistics, geometry, algebra". After a two-month holiday from school, he will start university. His father said his son had struggled when he was younger to play with other children, and had not been particularly interested in toys. Laurent said he had considered becoming a surgeon and an astronaut but was now thinking about going into computers. "If he decided tomorrow to become a carpenter, that would not be a problem for us, as long as he is happy," his father said. Fashion LED Light Up Shoes For Toddler - Black

🇫🇷Mbappe Masterclass Sends Messi & Argentina packing Kylian Mbappe upstaged Lionel Messi as France recorded a 4-3 win over Argentina in a topsy-turvy last-16 clash to open the knockout stages at the World Cup. Teenager Mbappe was in devastating form in the heavyweight clash in Kazan, scoring two second-half goals to bring Argentina's tumultuous campaign in Russia to an end. The Paris Saint-Germain forward's surging 70-yard burst also led to the opener after 13 minutes, Antoine Griezmann slotting home from the penalty spot after Mbappe had been hauled down by Marcos Rojo. Yet Argentina turned the game around to go ahead, Angel Di Maria's stunning long-range strike before the break followed by Gabriel Mercado's fortuitous effort early in the second half. However, Benjamin Pavard matched Di Maria's effort with an outstanding equaliser in the 57th minute before Mbappe took centre stage, securing Didier Deschamps' side a place in the quarter-finals

  Ed Sheeran Sued  for $100 Mil for Ripping Off Marvin Gaye in 'Thinking Out Loud'❗ Image credit: All music Ed Sheeran is on the receiving end of a monster $100 million lawsuit by a company claiming the singer ripped off a Marvin Gaye classic. A company called Structured Asset Sales filed the lawsuit, claiming Ed's song, "Thinking Out Loud," is a carbon copy of Gaye's "Let's Get it On." According to the lawsuit, Sheeran's song has the same melody, rhythms, harmonies, drums, bassline, backing chorus, tempo, syncopation and looping as "Let's Get it On." Sheeran's song was a huge hit ... nominated for a Grammy for Best Record, Best Performance and Song of the Year in 2016. And, according to the docs, Ed's single and the album it's on -- "X" -- sold more than 15 million copies and the song has been played on YouTube more than a billion times.

In case you hadn't heard, Drake released his fifth album Scorpion in the early hours on 29 June. Here's the link to the album on iTunes, Spotify and Tidal among others - drake Scorpion album . The record features 25 songs including the No.1 singles “God's Plan” and “Nice For What”. Drake wrote his own “Editor's Notes” for Apple Music, which say: “I hate when Drake raps. Drake sings too much. Drake is a pop artist. Drake doesn’t even write his own songs. "Drake took an l. Drake didn’t start from the bottom. Drake is finished. I like Drake's older stuff. Drake makes music for girls. Drake thinks he’s Jamaican. Drake is an actor. Drake changed. Anybody else > Drake …. Yeah yeah we know.” The album is Drake's first project since 2017's More Life, which was billed as a playlist. It is his first album since 2016's commercially successful but poorly reviewed Views. The first hint at a new release was dropped back in 2017 via th

Neymar is not worth the €222 million (£200m/$262m) Paris Saint-Germain paid to sign him, the star himself says. The 26-year-old feels PSG paid over the odds for him, but says he has always wanted to be seen as a "special" player. "I'm not proud of the transfer fee, nor of the fact I'm the most expensive player ever," he said. "That's just money and nothing else. I cannot help it. Personally, I would have paid less for myself. I always wanted to be special. That was my goal very early - actually from the moment I started playing football for a club. That was at the age of 11. It may sound clumsy, but from then on I've tried to get better every single day and get to my best." Neymar impressed in the French capital in his first year until an injury brought a premature end to his campaign.

Drake—a.k.a. Aubrey Graham—staged a Degrassi reunion for the class of 2007 in his music video for "I'm Upset," released overnight. The rap superstar recruited many of his former co-stars—including Dalmar Abuzeid (Danny Van Zandt), Sarah Barrable-Tishauer (Liberty Van Zant), Paula Brancati (Jane Vaughn), Stefan Brogen (Archie "Snake" Simpson), Lauren Collins (Paige Michalchuk), Nina Dobrev (Mia Jones), Marc Donato (Derek Haig), Ephram Ellis (Rick Murray), Jake Epstein (Craig Manning), Stacey Farber (Ellie Nash), Jake Goldsbie (Toby Isaacs), Shane Kippel (Spinner Mason), Andrea Lewis (Hazel Aden), Linlyn Lue (Laura Kwan), Miriam MacDonald (Emma Nelson), Melissa McIntyre (Ashley Kerwin), Adamo Rugguiero (Marco Del Rossi), AJ Saudin (Connor DeLaurier), Christina Schmidt (Christina Schmidt), Cassie Steele (Manny Santos)—for his trip down memory lane. Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith, who starred in the four-part Degrassi Goes Hollywood film special, also made cameo ap

On Wednesday, the former inmate wrapped the reality TV star in a warm embrace, as she met for the first time the woman who helped win her freedom. Johnson, a first-time nonviolent drug offender who'd been serving a life sentence since 1996, was freed from prison last week after President Donald Trump commuted her sentence. That commutation came just days after Kardashian West, who said she became interested in Johnson after seeing a story about her months ago on Twitter, pleaded Johnson's case to Trump in the Oval Office. "At first, I thought she (already) knew, because the news was starting to break," Kardashian West told NBC's Hoda Kotb. Last week, an emotional Johnson marveled at her freedom after more than two decades behind bars, grateful for a second chance -- and craving seafood.

The world’s largest skinny dip took place on Saturday morning, with more than 2,500 women stripping off on a secluded beach in the Republic of Ireland to break the Guinness world record. The annual event, known as Strip and Dip, is in its sixth year after being launched by breast cancer survivor Deirdre Featherstone and this year was raising funds for Aoibheann’s Pink Tie, Ireland's national children's cancer charity. Open to women only, participants were made up of cancer patients, survivors and those who had been otherwise affected by cancer. Ms Featherstone decided to launch the event just six weeks after undergoing a mastectomy. 60 people attended the inaugural swim while numbers grew to 200 for last year's event. “I had a brainwave to do something fun,” the 53-year-old mother-of-three wrote on this year's registration page. “There are a lot of women undertaking this who have been through cancer and of course loads of people who have been affected by it. Wi

Verizon subsidiary Oath has announced that Yahoo Messenger is officially shutting down next month. Users will have six months to download their chat history from Yahoo Messenger. Yahoo explains that the shutdown of Messenger will allow it to focus on creating new communication tools that “better fit consumer needs.” Oath says that Yahoo Messenger is shutting down on July 17th. The company is redirecting users to its new group messaging application, Squirrel. Interestingly, Squirrel is still in private beta, and it’s unclear if the service will open up to the public before Yahoo Messenger’s shutdown next month. It said: "There currently isn’t a replacement product available for Yahoo Messenger. We’re constantly experimenting with new services and apps, one of which is an invite-only group messaging app called Yahoo Squirrel (currently in beta). You can request an invite at squirrel.yahoo.com."

Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson are engaged after just several weeks of dating‼ "It's a recent engagement. They're just two people who found love quickly and make each other happy all the time. They both started talking about it this past weekend. It's nothing they've been hiding," says a source close to the couple. Just over the weekend, Grande posted a pic of her and Pete Davidson, captioning it: "i am but a pete davidson update acc stay tuned for more." Earlier today, she tweeted: i love u 🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈sm 🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈 ok bye According to TMZ, Davidson proposed to Grande, who accepted. The couple, Us Weekly reported, attended Robert Pattinson's birthday party in Los Angeles on Saturday and told people that they’re engaged.

Patrick Vieira's departure from New York City to take over as head coach of Nice has been confirmed by the Ligue 1 club. Former France international Vieira, who was a key part of Arsenal's 'Invincibles' side of 2003-04, takes over from Lucien Favre, who left for Borussia Dortmund in May, but Nice have not disclosed the length of his contract. Manchester City – part of the City Football Group that owns the New York club – announced the switch on Sunday, but it was not until Monday that the two clubs involved confirmed an agreement. Vieira says he is excited about the challenge offered to him on the Cote d'Azur. "I was seduced by the project and by the people involved in it," he said. "I have talked a lot with [director general] Julien Fournier and the president [Jean-Pierre Rivere]. When I look at the squad, it makes me very envious. There is everything you need here to succeed." "My playing career no longer cou

Dele Alli has promised to not fall foul of new FIFA regulations at the World Cup which allow referees to punish players retrospectively for infringements during a match. The new rules, backed by Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology, could lead to players being punished at the interval for foul play that went unnoticed during the first half. Alli, who has come under scrutiny for previous incidents at Tottenham, remains confident he will avoid letting his temper get the better of him in Russia. "When you're playing the games, you are focused on trying to help the team as much as you can," he said. "You don't want to put yourself in a position where you could jeopardise everything and lose the game for your team and your country. I'll just be myself, the way I always am."

The 24-year-old “Sorry” singer and the 21-year-old model were both spotted enjoying a night out on Saturday (June 9). Justin wore a Pittsburgh Pirates t-shirt with brown pants, checked slip-on sneakers, and a backwards green “HUF” baseball cap, while Hailey rocked a white tee and necklace, styling her hair into a bun. Earlier that day, they both attended a church event at Hillsong’s Calvary Church.

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria has joined voices with opinion leaders calling on the Federal Government to declare Moshood Abiola as Nigeria’s former President. Abiola is the presumed winner of the June 12, 1993, presidential election Femi Falana, who was a guest on Channels Television’s political programme on Sunday, also commended the Federal Government for conferring a posthumous national award of the Grand Commander of the Federal Republic (GCFR) on Abiola. He noted that this development is a starting point for the government. “I do hope like the Senate did resolve that the results of the June 12 election should be officially announced so that the actual winner is proclaimed. Reacting to claims that the June 12 declaration as Democracy Day was merely a means to sway the people of the south-west region, Falana said such comments reduce the significance of the day. The human rights activist explained that the June 12 struggle was a pan-Nigerian mandate.

  The Federal Government and the Kingdom of Morocco on Monday in Rabat, Morocco, signed three agreements as part of activities marking President Muhammadu Buhari’s two-day visit to the country. According to a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the agreements included that of a regional gas pipeline that would see Nigeria providing gas to countries in the West African sub-region that extends to Morocco and Europe. Shehu said the signing of the agreements, witnessed by Buhari and the King of Morocco, Mohammed V1, followed a meeting between the two African leaders. The meeting, he disclosed, focused on strengthening economic relations in gas resource development, global investments, and agricultural training and management. They also signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the development of a chemical plant in Nigeria for producing ammonia and its derivatives. They signed a cooperation agreement on vocat

Arsenal have announced a new partnership with music streaming service Tidal, the company founded by self-confessed Gunners fan and rapper Jay-Z. The undisclosed deal, is reportedly worth around £1 million a year, will see Arsenal partner with the global music and entertainment platform which is available in 52 countries and is part-owned by artists including Beyonce, Kanye West, Rihanna and Usher. The Gunners' new partnership with their official music streaming partner Tidal will see content created between up-and-coming artists and has been launched with a playlist devised by Arsenal stars Hector Bellerin, Danny Welbeck and Reiss Nelson. Additionally, all Arsenal paid members enjoy access to Tidal’s extensive library of music including a free six-month trial. Jay-Z has previously been pictured at Emirates Stadium alongside fellow Tidal owner and Coldplay star Chris Martin, while Rihanna is another fan who was given a tour of the ground

Box Score ------- Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | TOT CLE 28 | 18 | 34 | 23 | 103 GSW 32 | 27 | 31 | 32 | 122 Stephen Curry hit an NBA Finals-record nine 3-pointers and scored 33 points, leading the Golden State Warriors to a 122-103 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers for a 2-0 lead. Kevin Durant found his steady stroke to score 26 points to go with nine rebounds and seven assists while also handling a load of the defensive assignment against LeBron James. Klay Thompson added 20 points playing on a tender left leg to put the defending champions two victories from a repeat title they have talked about since the season began last fall. James followed up his 51-point performance in Game 1 with 29 points, 13 assists and nine rebounds in a far tamer finals sequel minus the utter craziness of a drama-packed opener three days prior. Kevin Love had 22 points and 10 boards for the cold-shooting Cavs, who will now try to gain some momentum back home. JaVale McGee scored 12 points, making all s

Reports📰: 💪Fred Arrives For Man Utd♦ Medical Brazilian midfielder Fred has arrived at Manchester United’s training ground for a medical ahead of his pending transfer to the club. The Shakhtar Donetsk star is expected to complete a deal worth around £52.5 million ($70m) in the next 24 hours, with his current club’s president Rinat Akhmetov having insisted it would take a club-record sale for him to leave the Ukrainian outfit . And Fred was spotted arriving at United’s training facility early on Monday morning ahead of his medical, after which he is likely to pen a four-year deal with a club option for a fifth term. The 25-year-old came on as a substitute in Brazil’s win over Croatia in a friendly at Liverpool's home, Anfield, on Sunday. Mohammed Salah⚡ Included In Egypt's World Cup Squad Egypt squad   Goalkeepers: Essam El Hadary (Al Taawoun), Mohamed El-Shennawy (Al Ahly), Sherif Ekramy (Al Ahly). Defenders: Ahmed Fathi, Saad Samir,