Ten Things of Blast and Blow

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1. Nicki Minaj says she was left "mortified" after being involved in a scuffle with Cardi B. The pair came to blows at a New York Fashion Week party on Friday, which Cardi later suggested was because Nicki made comments about her parenting.
2. An Australian cartoonist has defended his depiction of Serena Williams outburst at the US Open, after the image went viral and was criticised as racist and sexist.
3. Dubbed "hard to watch" by US President Donald Trump, the TV ratings for this year's NFL season kickoff have reportedly dropped by 8%. This comes after Nike's decision to make Colin Kaepernick, the first NFL player to kneel during the national anthem, the face of its new campaign.
4. The US has threatened sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC) if it goes ahead with prosecutions against Americans and its allies. The Palestinian move to bring Israel before the ICC over allegations of human rights abuses in Gaza and the occupied West Bank is one of the reasons the US administration has decided to close the Palestinians' diplomatic mission in Washington.
5. Olivia Munn says she feels "lonely" having to promote The Predator alone after she spoke out against filming a scene with a sex offender.
6. Singer and actress Olivia Newton-John has opened up about a third diagnosis for cancer, saying she believed she would "win over it".
7. Burt Reynolds, the wisecracking 1970s movie star and Oscar nominee, has died at the age of 82.
8. England's population is growing in size and people are living longer but not all in good health. While smoking rates may be decreasing, diabetes, obesity, dementia and mental health issues are on the rise.
9. US President Donald Trump has issued a series of warnings to prepare for Hurricane Florence, which is gathering power as it approaches the Carolinas, calling it "one of the worst storms to hit the East Coast in many years".
10. More than 100 migrants died in a shipwreck off the Libyan coastline earlier this month, an aid agency says. Over 1,500 migrants have died crossing the Mediterranean so far this year.

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