Soccer-Player receives death threat ahead of Brazilian Cup tie

By Andrew Downie SAO PAULO, Oct 28 (Reuters) – Fluminense are “taking all the appropriate precautions” to ensure the safety of their squad after one of their players received a death threat ahead of Wednesday night’s Brazilian Cup tie against Palmeiras. A spokesman for the club said the threat to midfielder Vinicius came via a private message on Instagram that told him to think twice before helping Fluminense defend their 2-1 first-leg lead.

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Trump leads on social media ahead of Republican debate

By Angela Moon NEW YORK (Reuters) – Ben Carson may be ahead of Donald Trump in the most recent national Republican presidential primary opinion poll but the celebrity billionaire is still the winner on social media. In the run up to Wednesday night's third debate for Republican candidates, Trump has averaged a score of 7.3 on Thomson Reuters social media sentiment analysis index in the six weeks since the previous debate. Carson, meanwhile, has averaged negative 3

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