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Flying car firm mocks Tesla; Canada ends England streak

Alef Aeronautics, based in California, posted a video of its flying car soaring over a Tesla Roadster; the Roadster stayed on the ground.

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  1. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorCanada has ended England's forty-one match unbeaten run, England's first defeat in four years and its first since the World Cup final in twenty twenty-two.

  2. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe two sides meet again in Ottawa next week.

  3. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorAlan Shearer still holds the Premier League scoring record with two hundred sixty goals, ahead of Harry Kane and Wayne Rooney.

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  1. PM Carney: US Is Trying to Break Canada as Alberta Weighs Separation · Newsmax
  2. The uncertain future of Canada's 30 rescued belugas · BBC
  3. Tesla's new Roadster 'flies' on SpaceX thrusters · Space.com
  4. Late Canada fightback ends Red Roses' unbeaten streak · BBC Sport
  5. Alberta vote Monday: polls lean heavily toward staying · CTV News
  6. Nathan Fielder's Holmes film, a flying Roadster, Messi's trip · Yahoo News Canada
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