Image copyright PA Media Image caption The freight plan aims to take the pressure of the crossing from Dover to France Transport companies are being asked to bid to provide extra freight capacity to be used in the event of a no-deal Brexit on 31 October. The hurried ferry procurement process as the UK prepared […]
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Soccer star Megan Rapinoe’s World Cup goal celebration has been transformed into a meme that pokes fun at President Donald Trump. The co-captain of the U.S. women’s national soccer team celebrated the first of two goals she netted in Friday’s 2-1 quarterfinals defeat of hosts France, which sets up a semifinals clash against England on
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OSAKA, Japan — President Trump and President Xi Jinping of China agreed on Saturday to resume trade talks after a seven-week breakdown, averting for now an escalation of their multibillion-dollar tariff war that has roiled global markets and threatened the future of the world’s two largest economies. The agreement, brokered during more than an hour
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Image caption Tony Szymkow built the Pyramid Stage – then managed it for 36 years In 1993, Senegalese musician Baaba Maal was kicking around a football with his band to pass the time before he played Glastonbury’s Pyramid Stage. Suddenly, a mistimed volley smacked him in the head, and he collapsed to the floor, clutching
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As the Giants approached the halfway point of the season, manager Bruce Bochy said before the game that the offense hadn’t been what he expected and he needed his big hitters to come through in the second half if San Francisco had any hope of salvaging the season. Bochy had to like what he saw
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Bob Shireman, a senior fellow at the Century Foundation and an architect of the rule when he was in the Obama administration, called the repeal “disturbing and shortsighted.” “They are opening the door to operators whose singular focus on gobbling up federal grants and loans for their investors will steer the business toward manipulative recruiting
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Sir Elton said reference to his husband, David Furnish, were cut from the movie Rocketman in Russia Sir Elton John has accused Vladimir Putin of “hypocrisy” over his claims that Russia has “no problems” with gay people. The singer said he was “deeply upset” by the Russian president’s comments
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionTrump: ‘We’re going to work with China where we left off’ The US and China have agreed to resume trade talks, easing a long row that has fuelled a global economic slowdown. US President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping reached agreement at the G20 summit
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Whether you’re just peering at the sparrows in your neighborhood park or searching for California condors in Pinnacles National Park, the right tools will help you both see the birds and identify them. From a pair of binoculars that one ornithologist called good enough to rival his own professional-level pair, to a wide-brimmed hat that’ll
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All Arike Ogunbowale could do was shake her head as she glanced at the stat sheet in the locker room after Dallas lost by a point to New York on Friday night. The rookie had a rough night from the field, missing a WNBA-record 21 of 23 attempts. “Nothing you can do about that, that’s
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