Image copyright Getty Images A catalogue of proposals to force the fashion industry to clean up its act has been rejected by the UK government. MPs want ministers to end the era of throwaway clothes and poor working conditions. They made 18 recommendations covering environmental and labour market practices but none were accepted. Not only […]
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Fresh off leading the Toronto Raptors to their first NBA title, Kawhi Leonard received the key to the city at Monday’s championship parade. For now, however, the two-way star and two-time NBA Finals MVP still isn’t saying whether he’ll use it to keep a door open, or close it behind him and move on. Leonard
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Pete Buttigieg pulled himself off the presidential campaign trail on Monday and returned to his day job as mayor of South Bend, Ind., after a police officer there shot and killed a black man. “I know that whenever an incident like this happens, there is tremendous hurt that can come about,” Mr. Buttigieg said at
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Asian stocks were mixed on Tuesday as caution set in ahead of interest rate decisions by the U.S. Federal Reserve and other central banks. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 eased 0.7% to 20,972.71 while South Korea’s Kospi rose 0.4% to 2,098.71. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng picked up 0.9% to 27,481.62. The Shanghai Composite index was 0.1%
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Image copyright PA Image caption The RMT has resumed strike action after suspending it in February A five-day strike by South Western Railway (SWR) staff has started in the latest industrial action over the role of guards on trains. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) began the walkout at 00:01 BST. RMT
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Four people were wounded in a shooting in Toronto during a crowded victory rally for the Toronto Raptors basketball team, police say. Thousands of sports fans were packed into the city centre in Nathan Phillips Square when shots rang out, sending many scurrying for cover. The event, attended by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, was
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There’s not much Bruce Bochy hasn’t seen in his 25 years as a big-league manager. One of his favorite things is watching a young player achieve a career milestone. Tyler Beede did just that against the first-place Los Angeles Dodgers. He allowed one run over six innings to earn his first big-league victory and the
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“Hillary and Clinton,” a Broadway play that explores the relationship of a political power couple, will close on Sunday, four weeks earlier than scheduled. The play, by Lucas Hnath, stars Laurie Metcalf and John Lithgow and is directed by Joe Mantello. It opened in April; at the time of its closing it will have played
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San Francisco supervisors are considering Tuesday whether to move the city toward becoming the first in the United States to ban all sales of electronic cigarettes as part of an effort to crack down on youth vaping. Supervisors will weigh a ban on the sale and distribution of e-cigarettes in San Francisco until the U.S.
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Manny Machado homered and doubled a few hours after appealing a one-game suspension handed down by MLB, and left-hander Joey Lucchesi threw seven brilliant innings in a combined four-hitter to lead the San Diego Padres over the Milwaukee Brewers 2-0 Monday night. Machado was suspended one game and fined for “aggressively arguing and making contact”
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