Hong Kong’s former Chief Secretary Anson Chan — long an outspoken advocate for more democracy in the ex-British colony — is urging the city’s chief executive, Carrie Lam, to shelve proposed extradition legislation that has sparked mass protests. On Thursday, dozens of people were injured in clashes with police. In an interview with The Associated […]
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Image copyright Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust Image caption Two deaths occurred at Manchester Royal Infirmary Two more hospital patients have died in an outbreak of listeria linked to pre-packed sandwiches. Public Health England (PHE) said the victims were among nine patients affected in England. The death of two of patients from Manchester Royal Infirmary
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Image copyright ITV Image caption Sinha (far right) has been a “chaser” on The Chase since 2011 Paul Sinha, one of the professional quizzers on ITV’s The Chase, has revealed he has Parkinson’s disease. “I will fight this with every breath I have,” tweeted the 49-year-old comic, going on to share further details of his
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For us city dwellers, outdoor concerts — especially free outdoor concerts — are a summer staple. They are “wonderful and fun,” Anthony Tommasini wrote in his review of Wednesday’s Philharmonic performance in Central Park. “That’s what has made the New York Philharmonic’s free Concerts in the Parks so popular for 54 years.” (He also reviewed
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A unit of wheat is a called a bushel, and a standard weight of potatoes is called a century. But hemp as a fully legal U.S. agricultural commodity is so new that a unit of hemp seed doesn’t yet have a universal name or an agreed-upon quantity. That’s one example of the startling lack of
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A dry forecast for the U.S. Open doesn’t mean dry conditions at Pebble Beach. The second round began Friday morning with low clouds off the Pacific Ocean and what felt like a light mist, which is sure to keep the golf course from getting overly firm. Justin Rose tries to build on his record-tying 65
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Exclusive from ‘The Weekly,’ a New TV Series from The New York Times Watch on FX this Sunday at 10 p.m. and Hulu on Monday. The youngest known child taken from his parents at the U.S.-Mexico border was a 4-month-old baby named Constantin Mutu. While he was sent to Michigan to live with a foster
“It’s all what the public believes,” he said. He faulted grading companies like Professional Sports Authenticator, which is part of Collectors Universe, a publicly traded company in Santa Ana, Calif., that offers authentication services for sports memorabilia and trading cards. P.S.A. charges up to $5,000 to grade a card. Mr. Moser said that its graders
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Image caption David Walliams with Esme Harrison-Jones, one of the two gold winners A story about chickens trying to cross the road has outrun the competition at this year’s 500 Words contest. The judges felt Why Did the Chicken… was so finger lickin’ good they made its author, Esme Harrison-Jones, gold winner in the 10
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Each week, we review the week’s news, offering analysis about the most important developments in the tech industry. Want this newsletter in your inbox? Sign up here. Hi, we’re Jim Kerstetter and Pui-Wing Tam, tech editors filling in for Jamie Condliffe while he’s on a much-deserved vacation. Here’s a look at the week’s tech news:
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