U.S. hiring slowed in May as employers added just 75,000 jobs, a sign that businesses have become more cautious in the face of slowing global growth and widening trade conflicts. The tepid job growth, along with rising pressures on the economy, makes it more likely that the Federal Reserve will cut rates in the coming […]
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After two days of intense criticism, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden reversed course Thursday and declared that he no longer supports a long-standing congressional ban on using federal health care money to pay for abortions. “If I believe health care is a right, as I do, I can no longer support an amendment” that makes
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Michelle Obama signs copies of her bestselling book at Barnes & Noble in New York City. The boss of UK book retailer Waterstones is being parachuted in to help the turnaround of giant US chain Barnes & Noble. James Daunt’s appointment was announced as part of a takeover of
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The Latest on the sunken tour boat in Hungary’s capital (all times local): 3:15 p.m. Hungarian rescuers say the death toll from the Danube River tour boat that collided with a large cruise ship grew to 10 after they recovered another body. Divers discovered the body brought to the surface Tuesday in the sunken boat,
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Free agent pitcher Dallas Keuchel and the Atlanta Braves have agreed to a one-year contract that would pay the 2015 AL Cy Young Award winner about $13 million, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity Thursday night because the agreement was subject to Keuchel passing
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Historian Sir Anthony Seldon asks if this the moment the Conservative Party could be replaced in UK politics. As the Tories search for a new leader after poor election results, in a personal film for This Week, he looks back over Theresa May’s time in office and reckons the party is more split than at
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Image copyright Getty Images The process for appointing senior roles in NHS hospitals and trusts in England should be reviewed, after figures showed boards have become less diverse. Appointments of black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates (BAME) to non-executive positions have fallen over eight years, a report found. The NHS Confederation, who published the report,
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Image copyright Karwai Tang TV host Jeremy Kyle has been asked to appear before a Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee inquiry into reality TV. The inquiry was announced in the wake of the death of a guest who appeared on Kyle’s ITV show after taking a lie detector test. The broadcaster axed the long-running
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Stormy times ahead for the eurozone’s economic powerhouse? Concerns are growing over the strength of Germany’s economy – the largest in the eurozone – following the release of more gloomy official figures. Industrial production in April fell by 1.9% compared with the previous month and exports were 0.5% lower
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One by one, the Danube River is giving up its dead. Divers and rescue crews slowly are recovering the bodies of a growing number of people killed when a sightseeing boat and a long river cruise ship collided in Hungary’s capital. Some victims have been found at the river’s bottom still on the boat, which
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