A clean-up expedition to Mount Everest has removed 11 tonnes of rubbish and four dead bodies from the world’s highest mountain. Cleaners spent weeks collecting food wrappings, cans, bottles and empty toxic cylinders, according to the Nepal Tourism Department. The four bodies were exposed by melting snow and were carried to base camp and then […]
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Edwin Encarnacion capped Seattle’s seven-run sixth inning with a three-run homer, Mike Leake pitched his first complete game since 2015 and the Mariners snapped a five-game losing streak Wednesday night with a 14-1 rout of the Houston Astros. Seattle won for just the fourth time in 20 games thanks to five homers and an outstanding
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Eight other people have been punished as a result of the ambush, Pentagon officials said on Wednesday, including Maj. Gen. J. Marcus Hicks, the head of Special Operations forces in Africa, who had been previously scheduled to retire in the coming weeks. Col. Bradley D. Moses, then the commander of the 3rd Special Forces Group,
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Image copyright Rex Features Image caption Neil Woodford has apologised to investors for the situation People with pensions and savings invested in Neil Woodford’s now suspended flagship fund have expressed concern over how it was promoted. Mr Woodford – one of the UK’s most high-profile stockpickers – stopped money going in or out of his
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Robots are coming to South Korea’s vibrant coffee culture, where crowds of lunchtime customers queuing at cafes are a daily sight. Coffee is just one of many industries that could be transformed by automated services in this tech-forward nation — a notion both exciting and worrisome as jobs become scarcer. At a Dal.komm Coffee shop
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Zack Britton and the New York Yankees saw lengthy streaks come to an end. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit a go-ahead, three-run homer off Britton in a five-run eighth inning, Randal Grichuk had a pair of homers and the Toronto Blue Jays rallied to beat the Yankees 11-7, sending New York to its first three-game losing
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Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., who has shunned today’s Democratic Party orthodoxy on issues from crime to compromising with Republicans, again broke with his party’s base and many of his campaign rivals on Wednesday when his campaign confirmed that he still backs the Hyde Amendment, a measure that prohibits the use of federal
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Asian stocks were mixed on Thursday as traders kept a close watch on impending U.S. tariffs on Mexico while trade talks with Beijing remained at a standstill. Japan’s Nikkei 225 index added 0.3% to 20,832.46 while the Shanghai Composite index lost 0.5% to 2,848.34. The benchmark in Shenzhen, a smaller, more domestic-oriented market, tumbled 1.5%
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Twins brothers who have spent most of their lives in wheelchairs have taken part in a sports day – walking most of the event. Daniel and Thomas Bristow, from Blofield, near Norwich, have a rare form of muscular atrophy which has left them with weak muscles. They have learned to walk with the help of
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Huawei Deputy Chairman Guo Ping shakes hands with MTS President Alexei Kornya Huawei has signed a deal with Russian telecoms firm MTS to develop 5G technology in Russia. The companies will develop next-generation 5G networks in Russia over the next year, reports said. The deal was agreed as China’s
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