Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Jay-Z and Beyonce Jay-Z is officially hip hop’s first billionaire, Forbes has declared, after building an empire based on music, property, fashion and investments. The US magazine has estimated that the rapper’s wealth now “conservatively totals” $1bn (£800m). Forbes says the husband of singer Beyonce has succeeded because he […]
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There isn’t a piece of cutlery on the table when you sit down at Ricas Pupusas & Mas, a seven-month-old Salvadoran restaurant in Sunnyside, Queens. In El Salvador, where pupusas are the national dish, the palm-size stuffed-and-griddled tortillas are considered finger food. To eat a pupusa the Salvadoran way, tear off a piece of sweet-scented
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Facebook’s stock is plunging following a Wall Street Journal is report that the Federal Trade Commission will lead any antitrust investigation into the company as part of an arrangement that would give the Justice Department oversight of Google. The FTC and the Justice Department oversee antitrust issues in the U.S. and must establish who will
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Caster Semenya’s lawyers say the Swiss supreme court has ordered track’s governing body to suspend its testosterone regulations. The lawyers say Monday’s ruling allows Semenya to compete unrestricted in all female events. The two-time Olympic 800-meter champion can now run in her favored event without suppressing her natural testosterone level. The
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WASHINGTON — Mick Mulvaney, President Trump’s acting chief of staff, sought on Sunday to play down the White House’s directive to hide a Navy destroyer named after Senator John McCain during the president’s visit to a naval base in Japan last week. Mr. Mulvaney said that a young White House staff member, knowing of Mr.
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The parent company of Sears, controlled by former Sears CEO Eddie Lampert, is buying the rest of Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores Inc. that it doesn’t already own and reuniting the business with the Sears and Kmart stores. Sears Hometown was spun off from Sears Holdings Corp., the former parent company of Sears and Kmart,
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Image copyright Shropshire Star Image caption Simon Wright will take up his new appointment on 22 July An under-fire hospital trust’s chief executive is to leave the organisation after nearly four years in the job. Simon Wright, from The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), said the decision had not been easy. It was
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Killdren were due to play in Shangri-La, one of Glastonbury’s anarchic fringe areas British punk band Killdren have accused Glastonbury of “buckling under pressure from the right-wing media” after their set at the festival was cancelled. The two-piece band were originally booked to play the Shangri-Hell International TV stage
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Sudanese security forces have attacked a pro-democracy protest camp outside military headquarters in the nation’s capital, Khartoum. Sources in Sudan say that at least 13 people have been killed, with many more injuries reported. There have been protests in Sudan since last December. In April they caused former President Omar al-Bashir to stand down after
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Apple shows off new features that restrict how iPhone apps collect your data. Apple took a major swipe at the data-collection practices of other companies, including rivals Apple and Facebook, with several new privacy features for its devices. For years, smartphone apps have been notorious for collecting people’s location and using that data to better
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