The Latest on the French Open (all times local): ——— 12:40 p.m. Madison Keys and Ash Barty will face off in the quarterfinals of the French Open. In wet conditions in Paris, the 14th-seeded Keys had no problem dealing with 42nd-ranked Katerina Siniakova and advanced to last eight for the second straight year with a […]
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Housing Minister James Brokenshire has urged Conservative leadership candidates who are “unlikely to get over the first fence” to drop out of the race. He said there was “a pressing, pressing need to see that we make progress with this contest”, adding: “There is no embarrassment in standing down at this point.” So far 13
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Image copyright Getty Images The NHS in England will turn to Mumsnet to help recruit nurses as part of a package of measures to fill vacancies in the health service. NHS bosses see the online parenting chatroom and website as a crucial partner to entice nurses who have left the profession, to rejoin it. It
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Image copyright PA Image caption George Galloway hosted a weekly show on TalkRADIO George Galloway has been sacked by talkRADIO after sending an allegedly anti-Semitic tweet. The former MP posted on the social media site after the Champions League final between Liverpool and Tottenham on Saturday night. He praised Liverpool’s win, before adding: “No #Israël
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Christiane C. didn’t think anything of it when her 10-year-old daughter and a friend uploaded a video of themselves playing in a backyard pool. “The video is innocent, it’s not a big deal,” said Christiane, who lives in a Rio de Janeiro suburb. A few days later, her daughter shared exciting news: The video had
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At first, it was hard to tell just how far Jocelyn Alo’s monster home run traveled. Alo’s two-run blast in the fifth inning helped Oklahoma defeat Alabama 7-3 on Sunday night to advance to the championship series. It cleared the center-field seats, the cameras and a slow-pitch fence that is 300 feet to center to
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WASHINGTON — Averting a potentially devastating default on the nation’s debt, preventing more than $100 billion in automatic spending cuts and keeping the government fully funded would be major tasks in any Congress. In this one, they may be herculean. As lawmakers return to Washington on Monday, they confront a gantlet of fiscal deadlines, and
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Image copyright Dymond/Thames/Syco/REX/Shutterstock Image caption The 89-year-old will donate some of his £250,000 to the Royal Hospital Chelsea Chelsea Pensioner Colin Thackery has become the oldest winner of Britain’s Got Talent. As well as winning a slot performing in front of the Queen at the Royal Variety Performance, he will also bank a cheque for
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Image copyright PA The UK manufacturing sector contracted in May for the first time since July 2016 as stockpiling eased ahead of Brexit, an influential survey shows. The research, by IHS Markit/CIPS, said firms found difficulty convincing clients to commit to new contracts. The manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) was 49.4, down from 53.1 in
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The glaciers are melting, the coral reefs are dying, Miami Beach is slowly going under. Quick, says a voice in your head, go see them before they disappear! You are evil, says another voice. For you are hastening their destruction. To a lot of people who like to travel, these are morally bewildering times. Something
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