In a noisy Commons, the SNP’s Ian Blackford shouts his criticism of the two men competing to take over from Theresa May. Seven days ago, he used his PMQs appearance to call Boris Johnson a racist – this time he called him a liar, before criticising the record of his rival Jeremy Hunt as well. […]
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Technology companies led stocks higher on Wall Street in early trading Wednesday amid fresh optimism among investors that the U.S. and China are making progress toward a deal to resolve their costly trade war. U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told CNBC that a trade deal between the two nations was “about 90%” done during recent
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Image caption The Python team – Jones, Chapman, Cleese, Idle, Gilliam and Palin – in 1970 Sir Michael Palin is to serve as the executive producer on five new Radio 4 specials to mark the 50th anniversary of the Monty Python comedy troupe. The shows, to air in September, will feature “never-before-released material from the
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Image copyright Anadolu Agency / Getty Images US staff at furniture giant Wayfair are planning to walk out after the firm sold furnishings to border camps used to detain immigrants. The protest is expected to involve hundreds of workers at the firm’s Boston headquarters. More than 500 staff signed a letter urging the firm to
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A second North Atlantic right whale has been found dead in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The whale, named Punctuation, was a breeding female who had mothered eight calves and then gone on to have several grandchildren, making her death a significant loss for a dwindling population. No cause of death has been determined for
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Williamson, fresh off being chosen first in the NBA draft by the New Orleans Pelicans, arrived at his Crescent City hotel room to find a gift from Saints quarterback Drew Brees: a signed football jersey with a note. (See the video below.) Brees also wrote on the jersey: “Passing the torch to you!” In a
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How many people watched the first presidential primary debates of 2015? The first Republican debate was held on Aug. 6 on Fox News. It still holds the record for the biggest cable news audience with 24 million viewers. The first Democratic debate was on Oct. 13 on CNN. It garnered 15.3 million viewers. Will sparks
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Image copyright Getty Images New figures from the Department for International Trade show that investment in the UK by overseas firms has declined sharply in recent years. The number of new projects in the UK fell 14% in 2018-19. At the same time, there was a 24% fall in the number of jobs created. In
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Eight-time champion Roger Federer was seeded No. 2 for Wimbledon, one spot ahead of Rafael Nadal, reversing their positions in the ATP rankings and creating a debate about whether the All England Club’s seeding system should be changed. Top-ranked Novak Djokovic, the defending champion, was seeded No. 1 on Wednesday at the grass-court Grand Slam
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After Jeremy Corbyn used his PMQs slot to demand answers on UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia, Theresa May claimed: “He never backs Britain.” She accused him of having sympathy with Russia over the Salisbury poisoning, with IRA terrorists during the Troubles, and with Iran over recent tanker attacks in the Gulf. The Labour leader
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