When Iran seized a British-flagged tanker on Friday, it might have felt like a surprise move. But it wasn’t. It was the latest in a string of events that have led to the escalating tensions between the US, UK and Iran. The Iranian Revolutionary Guard captured the Stena Impero and its 23 crew members in […]
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SAN FRANCISCO — Bird, a start-up that rents out electric scooters, is being valued at $2.5 billion in a new funding round led by the venture capital firm Sequoia Capital, according to three people with knowledge of the deal. The funding puts Bird’s valuation slightly above the $2.3 billion that it was pegged at last
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Katie Ledecky has withdrawn from the 200-meter freestyle at the world swimming championships because of medical reasons. That’s according to a statement from U.S. national team managing director Lindsay Mintenko on Tuesday. Mintenko says Ledecky hasn’t been feeling well since she arrived in Gwangju on July 17. It hasn’t yet been decided whether Ledecky will
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WASHINGTON — President Trump on Monday assured executives of several big technology companies that his administration would make “timely” decisions about whether to allow American firms to continue selling products to Huawei, the Chinese telecom equipment giant that has been placed on a government blacklist, the White House said in a statement. Mr. Trump met
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Image copyright Getty Images UK babies are missing out on checks for rare but serious health conditions, putting lives at risk, according to a report from the charity Genetic Alliance UK. The NHS offers newborns a blood test to screen for up to nine conditions. Many other European countries look for 20 or more illnesses
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Image copyright Getty Images Modest and quietly spoken but with a penchant for the nattiest threads this side of the Tana River, JS Ondara has, in the space of several years, moved to America, taught himself how to play guitar, released an album with Decca Records and supported rock royalty on a US tour. “It’s
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Image copyright Malcolm and Charlotte Loubser Image caption Charlotte Loubser says bringing the claim was hard work and very emotional In the early stages of a difficult second pregnancy, Charlotte Loubser had been sick, nauseous and found herself unable get out of bed. The birth of her first child had been troubled and her second
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Abdi Jama was born in the self-declared republic of Somaliland but moved to the UK aged six. In England, he became paralysed after falling from a window aged 14. He feared his dreams of being a sportsman were over, until a friend introduced him to wheelchair basketball. Abdi went on to compete at the Paralympics
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Chris Kraft, the founder of NASA’s mission control, died Monday, just two days after the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. He was 95. Kraft made key decisions on launches as the U.S. was learning how to put a man into space. Astronaut Neil Armstrong once called him “the man who was the
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UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones is denying allegations that he assaulted a waitress in a New Mexico strip club. Denise White, a representative for Jones, said in a statement Monday that he is confident he will be cleared of the “baseless claim.” According to White, the fighter only became aware of the battery charge
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