Moments after parking our car and loading into a compact, one-propeller bush plane, my three friends and I were looking down at a lush boreal landscape, newly green after the long winter. The view of soft, wooded peaks interspersed with creeks and lakes extended as far as we could see, evoking the northern territories of […]
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Shane Lowry made the 68 years between British Opens in Northern Ireland worth the wait. The silver claret jug is staying on the Emerald Isle. Lowry, the 32-year-old Irishman with stout nerves and a soft touch around the greens, endured the worst weather of the week and the Sunday pressure of a sellout crowd cheering
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Women who have experienced chronic pain and extreme fatigue after breast enhancement surgery have told the Victoria Derbyshire Programme they were not warned about the possible side effects. Breast implant illness (BII) doesn’t have an official diagnosis, but some women who believe they have the condition say they returned to full health after having their
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Image copyright Getty Images When she was 16, singer Raye told herself she was going to work with Beyoncé. As ambitions go, it’s similar to a child making a rocket out of loo rolls and telling themselves they’re going to the moon one day. But just five years later, Raye has done it – having
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More than 1,000 firefighters are battling a major wildfire in central Portugal for a third day that has already injured 31 people. The country’s Civil Protection Agency says 321 vehicles and five water-dumping aircraft are also at the blaze Monday. The flames have raced through thick woodlands in the Castelo Branco district, 200 kilometers (about
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Milwaukee’s final day in the desert was not going well. The Brewers trailed by four runs after three innings, starter Brandon Woodruff went down with an injury and there was little reason to expect another comeback. One long-time-coming swing by Tyler Saladino changed the momentum, sending Milwaukee home with a second straight series win. Saladino
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The study, which considered cases between 1980 and 2018, used a simple criterion to separate experienced lawyers from others: whether they had ever argued in the Supreme Court before. Other studies have used more elaborate definitions. A leading one, from Richard J. Lazarus, a law professor at Harvard, said expert Supreme Court litigators were those
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Image caption Southend-based Elsa James has a residency at Firstsite in Colchester An artist has said she wanted to take on the “Essex girl” stereotype by exploring what it is like to be a “woman of colour” in the county. Elsa James, 51, has a residency at the Firstsite gallery in Colchester. She described her
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Mack Horton walked into the dining room at the athletes’ village and the applause began. It swelled into a standing ovation for the Australian swimmer after his personal protest against China’s Sun Yang at the world championships. Horton refused to step onto the podium or shake Sun’s hand after losing to Sun in the 400-meter
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Image copyright Disney Image caption Chris Hemsworth as Thor in Avengers: Endgame Avatar’s 10-year reign as the world’s highest-grossing film has ended. On Sunday, Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame crossed $2.7902bn (£2.23bn) at the box office, pushing it over the $2.7897bn earned by James Cameron’s sci-fi epic. Marvel chief Kevin Feige hailed the achievement at Comic-Con in
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