Image copyright Stena Bulk A British-flagged oil tanker has been seized in the Gulf by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Iran media say. The owners of the Stena Impero, which was bound for Saudi Arabia, say they have been unable to contact the vessel and it is “heading north towards Iran”. They say there are 23 […]
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Times Insider explains who we are and what we do, and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. The Apollo 11 mission returned to Earth in July 1969 with boxes of moon rocks and rolls of iconic photographs: a boot print on the moon, a wrinkled American flag, a portrait of Buzz Aldrin
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Yankees manager Aaron Boone has been suspended for one game for his rant that followed his ejection in a doubleheader opener against Tampa Bay. MLB executive Joe Torre also said Friday that Boone has been fined. Boone was ejected in the second inning Thursday for arguing from the dugout with rookie umpire Brennan Miller, who
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President Trump’s approval ratings are under water in national polls. His position for re-election, on the other hand, might not be quite so bleak. His advantage in the Electoral College, relative to the national popular vote, may be even larger than it was in 2016, according to an Upshot analysis of election results and polling
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Image copyright Family handout Image caption Sophie Burgess died in hospital before seeing her babies A hospital trust says lessons have been learned in how to better identify and manage sepsis after a woman died hours after giving birth to twins. The trust said it offered “regret for the circumstances” leading to Sophie Burgess’s death
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Shay Mitchell opened up to fans about having a miscarriage in 2018 and why she chose to reveal it now, on the heels of announcing she’s having a baby. “I chose to hold on until I announced because of the first time. It didn’t go as I had hoped for and it was extremely difficult.
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Nevada’s governor and congressional delegation are pointing to earthquakes this month in the California desert and calling for the U.S. Energy Department to look again at seismic risks of burying the nation’s most radioactive nuclear waste at a site in the Mojave Desert. In a letter made public Wednesday, Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak told
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A classic base camp at the Tour de France, the city of Pau is a food lovers’ paradise. Visited on Friday by the Tour peloton for the 71st time after hosting the race for the first time in 1930, the birthplace of 16th-century king Henri IV is stuffed with restaurants serving dishes riders eat only
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The Liberal Democrats have been rebuilding after the coalition government years – and dropping to just eight MPs in the Commons. The party has fared better in more recent general, local and European elections, in which it offered an anti-Brexit message. Politics Live reporter Greg Dawson profiles Sir Ed Davey and Jo Swinson, before one
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President Trump has made a regular habit of criticizing the Federal Reserve, and on Friday he tweeted that the central bank’s “faulty” decision-making was causing Americans to pay higher interest rates than other nations. The Federal Reserve is supposed to keep the economy growing at a steady pace. Mr. Trump nominated its chair, Jerome H.
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