Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson said Thursday his spaceship has just a few more test flights before he jumps on board for the first tourist trip. The British billionaire celebrated his 69th birthday at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center during 50th anniversary festivities for humanity’s first moon landing. His guests were 100 other aspiring astronauts who have […]
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A look at what’s happening around the majors today: THAT’S SAVAGE The Yankees open a three-game home series against Colorado with a new rallying cry inspired by manager Aaron Boone’s profane rant during a doubleheader sweep of the Rays on Thursday. Boone repeatedly called his hitters “savages” in the batter’s box while chewing out rookie
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WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is imposing economic sanctions on two former provincial governors and two militia leaders in Iraq, it announced on Thursday, citing human rights abuses in the north of the country. American officials had determined that three of the four Iraqis were involved in acts of corruption, extortion and intimidation in Nineveh
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Image copyright BBC/Baby Cow Shows like Love Island, Gavin & Stacey, Gentleman Jack and Broadchurch will be on BBC and ITV’s streaming service Britbox when it launches this year. The broadcasters are joining forces to set up the subscription service in the UK as a rival to the likes of Netflix. It will cost £5.99
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Image copyright Getty Images Two million public sector workers are reportedly set to get a £2bn pay rise. The Treasury will unveil the biggest public sector pay rise in six years as one of Theresa May’s final acts as prime minister, the Times reported. Soldiers are set to get a 2.9% rise while teachers and
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Yankees manager Aaron Boone was thrown out of a game against the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday for arguing balls and strikes from the dugout. But it’s what happened next that took the world of social media by storm. After Brennan Miller ejected him in the second inning of the first game of a double-header, Boone
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NATO diplomats carefully balance the top posts in the alliance, and Rose Gottemoeller, an American, held the No. 2 position. She is scheduled to step down this fall, to be succeeded by a former Romanian foreign minister, Mircea Geoana. The appointment of a Romanian to the deputy post cleared the way for the United States
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Asian shares rebounded Friday on hopes for progress in trade talks between China and the U.S., extending overnight gains on Wall Street. Japan’s Nikkei 225 index jumped 1.9% to 21,449.27 while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng climbed 1.1% to 28,772.46. The Shanghai Composite index rose 1% to 2,930.58, while in South Korea, the Kospi added 1.2%
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Khloe Kardashian isn’t letting the Tristan Thompson drama compromise her cash flow or her peace of mind. The reality star has every reason to go scorched earth on the NBA star who’s been at the center of two very public cheating scandals, most recently involving former family friend Jordyn Woods. The couple has since split, but continue
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A former National Security Agency contractor awaits sentencing in Baltimore’s federal court for storing two decades’ worth of classified documents at his Maryland home. Harold Martin’s plea agreement calls for a nine-year prison sentence, but U.S. District Judge Richard Bennett isn’t bound by the deal’s terms when he sentences Martin on Friday. Martin’s sentencing will
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