Image copyright Getty Images Troubled travel company Thomas Cook is in £750m rescue talks with banks and its largest shareholder, Fosun. The measures, which have not been finalised, would see the Chinese investor buy the firm’s tour business. Thomas Cook’s chief executive, Peter Fankhauser, said the proposal was “not the outcome any of us wanted” […]
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The British Open returns to Royal Portrush on July 18-21 for the first time since 1951, the only other time golf‘s oldest championship has been held outside Scotland or England. Max Faulkner won his only major on a rainy final day in Northern Ireland. To mark the return, the AP is reprinting this story about
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• Ms. Warren was one of four Democratic presidential candidates who addressed a conference for the Latino rights group Lulac on Thursday, channeling the rising anxiety around deportations, the census and children held in detention centers. • After spending two weeks sparring with his presidential primary opponents, Joe Biden sought to rise above the Democratic
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The Latest on Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s presentation of the Fed’s semi-annual monetary report to the Senate Banking Committee. (all times local): 11:40 a.m. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell says homebuilders are having a harder time building lower-cost housing because of higher tariffs and tougher immigration policies. “The homebuilders feel like they’ve been hit
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Olympic champion cyclist Elinor Barker reveals to BBC Sport Wales that the pain caused by endometriosis almost forced her to quit the sport. The 24-year-old won Olympic, World, European and Commonwealth titles while suffering from the condition, which can cause pain, heavy periods, fatigue or even infertility. Barker says she went undiagnosed for years and
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People really do all hail Queen Bey. Seth Rogen, who voices Pumbaa in the upcoming “Lion King” remake, told Jimmy Kimmel on Thursday that the cast recently convened on stage at the movie’s premiere. And the audience did not hide its excitement when Beyoncé was simply introduced before the screening. “Beyoncé was called out, and
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Image copyright RAIB Image caption The railway worker killed by a train at Stoats Nest Junction near Purley A railway worker who was killed by a train was tired and probably worrying about having to cover for his brother, a report has found. The man died when he was hit from behind at 69mph (111km/h)
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President Donald Trump will no longer pursue adding a question on citizenship to the 2020 US census questionnaire after efforts were blocked by the Supreme Court in June. Instead, he said he had directed officials to obtain the information through an executive order for government agencies, as court challenges would have delayed a census. But
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India is looking to take a giant leap in its space program and solidify its place among the world’s spacefaring nations with its second unmanned mission to the moon, this one aimed at landing a rover near the unexplored south pole. The Indian Space Research Organization plans to launch a spacecraft using homegrown technology on
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A look at key anniversaries during this year’s British Open: 150 YEARS AGO (1869) One year after Young Tom Morris became the first player to break 50 to win his first British Open, he made more history with the first hole-in-one on the 166-yard eighth hole at Prestwick. The 18-year-old Morris led by three shots
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