Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin unfurl the US flag on the moon, 1969 The mesmerising television coverage of the Apollo 11 moon landing 50 years ago brought previously unthinkable images and ideas into the homes of millions, leaving a profound impact on pop culture and the American psyche. When […]
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Image copyright Getty Images Dust from car brakes and tyres will still pollute city air even when the vehicle fleet has gone all-electric, a report has warned. Fragments of microplastics from tyres, road surfaces and brakes will also flow into rivers, and ultimately into the sea, government advisors say. Ministers say they want to pass
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The need to take notes goes back through centuries of human history. It’s no wonder, then, that even the earliest desktop systems in the 1980s included a basic “notepad” program. But digital note-taking tools have been improving rapidly. Far beyond simple typed text, you can now save photos, audio and video clips, web links, sketches
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With four-time winner Chris Froome out, nursing broken bones, two of the big questions at this Tour de France have been whether other contenders who’ve long ridden in his shadow will now be more willing to attack and who, on his team, will fill the vacuum left by the British rider’s absence. On Thursday, the
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Want climate news in your inbox? Sign up here for Climate Fwd:, our email newsletter. WASHINGTON — A State Department intelligence analyst has resigned in protest after the White House blocked his discussion of climate science in Congressional testimony, according to a person familiar with the matter. Rod Schoonover, an analyst with the State Department’s
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Most Federal Reserve officials expressed concern at a meeting last month that the outlook for the U.S. economy was weakening, and many said the Fed should soon cut rates if uncertainty continued to weigh on growth. Some businesses, particularly in manufacturing, have pulled back on spending and hiring because of greater uncertainty about U.S. trade
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The nation watched in awe (and thirst) as its unstoppable, equal pay-deserving women’s national soccer team earned the coveted women’s World Cup championship for the fourth time last Sunday, the second time consecutively. There was confetti, there were iconic photos ― it couldn’t have gotten much better. Until the team came back to the States,
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Former child star Denise Nickerson, who played Violet Beauregarde in the classic 1971 film “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory,” has been taken off life support after a major medical emergency. Nickerson’s family announced Wednesday morning that they had chosen to stop treatment after the actress, 62, suffered a massive seizure and her condition continued
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The new tax will target huge – mostly American – technology companies US President Donald Trump has ordered an investigation into France’s planned tax on internet and technology giants. “The United States is very concerned that the digital services tax… unfairly targets American companies,” the US trade representative said
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A former Caribbean soccer official fighting extradition in the FIFA bribery scandal has been ordered to pay $79 million in damages from a related U.S. lawsuit. U.S. District Judge William Kuntz ordered the default judgment against Jack Warner in the 2017 civil action accusing him of embezzling tens of millions of dollars from the Confederation
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