Boris Johnson has denied Downing Street withheld intelligence from him when he was foreign secretary. The BBC understands from one source that the decision was due to “control freakery” by No 10. But others say there was nervousness over Mr Johnson’s lack of discipline, and hostility between him and Theresa May. Asked about the claims […]
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A question has hung over the American economy for the past month: Was the sharp slowdown in job growth in May just another soft patch in a recovery that has set records for its durability? Or was it a warning of more significant trouble? Friday’s jobs report will help provide the answer. Economists expect the
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“Top Chef” host Padma Lakshmi on Thursday used her Fourth of July pie to call for the closure of the federal facilities that are holding undocumented migrants on the U.S.-Mexico border. Lakshmi decorated her Independence Day pie with an American flag and the phrase “Close The Camps.” In another tweet, she urged people to “contact your representatives
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Scott Piercy had one birdie in his first seven holes Thursday. Then he went on a binge. Piercy birdied eight of his final 11 holes en route to a 9-under 62 and a two-shot lead after the first round of the inaugural 3M Open. “I was thinking 4, 5-under a day would be nice. You
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Chancellor Philip Hammond tells Nick Robinson’s Political Thinking podcast that he and other MPs will stop a no-deal Brexit. A no-deal departure on 31 October remains the default legal position unless Parliament passes a withdrawal agreement or the UK and EU agree to extend the process further. But quoting Speaker John Bercow, Mr Hammond –
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Asian stocks advanced Friday while European markets opened lower as investors waited for American jobs data and details of U.S.-Chinese trade talks. Benchmarks in London and Frankfurt retreated while Shanghai and Tokyo gained. Monthly U.S. employment numbers are expected to be a factor in the Federal Reserve’s decision this month on interest rates. Markets expect
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Image copyright Christie’s Auction House Image caption Egypt’s government has called for the auction to be cancelled A 3,000-year-old Tutankhamun bust that Egypt claims was stolen has fetched £4.7m ($6m) at auction. Egypt earlier called on auction house Christie’s to cancel the sale of the relic depicting ancient boy-king Tutankhamun. The country’s foreign ministry says
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Dismissed for decades as a postindustrial wasteland, Sterling Road, a zigzagging half-mile strip of old factories and warehouses, is getting a second life. Last summer, the North American debut of a splashy Banksy exhibition in an empty warehouse there drew a global spotlight. With the arrival of Toronto’s Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) last fall,
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Samsung Electronics Co. said Friday its operating profit for the last quarter likely fell more than 56% from a year earlier amid a weak market for memory chips. The South Korean tech giant estimated an operating profit of 6.5 trillion won ($5.5 billion) for the April-June quarter, which would represent a 56.3% drop from the
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A look at what’s happening around the majors today: ROLLING The Washington Nationals go for their ninth win in 10 games when they host the Kansas City Royals in the opener of a weekend series. Washington has gone 26-10 since May 24 to move a season-high four games above .500 at 45-41. Anthony Rendon hit
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