Image copyright Nike US political heavyweight Mitch McConnell has waded into the “racist trainer” row with a call for Nike to reverse a decision to halt sales. “I’ll make the first order,” the Republican Senate majority leader promised if Nike changes its mind. The special-edition Fourth-of July trainer features an old US flag that some […]
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Authorities in Tunisia say the man who was the alleged “brain” behind twin suicide bombings that shook the capital last week was killed while being pursued by police. Sofiane Selliti, ,a spokesman for anti-terrorism prosecutors, said Wednesday that police were chasing suspect Aymen Smiri when explosives he was carrying detonated and killed him on Tuesday
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How do New York Times journalists use technology in their jobs and in their personal lives? Nicholas Fandos, a reporter in Washington who covers Congress, discussed the tech he’s using. What are the most important tech tools for doing your job? At its simplest, reporting on Congress is about creating a record of what the
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The coach of the Afghanistan women’s soccer team is “disgusted” with Gianni Infantino over the handling of sexual abuse cases and calls on the FIFA president to resign. FIFA banned Keramuudin Karim for life from soccer last month for repeated sexual abuse of female players while president of the Afghanistan Football Federation. But Afghanistan coach
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An aide in Mr. Sanders’s Senate office said the list was deliberately broad. It’s easy to see how cosmetic surgery might fall outside this list. But several experts strained to come up with other examples. “You have to really rack your brains to think of anything that would not be covered,” said Cynthia Cox, a
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U.S. stocks moved broadly higher on a holiday-shortened day as investors put the market on track for its third straight record high close of the week. The rally follows a slight easing of trade tensions between the U.S. and China. Both nations have agreed to refrain from new tariffs while they open a new round
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In one unanimous show of hands, Democratic presidential candidates moved the idea of full health insurance for people who are not legally in the United States into the political mainstream. That debate night moment last week symbolized the party’s move to the left heading a primary in which most candidates are trying to appeal to
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Russell Crowe starred in the 2000 Ridley Scott movie, Gladiator Netflix has announced it’s taking a long-term lease on Shepperton Film Studios near London. Its plan is to create a dedicated UK production hub, including 14 sound stages, workshops and office space at the site owned by the Pinewood
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Image copyright Getty Images The Long Island Iced Tea Company, as its name suggests, was in the business of selling beverages. And not as many as it might have liked: it lost nearly $4m (£3.2m) in the third quarter of 2017. Then the company announced that it would henceforth be known as the Long Blockchain
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A Pool and a View on the Coast of St. Barts $3.2 MILLION (2.8 MILLION EUROS) This contemporary, three-bedroom villa sits on a verdant hillside above Flamand Beach, near the northwestern tip of the French territory of St. Barts, in the Caribbean Sea. The 1,722-square-foot house, accented with Caribbean details including a white wood balcony,
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