Within the Trump administration, Vice President Mike Pence is known as a port of calm and stability amid the churn of chaos. So on Tuesday, when he abruptly abandoned a planned trip to New Hampshire after he had already boarded Air Force Two at Joint Base Andrews in suburban Maryland, it raised immediate questions. It […]
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Christine Lagarde, nominated to head the European Central Bank, has a politician’s ability to communicate and forge compromise, skills she will need to follow Mario Draghi’s performance as the central banker credited with defusing the eurozone’s debt crisis with a few well-chosen words. She has backed Draghi’s stimulus efforts in her current post as head
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Image copyright PA Media Obesity now causes more cases of four common cancers in the UK than smoking, according to a charity. Cancer Research UK says bowel, kidney, ovarian and liver cancers are more likely to have been caused by being overweight than by smoking tobacco. It says millions are at risk of cancer because
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Image copyright Johan Persson Image caption Life of Pi tells the story of a boy stuck on a lifeboat with a tiger A Bengal tiger growls menacingly as it prowls the rehearsal room. A zebra, hyena and orangutan are also on the loose. And a 16-year-old boy is doing his best to stay out of
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Image caption Will this industrial estate in north Kent one day become a key destination? If you head to Swanscombe Peninsula in north Kent, you will see what can be best described as a rather unattractive industrial estate. Only accessible by car, rows of corrugated metal warehouses containing garages and car body repair workshops sit
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Several dozen schools in Bosnia are split in two, teaching youngsters according to their ethnicity. Bosniaks enter through one school gate, Croats through another. Teachers and children are campaigning for an end to the system which they say encourages division and hatred. Meet some of those standing up for inclusive education. Video produced by Jasmin
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A BBC investigation has found influencers on the social media app TikTok are promising to share their phone numbers and other personal contact with young fans in exchange for virtual items. The practice has become known as gift-baiting. Some fans say they feel pressured to spend hundreds of pounds. The BBC’s cyber-security reporter Joe Tidy
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As the Americans raced to huddle in celebration, Lucy Bronze couldn’t bear to take in the scene. Drained and distressed by another World Cup semifinal loss with England, the defender collapsed to the field and lay face down. It was a moment to reflect and dwell on what could have been. “I was disappointed in
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“A huge advantage the president’s got is, he’s the nominee, he’s the incumbent,” said Ann Herberger, a veteran Republican fund-raiser who worked for Jeb Bush over several campaigns, including his presidential run. The Democrats, Ms. Herberger said, “are in the same boat that we were in 2016 — until their convention, it’s a food fight,
WASHINGTON, July 2 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday the names of two nominees to fill vacant posts on the Federal Reserve Board, after two of his earlier choices withdrew from consideration in the face of criticism. Trump said on Twitter he intends to nominate Christopher Waller, an executive vice president at
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