Image copyright Getty Images Muslim Bollywood actress Zaira Wasim, 18, has announced she will quit acting, saying that the profession “threatened” her relationship with her religion. “This journey has been exhausting, to battle my soul for so long,” she wrote in a lengthy Facebook post on Sunday. Indians on social media were quick to react […]
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The Latest at Wimbledon (all times local): 11:30 a.m. Play has started on Day 1 at Wimbledon in cool, dry conditions. Among the players in early action on the outside courts are 2018 runner-up Kevin Anderson and three-time major champion Stan Wawrinka. The high temperature is expected to be about 21 degrees C (70 degrees
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WASHINGTON — Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Ind., raised $24.8 million over the past three months, his campaign said on Monday, a head-turning total that is likely to be among the largest disclosed by any of the Democratic presidential candidates for the second quarter of the year. Mr. Buttigieg’s haul, from more than 294,000
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Image copyright Netflix Image caption The kids are growing up… Ahead of the release of the third series of Netflix hit Stranger Things, the reviews are in – and it’s good news for fans of the supernatural drama. The Stranger Things kids are growing up but the terrors of the Upside Down are still lurking
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It’s been seven years since Hurricane Sandy decimated this barrier peninsula on the southern edge of Queens, tearing the boardwalk from its moorings and scattering debris across the peninsula. But as the scars heal, the working-class neighborhood of Rockaway Beach has transformed from one of the city’s best-kept secrets to a destination beach town, where
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You’re very involved with the Catholic Church. Does that help you at work? It gives me time and space away from work. I think I’m a better C.E.O., and a better person, if Visa doesn’t completely consume my life. And I believe that of everybody, which is why I preached internally that I want people
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Novak Djokovic gets the honor of opening play on Centre Court at Wimbledon as the defending men’s champion. Monday’s marquee matchup is scheduled for later in the day across the way at No. 1 Court: 39-year-old Venus Williams against 15-year-old Coco Gauff. Williams is the oldest player in the women’s field. Not only is Gauff
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A no-deal Brexit could threaten the break up of the United Kingdom, the international trade secretary has said. Liam Fox told the Today programme there was “no point in pretending” the threat wasn’t there and that “nationalists don’t want the UK to succeed”. Both Conservative leadership rivals Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt have committed to
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One of the hard things about projecting how the economy will evolve in the coming months is that two different sides of it are sending completely opposite signals. American consumers keep buying stuff, driving solid growth through the first half of the year. On Friday, the Commerce Department reported that consumption spending rose a healthy
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Paul Gambaccini said he lived under a ‘cloud of suspicion’ DJ Paul Gambaccini is warning of a “false allegation crisis”, as he joins other well-known figures launching a petition calling for anonymity for sexual offence suspects. Mr Gambaccini was arrested over sexual abuse allegations in 2013 in the wake
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