Image copyright Getty Images An Airbnb host who rented out his central London council flat to tourists has been fined £100,000 and evicted. Council tenant Toby Harman, 37, created the fake identity “Lara” on Airbnb to rent out his studio apartment. The flat, in Victoria, had been advertised since 2013 and received more than 300 […]
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On a cold and damp Iowa evening last October, I sat in a tent and thought about Abraham Lincoln. More precisely, I thought about Lincoln signing a minor piece of legislation deeding the Yosemite Valley to the state of California. It happened in 1864, while the Civil War raged. It is important because of just
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Greta Thunberg, the Swedish teenager whose social media-savvy activism has inspired tens of thousands of students in Europe to skip classes and protest for faster action against climate change, plans to take her message to America the old-fashioned way: by boat. The 16-year-old tweeted Monday that she’ll sail across the Atlantic aboard a high-tech racing
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When Kyle Giersdorf first picked up his controller, he was one of 40 million competitors in the game. On Sunday, the 16-year-old walked away the champion. Giersdorf — or “Bugha” — won the Fortnite World Cup on Sunday afternoon at Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York, and brought home a $3 million prize. ESPAT Media
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• Mr. Trump attacked Representative Elijah E. Cummings over the weekend, calling the African-American congressman “racist” without any explanation. It was a familiar strategy: Mr. Trump often alleges that his enemies are actually whatever he is being called — whether that’s racist, mentally unbalanced or losing a step through age. • The House Judiciary Committee
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The singer decided to put on her own show after her appearance at the Holiday Land festival was scrapped Anne-Marie found herself at a loose end in South Korea this weekend, when a festival stage she was due to play on was deemed “structurally unsafe”. But rather than visit
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The running joke between Dalilah Muhammad and some of her competitors goes like this: She orders the wet conditions. Because she reigns in the rain. On a drizzly Sunday night, Muhammad broke a 16-year-old world record in the 400-meter hurdles by finishing in 52.20 seconds at the U.S. championships. “I’m just shocked,” Muhammad said. “I
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[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] Months after landing its first job in nearly a decade on the New York City subway, a Long Island construction firm hosted an intimate fund-raiser in its luxury suite at Citi Field for a special guest: Gov. Andrew M.
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Asian shares were mostly lower Monday as investors watched for developments in the trade conflict between the U.S. and China, with talks set to continue this week. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 edged 0.4% lower to 21,568.48, while Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.5% to 6,828.10. South Korea’s Kospi lost 1.6% to 2,032.36, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng
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Image copyright Getty Images Just Eat has agreed a deal to combine with Dutch rival Takeaway.com to form one of the world’s largest food delivery firms. The joint group would be valued at about £8.2bn, and bring together businesses that process 360 million annual orders worth €7.3bn (£6.6bn). Just Eat is considered by analysts to
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