Image caption Campaign group Feedback Global says its gleaning efforts are have doubled over the past four years It is a hot July day in Lancashire and a dozen people are gathering on a dusty farm track two miles outside the market town of Ormskirk. They are gleaners – volunteer harvesters picking what’s left in […]
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The photographer Marcus Hyde was a rising star: a favorite of Kim Kardashian West, responsible for a Fendi social media campaign, with a million Instagram followers. But this week, multiple women said he had used his growing profile on social media to engage in inappropriate behavior, including soliciting nude photographs from models in exchange for
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Nelson Cruz hit three of Minnesota’s five homers and finished with five RBIs, helping the AL Central-leading Twins beat the slumping Chicago White Sox 10-3 on Thursday night. Cruz hit a solo drive in the first, a two-run shot in the third and another two-run homer in the fifth. He struck out swinging for the
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Though Republicans once trumpeted the budget act as the party’s crowning achievement of the Obama era, there is little love left in Washington for the 2011 law. The legislation created the sequester, automatic spending cuts that would sweep across almost all government programs if Congress did not abide by the caps. It was meant to
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Disgraced director Roman Polanski continues to be embraced in Europe, despite his admitting to the statutory rape of a 13-year-old girl in 1977 and his history of other sexual abuse allegations, all of which has received renewed scrutiny because of the Me Too movement. His next movie, “J’accuse,” will debut at the Venice Film Festival
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Image copyright Getty Images A deadline to agree a contract ensuring the swift delivery of medical supplies in the event of a no-deal Brexit has been pushed back by seven weeks. If the UK leaves the EU without an agreement, delays at ports could affect deliveries of products such as blood, medicines and transplant organs.
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A giant telescope planned for Hawaii‘s tallest mountain will enhance humanity’s knowledge of the universe and bring quality, high-paying jobs, supporters said Thursday, as protesters blocked construction for a second week. An international consortium plans to build the $1.4 billion Thirty Meter Telescope at the top of Mauna Kea, which some Native Hawaiians believe is
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Minnesota Twins slugger Nelson Cruz homered three times in the first five innings against the Chicago White Sox on Thursday night. Cruz hit a solo drive in the first, a two-run shot in the third and another two-run homer in the fifth. It’s the first career three-homer game for the six-time All-Star, who has 385
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“Why would you ever even bring up impeachment after yesterday’s hearing?” Representative Kevin McCarthy of California, the Republican leader, asked reporters. “That should be put to bed. We’ve watched it, we’ve heard it, we’ve read it. What more can they make up?” For Democrats skeptical of or outright opposed to impeachment, the extended August recess
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Southwest Airlines doesn’t expect to use Boeing 737 Max jets until January, and it is talking to Boeing about compensation for the grounding, which the airline says cost it $175 million in the second quarter. The loss of about 5% of its fleet is causing Southwest to take the unusual step of shrinking rather than
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