Image copyright Rockstar Games Image caption The Diamond Casino and Resort – where real cash can be spent on virtual vice Grand Theft Auto V has opened an in-game casino where real money can be spent on gambling chips – but they cannot be converted back into cash. The new feature was launched as regulators […]
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption“One of our biggest risks to the outlook comes from an escalation of tensions in trade” The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has cut its growth forecasts for the global economy for this year and next. It predicts growth of 3.2% in 2019, down from its April forecast
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The 52 Places Traveler The 52 Places Traveler was one of four tourists on the remote Falkland Islands, also known as Las Islas Malvinas. But there were thousands of penguins. July 23, 2019 Our columnist, Sebastian Modak, is visiting each destination on our 52 Places to Go in 2019 list. Before the Falklands, he took
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The St. Louis Cardinals spent the opening months of the season sputtering in tight situations. Now, they’re soaring, keeping their chances in the wide-open NL Central afloat in the process. Paul Goldschmidt hit his fifth career grand slam in the top of the 10th and right fielder Jose Martinez threw out the tying run at
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Between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, Mr. Brown and Ms. Schultz had flown to El Paso, Tex., where on Sunday they visited a 500-bed shelter for migrants run by a charity affiliated with the Catholic Church. Unlike government-run shelters whose overcrowding and squalor have been in the news, the Casa del Refugiado was clean and airy. “Esperanza,”
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It always seems like a good idea at the time. Leave meat to soak for a few hours — or even overnight — in a flavor-packed marinade, then toss it on the grill. The results should be a happy marriage of grilled goodness: seared meat that’s deeply imbued with sweet, salty or tangy flavors from
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Seth Meyers on Monday used a zombie metaphor to explain how the flood of news stories that gush from President Donald Trump’s administration is “how he wears us down.” “It’s like being in a zombie movie,” said the host of NBC’s “Late Night. “Anybody can outrun one zombie,” Meyers noted. “But when your city is
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Russian authorities say four children have died in a fire at a tent camp in the country’s Far East. The cause of the fire that broke out in the camp early Tuesday has not been determined. Russian media reported that the tents, located in a ski area in the Khabarovsk region about 6,000 kilometers (3.700
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Sun Yang was in the middle of controversy at the world swimming championships again. Only this time, it wasn’t his doing. Sun won the 200-meter freestyle on Tuesday night after Danas Rapsys of Lithuania finished first and got disqualified for an apparent false start. The Chinese star touched second, but got elevated after Rapsys had
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Dame Cheryl Gillan, a returning officer for the election, announced the result of the Conservative Party leadership election. Mr Johnson beat Jeremy Hunt comfortably, winning 92,153 votes to his rival’s 46,656. Almost 160,000 Conservative members were eligible to vote and the turnout was 87.4%. The former London mayor takes over from Theresa May on Wednesday.
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