Image copyright Getty Images This summer marks 50 years since 400,000 people flocked to a field in upstate New York for “an Aquarian explosion” of “peace and music”. The Woodstock music festival, held at a farm in Bethel, has come to symbolise much of the idealism of the 1960s. It is seen by many as […]
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Image copyright Getty Images News broke late last week that a fungal disease that kills Cavendish banana plants has been detected in Latin America for the first time. A strain of the Fusarium fungus, which causes so-called Panama disease in banana plants, was detected in Colombia. The strain, which is very difficult to treat, has
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The House Homeland Security Committee issued a subpoena Wednesday against Jim Watkins, owner of online extremist forum 8chan. The bipartisan subpoena issued by the committee’s chairman, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss.), and ranking member Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) calls for Watkins to appear before the committee on Sept. 5 to testify on what he’s doing
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Cal Quantrill contributed with his arm and bat as the San Diego Padres beat Tampa Bay for the first time in over nine years, topping the Rays 7-2 on Wednesday. San Diego had lost nine in a row to the Rays overall since June 23, 2010, in an interleague matchup that hasn’t occurred too often.
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The global economy is under increasing stress as growth cools and trade tensions take a mounting toll. On Wednesday, the tremors were felt worldwide. Shares on Wall Street were off sharply, only a day after they had rallied as President Trump narrowed the scope of his next round of tariffs. The S&P 500 was down
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The British government wants to create an “express freight service” to ensure essential medicines are still available if the U.K. leaves the European Union without a divorce deal. The Department of Health said Thursday it is inviting potential providers to submit offers for a contract lasting at least a year. The department hasn’t specified what
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Earlier this week, the eldest Kardashian sister shared a snapshot of herself in a bathing suit on the Instagram account for her lifestyle brand, Poosh. Fans quickly noticed something: She hadn’t edited out her stretch marks. Considering the stars of “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” often post carefully crafted images on their social media pages,
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Image copyright American Farm Bureau Image caption Zippy Duvall has been a farmer for 34 years The UK must accept US food standards as part of any future trade deal with Washington, the head of America’s farming lobby has said. Zippy Duvall, head of the American Farm Bureau, said US farmers were keen to trade
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“The bigger you get, the more scrutiny there is, and the larger the losses you have, the more sensitive investors are to it,” said Jane Leung, chief investment officer of Scenic Advisement, an investment bank for shares in private companies. WeWork was founded by Adam Neumann and Miguel McKelvey in New York in 2010. The
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James McCann ended a home run drought in grand style to help the Chicago White Sox make a statement against one of baseball‘s top teams. McCann hit a tiebreaking grand slam in the eighth inning and Chicago outlasted the Houston Astros 13-9 Wednesday to win the season series from the runaway AL West leaders. McCann
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