Image copyright Getty Images The US is delaying imposing tariffs on some imports from China until 15 December because of “health, safety, national security and other factors”. The products include mobile phones, laptops, video game consoles, some toys, computer monitors, and certain footwear and clothing. The surprise news from the United States Trade Representative office […]
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Mercury center Brittney Griner will miss the next three games after the WNBA suspended her Tuesday for her role in a fight in the Dallas-Phoenix game over the weekend that resulted in six players getting ejected. The league punished Griner for throwing punches, escalating the incident and pushing Wings forward Kayla Thornton’s face with an
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[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] Chris Cuomo, the CNN anchor and member of a New York political dynasty, unleashed a spate of profanity-laced insults and threatened to throw a man down some stairs after the man apparently called him Fredo, a reference to “The
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The Trump administration on Tuesday narrowed the list of Chinese products it plans to impose new tariffs on as of Sept. 1, delaying levies on cellphones, laptop computers, toys and other goods and announcing exclusions for other products for various reasons. The United States trade representative’s office said that a new 10 percent tariff on
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Two Ebola patients who were treated with new drugs in the city of Goma in eastern Congo have been declared “cured” and returned to their home. Top doctors fighting Ebola quickly used the case on Tuesday to press the message that people can recover from the potentially deadly disease if they seek proper care. Ebola
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Plácido Domingo is a global star who commands sell-out audiences The opera singer Plácido Domingo has been accused of sexually harassing several women over a period of several decades. Eight singers and a dancer claim they were sexually harassed by the Spanish tenor from the late 1980s, according to
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Image copyright PA Budget airline Norwegian Air has said it will end flights between Ireland and the US next month, blaming the grounding of the Boeing 737 Max. “We have concluded these routes are no longer commercially viable,” it said. Norwegian, which has struggled to make a profit, said last month the grounding of the
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Thousands of travelers have been affected after Hong Kong’s airport suspended check-ins again Tuesday after anti-government protesters flooded the airport, one of the world’s busiest travel hubs, for the second day in a row. Have your travel plans been affected by the demonstrations and flight disruptions at Hong Kong International Airport? Please tell us below.
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A drone soared over a blazing hot cornfield in northeastern Colorado on a recent morning, snapping images with an infrared camera to help researchers decide how much water they would give the crops the next day. After a brief, snaking flight above the field, the drone landed and the researchers removed a handful of memory
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Coco Gauff will get a chance to try for an encore: The 15-year-old from Florida received a wild-card entry Tuesday for the U.S. Open’s main draw. It will be Gauff’s second Grand Slam tournament. She made a magical run to the fourth round at Wimbledon last month after getting a wild card into the qualifying
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