U.S. long-term mortgage rates fell sharply this week, with the benchmark 30-year loan touching its lowest level since November 2016. Financial markets around the globe have been whipsawed by anxiety over the U.S.-China trade war, sending investors fleeing from stocks to the safety of bonds and pushing bond interest-rates to record lows. Mortgage buyer Freddie […]
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Image copyright Getty Images Gynaecologists are warning of the potential risks of vaginal steaming after it emerged a Canadian woman burned herself attempting one. A case study, involving a 62-year-old, was published in the Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada. The woman had been suffering from a prolapsed vagina and believed the treatment could help
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Actor Danny Trejo rescued a baby from a crushed, overturned car on Wednesday ― with the help of a fellow good samaritan, he said. The 75-year-old “Machete” star said a vehicle with the child and his grandmother flipped over after a collision with another car in Los Angeles’ Sylmar neighborhood. That’s when Trejo and a
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Image copyright AFP US President Donald Trump has accused the Federal Reserve of being responsible for the “very strong” dollar by keeping interest rates high. The president tweeted that he was not “thrilled” at the result. Mr Trump said the strong dollar made it hard for the US’s “great manufacturers” to compete on a level
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Baker Mayfield’s got his hands on another cold beverage. He’s not chugging this one. The Browns’ star quarterback, who further endeared himself to Cleveland’s fervent football fans by biting into a beer can last weekend and gulping it down while attending an Indians game, has added sports drink BODYARMOR to his growing list of endorsements.
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The entrepreneur and former tech executive Andrew Yang became the ninth Democratic presidential candidate to qualify for the next debates on Thursday after a new poll of Iowa voters showed him earning 2 percent support. Mr. Yang had already met the Democratic National Committee’s other debate-qualification threshold by having drawn donations from more than 130,000
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NBA Reportedly Expands Mental Health Program For Players | HuffPost Life The NBA has done more than any of the three other major sports leagues to address the mental health issues of its athletes, and now they may be poised to do even more. According to Sam Amick of The Athletic, the NBA is reportedly
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Image copyright CBS Image caption Zac and Elizabeth shared the $100,000 (£82,000) prize The first US series of Love Island concluded on Wednesday – with Zac and Elizabeth crowned the winning couple. The series has been running for the last four weeks and has seen Islanders coupling up (and of course re-coupling) in a new
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Image copyright Getty Images UK train companies will stay part of the Interrail scheme, reversing Wednesday’s decision, the operators’ group says. The Rail Delivery Group (RDG), which represents UK train operators, had said the arrangement would end in January. It had blamed a dispute with Eurail Group which manages the scheme. But in a tweet
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Gymnast Simone Biles broke down in tears on Wednesday while discussing USA Gymnastics’ failure to protect its athletes from former trainer and convicted pedophile Larry Nassar. “It’s hard coming here for an organization and having had them fail us so many times,” the five-time Olympic medalist said on Wednesday as she warmed up for the U.S.
