President Donald Trump accused China of manipulating its currency after Beijing let the yuan fall to a politically sensitive level against the U.S. dollar for the first time in 11 years. The move raised concern that China could use its currency as a weapon in a trade war with Washington “It’s called ‘currency manipulation,’ ” […]
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Experts say one of the most pervasive misconceptions about mental illness is that perpetrators of America’s all-too-common mass shootings have mental health issues. It’s no surprise why that stereotype persists: Politicians often bring up mental health reform following tragedies. Public figures discuss mental illness and gun violence on social media, inaccurately linking the two. A
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Image caption Dooley travelled to Kurdish-controlled northern Syria for Stacey Meets the IS Brides The BBC has edited a scene in Stacey Dooley’s Panorama documentary after she described a Muslim prayer gesture as an “IS salute”. Dooley’s description of women raising their fingers in the air has been cut from Stacey Meets the IS Brides,
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Image copyright Getty Images Mike Ashley has emerged at the winner in an auction to buy the UK fashion retailer Jack Wills. Mr Ashley’s company Sports Direct has bought Jack Wills out of administration after competing against Edinburgh Woollen Mill Group. Jack Wills has 100 stores in the UK, Ireland, Hong Kong, Singapore and the
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Officials at London’s Heathrow Airport say a planned labor strike has been suspended after the union representing security guards, firefighters and other workers agreed to take a pay offer back to its membership. Unite union members had planned to strike Monday and Tuesday at Europe’s busiest airport over an ongoing pay dispute. The union put
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The FBI “exercised remarkable caution and candor” in securing search warrants that led to espionage charges against a former CIA employee, prosecutors have told a federal judge presiding over the case. Prosecutors said a court hearing is unnecessary to reject Joshua Adam Schulte’s claims that evidence should be tossed out because searches of his New
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The work Kyle Freeland and Nolan Arenado put in off the field helped the Colorado Rockies win a series for just the second time in six weeks. Freeland earned his first win in nearly four months and Arenado homered twice to lead the Rockies past San Francisco 6-2 Sunday in the final game at Coors
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“In my view, it’s the plaintiffs’ lawyers using local governments to hijack the sovereignty of the states and create ‘city states,’ ” said Dave Yost, the Ohio attorney general, who filed a letter critical of the plan. “But this is not the United City-States of America.” The plaintiffs also intend their proposal to be a
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It’s a dreadful reality of living in America (or, honestly, the world) right now that there are, and likely will be more, mass shootings. Though it may be impossible to predict where and when they’ll occur ― and the odds are still very small that you’ll encounter one ― security experts have some basic safety
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The royal family helped ring in Meghan Markle’s 38th birthday on Sunday, posting well wishes on all of their various social media accounts. On Sunday, the Sussex Royal Instagram shared a gorgeous photo of the Duchess of Sussex grinning in a bright blue dress from the couple’s trip to Tonga last October. Prince Harry added
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