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Super Break and Late Rooms holiday firms go into administration

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption ABTA said more than 50,000 holidaymakers were affected and 400 were already on holiday Two package holiday firms have collapsed, affecting more than 50,000 travellers. Malvern Group, which incorporates Late Rooms and York-based Superbreak Mini Holidays, known as Super Break, has ceased trading. The group said Super Break hotel-only […]

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Texas joins states’ lawsuit to block T-Mobile-Sprint deal

Technology / En Sound Media

Texas has joined more than a dozen states that are suing to stop T-Mobile’s $26.5 billion takeover of rival cellphone company Sprint, arguing that the deal is bad for consumers because it would reduce competition. It’s the first Republican attorney general of the group, which now consists of 14 states and the District of Columbia.

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Still here: Wheeler solid as Mets roll past White Sox

Sports / En Sound Media

Zack Wheeler is still a Met, which makes him part of a suddenly dominant starting rotation. A day after the trade deadline passed, the hard-throwing right-hander kept his club on a second-half roll. Wheeler tossed seven innings of four-hit ball, Robinson Canó drove in two runs with a homer and double, and New York beat

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Trump Says U.S. Will Hit China With More Tariffs

Politics / En Sound Media

WASHINGTON — President Trump, frustrated by increasingly fruitless negotiations with China, said the United States would impose a 10 percent tariff on an additional $300 billion worth of Chinese imports next month, a significant escalation in a trade war that has dragged on for more than a year. Mr. Trump had agreed in June not

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Derby junior doctors win Court of Appeal break-time test case

Lifestyle / En Sound Media

Image caption Junior doctors have argued the method used to monitor shift patterns returned “skewed” results Junior doctors have won a court case against a hospital trust over rest breaks which could have far-reaching implications for the NHS. The 21 doctors said Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust failed to make sure they either took proper

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Awkwafina’s Humor Comes From A Devastating Place

Entertainment / En Sound Media

Awkwafina has made a name for herself by charming fans with her wisecracks and hilarious quips. But there’s a strong underlying motivation for her comedy. While answering 73 questions with Vogue, the rapper and actress revealed that she realized she could make others laugh at age four, after her mother died. “I developed humor as

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Post-Brexit plans unveiled for 10 free ports

Business / En Sound Media

Image copyright Reuters Image caption The EU does not encourage free ports, arguing that they create unfair competition The government is planning to create up to 10 free ports across the UK after Brexit. They allow firms to import goods and then re-export them outside of normal tax and customs rules. The UK last had

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Mixer Lures Ninja From Twitch. (What? We Explain.)

Technology / En Sound Media

Tyler Blevins, the 28-year-old multimillionaire and a popular face of Fortnite, announced on Thursday that he would be leaving Twitch, a popular streaming platform for gamers, for the Microsoft-owned platform Mixer. Mr. Blevins, better known to millions of gamers as Ninja, posted a video announcement on Twitter just four days after a 16-year-old won $3

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Wisconsin receiver testifies in trial of former teammate

Sports / En Sound Media

Wisconsin Badgers wide receiver Danny Davis says at the trial of his former teammate Quintez Cephus that one of the women who accused Cephus of raping her had flirted with him shortly after meeting him for the first time. Cephus is charged with second- and third-degree sexual assault for alleged attacks on two 18-year-old women

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Hostage Affairs Envoy Takes On an Unlikely Case: ASAP Rocky

Politics / En Sound Media

It started with a cordial phone call to the Swedish prime minister. It escalated into a series of tweets that expressed disappointment, first with the prime minister, then with Sweden itself. Now President Trump’s bid to rescue a rap star, ASAP Rocky, who is being held in a Stockholm jail, has spiraled into a situation

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