Technology companies led broad gains for stocks on Wall Street in morning trading Thursday, extending the market’s gains from a day earlier. Microsoft led the tech stock rally, climbing 2.1%, as traders welcomed the software giant’s decision to boost its quarterly dividend and approve a $40 billion stock buyback. Technology is up 31.8% this year, […]
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It’s no secret that mental illness was (and still is in some ways) a taboo topic of which an individual’s personal experience is rarely discussed openly. It’s also possible to live a full, normal and productive life with a mental health condition. All of this may mean that many people could have been raised by
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Hilaria Baldwin announced Wednesday that she and husband Alec Baldwin are expecting their fifth child. “It is still very early…but we have learned that there is a little person inside of me,” she wrote on Instagram. The yoga instructor and lifestyle writer, who had a miscarriage in April, explained that she didn’t want to conceal
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As the setting sun left a yellow tinge on dirt-colored cactuses as far as the eye could see, park ranger Anna Roberts gave us a lesson on what we were about to hunt. “Scorpions know they will not kill us because we are much larger,” said Roberts, explaining that the animals‘ first instinct would be
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Huawei launched a new flagship smartphone on Thursday but it comes without popular Google apps such as Chrome or YouTube after U.S. sanctions kicked in, limiting its appeal to consumers. The Chinese tech giant unveiled the Mate 30 series of phones at an event in Munich, Germany. The devices, including one for new 5G networks,
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Rory McIlroy made six bogeys and a double bogey in his last 11 holes to shoot 4-over 76 at the BMW PGA Championship, leaving the world No. 2 already 11 strokes off the first-round lead held by Matt Wallace on Thursday. McIlroy’s round fell apart after an eagle at No. 4 followed by a birdie
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WASHINGTON — The internal watchdog for American spy agencies declined repeatedly in a briefing on Thursday to disclose to lawmakers the content of a potentially explosive whistle-blower complaint that is said to involve a discussion between President Trump and a foreign leader, according to two people familiar with the briefing. During a private session on
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Image copyright Google Image caption Eye surgeon Bobby Qureshi displayed a “lack of empathy” A surgeon who “put financial interests before patients” has been struck off by the General Medical Council. Bobby Qureshi cultivated a high media profile as an eye expert and featured patients June Brown, of EastEnders, and Lady Annabel Goldsmith in adverts.
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption “It hurt a lot,” said the star When Foals take to the stage at the Mercury Prize ceremony on Thursday night, frontman Yannis Philippakis won’t be playing his guitar. The singer tweeted on Tuesday that he’d had a “run-in with a knife” that left him unable to play, with
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This week the BBC released new research on the conflict in Afghanistan – tracing every conflict-related death in the month of August. According to the data that was gathered, on average, more than a dozen civilians died every day. The BBC spent a month visiting one of the country’s busiest hospitals in the southern city
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