Image copyright PA Media Image caption The pound would fall further under a no-deal Brexit, says the Bank The Bank of England has signalled that prolonged Brexit uncertainty will keep interest rates lower for longer. Policymakers said the UK would avoid falling into recession this year, but warned that Brexit and trade worries were weighing […]
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Camila Giorgi dropped just three games to upset third-seeded Sloane Stephens 6-0, 6-3 in the second round of the Toray Pan Pacific Open on Thursday. The unseeded Italian, who reached the semifinals last year, beat the 2017 U.S. Open champion to set up a quarterfinal match against Belgian Elise Mertens. “It was a good match
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WASHINGTON — As President Trump weighs potential gun safety legislation, his attorney general on Wednesday floated a plan to expand background checks for gun buyers, but the idea was met with skepticism from key Republicans and appeared to face serious obstacles on Capitol Hill. The proposal being circulated by Attorney General William P. Barr is
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The Bank of England kept its main interest rate unchanged at 0.75% Thursday, its last scheduled interest rate decision before Britain is due to leave the European Union. In a statement, the bank said all nine of its rate-setters voted to keep rates unchanged and warned that prolonged uncertainty over Britain’s departure from the European
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Image copyright PA Media Image caption Campaigners have voiced concerns over the impact dietary advertising on social media has on young people Body positivity campaigners are celebrating after Instagram announced new rules for posts about weight loss products and cosmetic surgery. Some posts will be hidden from under-18s while others promoting “miraculous” weight loss products
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Singer Kodi Lee, whose audition for “America’s Got Talent” became a viral sensation and quickly made him one of the front-runners, finished at the top on Wednesday. Lee won the Season 14 competition to earn $1 million and a headlining gig for an “AGT” show in Las Vegas. “I feel so amazing,” he said after
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Ryanair’s group chief executive Michael O’Leary Nearly half of Ryanair’s shareholders voted against a pay deal for Michael O’Leary that could hand the chief executive €99m (£80m). The Irish airline said that just 50.5% of investors voted in favour of the company’s remuneration report. Mr O’Leary has been awarded
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ESSAOUIRA, Morocco — This Moroccan town offers a tempting formula to visitors: Buy a low-priced guesthouse in the old quarter, settle into an exotic paradise of souks and spice markets and then watch the tourists and money roll in like the hazy waves of the nearby Atlantic. The real estate offices in Essaouira’s walled old
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USA Basketball has kept its No. 1 spot in the FIBA world men’s rankings, even after a disappointing seventh-place showing in the World Cup that ended earlier this week. It’s now nine-years-and-counting in the top spot for the U.S., which has held the No. 1 ranking since winning the 2010 world championship. World Cup champion
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“It’s our culture under attack, the American way of life,” said Ralph Medina, 77, who has spent the last three years traveling off and on from his home in El Paso to sell $20 Trump baseball caps at rallies across the country. “I’ve got family who was born over there in Mexico, but I’m American
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