Image copyright Getty Images Inflation growth slowed sharply in August to 1.7% after computer game prices dropped and clothing prices were slow to recover from the summer sales. The Consumer Prices Index measure of inflation fell below 2.1% in July, according to the Office for National Statistics. It is the lowest rate since late 2016. […]
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Avery Davis has become a case study in perseverance, always wanting to help his team yet never in one place long enough to get a chance. Three position changes for Davis in less than two years, without much payoff, even caused Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly to show some empathy. “If I was Avery,” Kelly
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WASHINGTON — The acting director of national intelligence will not testify before Congress this week or immediately hand over a whistle-blower complaint to lawmakers, escalating a standoff between Capitol Hill and leaders of the intelligence agencies. The Democratic chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Representative Adam B. Schiff of California, demanded in a cryptic letter
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Doctors at state-run hospitals across Sri Lanka are staging a strike, demanding that the government resolve what they say is a salary “injustice.” Dr. Haritha Aluthge, secretary of the Government Medical Officers Association, says two years ago, the government gave an unusually high salary increase to legal and judicial officers in the government sector, “causing
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A ditzy moment from Chrissy Teigen on Tuesday night resulted in a lot of fun for her 11.7 million Twitter followers. The model/TV personality tweeted an image of her MacBook, unaware that her personal email address was visible. By the time she realized, it was too late: Fuck I posted my email address lmao —
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Image copyright Getty Images Lloyd’s of London’s boss has said he was “devastated” by a report detailing evidence of sexual harassment and assault against women at the company. Chief executive John Neal admitted that when he saw an investigation by Bloomberg: “We thought there were signs that it was a reality.” The report showed women
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Samoan rugby players will wear skin suits to cover their traditional tattoos during some training sessions at the World Cup in order not to offend their Japanese hosts. Samoa captain Jack Lam said team officials consulted an expert on Japanese culture to make sure tattooed players avoided any cultural issues. Tattoos are often associated with
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For a president with a loose relationship with the facts and poisonous relationships with allies, the attack on the Saudi oil fields poses a challenge: how to prove the administration’s case that Iran was behind the strike and rally the world to respond. President Trump must now confront that problem as he struggles with one
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Japan’s exports fell 8% in August from a year earlier, as trade tensions took a growing toll on demand across the region. Exports of machinery, vehicles and chemicals all declined, the Finance Ministry reported Wednesday. Exports totaled 6.1 trillion yen ($56 billion), while imports slipped 12%, the fastest rate in almost three years, to 6.3
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Alex Trebek is going through another round of chemotherapy after a troubling discovery from his doctors. The “Jeopardy!” host told “Good Morning America” Tuesday that after he lost 12 pounds in a week and his “numbers went sky high, much higher than they were when I was first diagnosed,” his medical team made a decision. “The
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