There were hours of argument and more than 14 votes in the House of Lords before the government came to the agreement that the bill designed to stop a no-deal Brexit would clear the Upper House by 17:00 BST on Friday. Just before 01:30 BST, the Government Chief Whip in the Lords, Lord Ashton, made […]
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Japan tried to reassure foreign diplomats Wednesday about safety at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant amid concerns about massive amounts of treated but radioactive water stored in tanks. Interested in Japan? Add Japan as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Japan news, video, and analysis from ABC News. Diplomats from 22
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A look at what’s happening around the majors today: STRAS TEST Stephen Strasburg (16-5, 3.47 ERA) starts as Washington begins a four-game series at NL East-leading Atlanta. Strasburg is 4-1 with a 3.21 ERA in five career starts at SunTrust Park. Max Fried (15-4, 4.09) pitches for the Braves, who have won six straight. The
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Cory Booker.CreditPhilip Cheung for The New York Times Combating climate change is not one item on a list of policies, Senator Cory Booker said: It is “the lens through which we must do everything.” Under a Booker administration, he said, every department and federal agency would be expected to have a climate plan, and he
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Using condoms correctly reduces the risk of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) Women who regularly remove all their pubic hair – known as “extreme” personal grooming – are not at greater risk of chlamydia or gonorrhea, a study of female students suggests. The findings go against past research warning shaving
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Image copyright Getty Images A man has been charged with selling drugs to Mac Miller before he died. The rapper overdosed in September last year. Prosecutors in Los Angeles say he thought he’d been sold a painkiller called oxycodone – but it had actually been laced with fentanyl, a powerful drug that is fifty times
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption CBI chief Carolyn Fairbairn says a no-deal Brexit would be damaging for business Progress in passing a bill to stop a no-deal Brexit in parliament has been a “chink of light” for UK business, according to the head of Confederation of British Industry (CBI). However, Carolyn Fairbairn told the
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Their paychecks are signed by hundreds of companies, but often Amazon directs, through an app, the order of the deliveries and the route to each destination. Amazon software tracks drivers’ progress, and a dispatcher in an Amazon warehouse can call them if they fall behind schedule. Amazon requires that 999 out of 1,000 deliveries arrive
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America’s Cup defending champions Team New Zealand has revealed its revolutionary foiling mono-hull, showing off the sleek sailboat a day ahead of its official launch. Team New Zealand displayed the 75-foot craft at its Auckland base on Thursday. Painted in the team’s colors of red, gray and black, the hull is low-slung, designed to be
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Boris Johnson has faced a double defeat in the Commons after MPs turned down his motion for a general election. Earlier, MPs backed a bill aimed at blocking a no-deal Brexit if the PM hadn’t agreed a plan with the EU ahead of the 31 October deadline. During the debates, Labour MP Jess Phillips explained
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