The eco-minded Prince Harry is embarking on a massive travel sustainability initiative in partnership with key travel providers. They aim to improve the practices of the global industry amid an ever-increasing number of travelers. The Duke of Sussex picked Amsterdam, a city hit hard by over-tourism, to announce Travalyst at a news conference Tuesday with […]
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Australia showed it can do damage by ending the Americans’ 78-game winning streak in a warm-up game just over a week ago. On Tuesday in Group H, the Boomers defeated Senegal 81-68 in Dongguan in the far south of China to improve to 2-0 and move a step closer to making the second round. Senegal
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The suicide rate was highest in men aged 45-49 The suicide rate in the UK has risen for the first time since 2013, official figures show. Office for National Statistics data for 2018 showed 11.2 deaths from suicide per 100,000 people – up from 10.1 in 2017. Changes to
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Image caption BBC newsreader John Snagge reported on the D-Day landings A new archive has revealed the BBC’s role in secret activities during World War Two, including sending coded messages to European resistance groups. Documents and interviews, released by BBC History, include plans to replace Big Ben’s chimes with a recorded version in the event
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Image copyright Getty Images The end of an era is looming for Marks and Spencer, with the retail giant expected to be relegated from the FTSE 100 index of Britain’s biggest listed companies on Wednesday. If it is demoted, it will be the first time M&S has not been a FTSE 100 member since the
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WHEN OLIVIER MARTY and Karl Fournier of the Paris-based architecture firm Studio KO were asked by an Australian entrepreneur to create a pied-à-terre on the city’s Place des Victoires, the pair reveled in the strange layers of history they uncovered. The apartment, on the third floor of one of the square’s grand four-story mansions, needed
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COPENHAGEN — Casper Klynge, a career diplomat from Denmark, has worked in some of the world’s most turbulent places. He once spent 18 months embroiled in reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan. For two years, he led a crisis management mission in Kosovo. Yet Mr. Klynge, 46, says his toughest foreign posting may be the one he
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Carli Lloyd booted away any doubts about her ability to become an NFL kicker in an interview over the weekend. The World-Cup winning soccer star started the buzz last month by blasting a 55-yard field goal during a practice session with the Philadelphia Eagles. Now that we have your attention, here’s a 55-yarder! pic.twitter.com/7k2WeQNUso —
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption A third of Britons with high blood pressure are unaware they have the condition Cancer now causes more deaths among the middle-aged in higher-income countries than cardiovascular disease, a study suggests. Globally, heart problems and stroke is the leading cause of death at this age. But the researchers say
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The director of the horror film “It” and the upcoming “It: Chapter Two” said President Donald Trump has something in common with Pennywise, the monstrous clown at the heart of the franchise. “He does exactly what the clown does, you know?” filmmaker Andy Muschietti told AFP, adding: “The clown is trying to divide the ‘Losers’
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