Footage has emerged from the Bahamas as it was battered by Hurricane Dorian, causing destruction to homes and flooding. It’s the most powerful storm to hit the country, and the second strongest Atlantic hurricane on record. The hurricane, which is moving westwards, may also hit the US east coast, with several states declaring a state […]
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A judo world champion from Iran is afraid to return home after disobeying orders from the government to withdraw from the world championships in Tokyo to avoid a potential bout against an Israeli opponent. The International Judo Federation said late Sunday that Saeid Mollaei was ordered to withdraw from last week’s competition by Iranian deputy
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Former prime minister Tony Blair has warned Jeremy Corbyn that having a general election before Brexit would be an “elephant trap”. Speaking at an event hosted by the Institute for Government, Mr Blair said the “brutally clear” challenge in an election is that the opposition vote would be split and “under our system, that delivers
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Image caption Richard Selley is preparing to travel to Switzerland later this week to end his life Eleven terminally-ill people in Scotland every week are suffering in pain as they die, according to a new report by a group campaigning for assisted death to be legalised. Dignity in Dying said even with high levels of
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Image caption Figen Murray tweeted that the video glamorises suicide bombers The mother of a victim of the Manchester Arena attack has criticised The 1975 for featuring frontman Matty Healy wearing a suicide vest in the band’s latest video. The Manchester-based band’s singer is seen appearing to detonate the vest. Figen Murray, whose son Martyn
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By most academic calendars, summer is over after Labor Day. But fall doesn’t officially begin until late September and continued warm weather in many destinations means you can effectively extend your summer vacations throughout the month, with the bonus of fewer tourists — and often, lower prices. So, whether you’re an empty nester, a millennial
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Months of unrest in Hong Kong have caused concern in mainland China, where news about the pro-democracy protests has been carefully filtered out of social media. It’s common for social media companies in China to remove content that is perceived to be threatening to social stability or the ruling Communist Party. Beijing-based journalist and writer
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It’s no surprise that someone set a home run record this year. What’s remarkable is who did it. The Minnesota Twins — who haven’t led the majors in homers since the days of Harmon Killebrew — are now at 268 and counting. They surpassed the record set by last year’s New York Yankees on Saturday
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Yet here was Mr. Biden again, at 76, trudging through another dog day of August in the extreme heat. He had just finished up a small rally in central Iowa, held in a gazebo-like party space overlooking a pond. He seemed a bit riled up, and not in a good way. “Where are we going?”
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Image copyright Getty Images More pharmacies in England will start offering people free, on-the-spot heart check-ups from next month. Shoppers would have their blood pressure and cholesterol tested. The programme, which could expand to every pharmacy in England, should prevent up to 150,000 heart attacks and strokes within a decade, say experts. It is part
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