World shares edged higher on Tuesday after U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin confirmed that China-U.S. trade talks were due to resume in two weeks’ time. Germany’s DAX was flat at 12,346.21, while the CAC 40 in Paris rose 0.2% to 5,641.93. Britain’s FTSE 100 also edged 0.1% higher to 7,331.70. The future contracts for the […]
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Demi Moore opened up about one of the most traumatic incidents she faced as a teenager in her upcoming memoir, “Inside Out.” Ahead of the memoir’s release, the “Corporate Animals” actor spoke with Diane Sawyer about being raped when she was just 15, by a man who paid her mother after the incident was over.
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Image copyright Getty Images Frequent flyers should face higher taxes to help tackle aviation emissions, the government’s climate advisers say. The Committee on Climate Change says a “frequent flyer levy” would help curb the growing demand for air travel. Other options would be to increase taxes on airlines, or restrict airport capacity – which would
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LONDON — As “Downton Abbey” moves from the television screen to movie theaters, the real-life setting of the period drama is bracing for a renewed surge of interest. Highclere Castle, the grand English country house in Hampshire that is used as the fictional home of the Crawley family, has drawn hundreds of thousands of paying
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Megan Rapinoe, co-captain of the champion U.S. women’s national soccer team, was crowned FIFA’s Best Women’s Player of 2019 at a Monday ceremony in Milan. Rapinoe’s achievement comes on the heels of a very successful year for the Reign FC midfielder, who was also awarded the coveted Golden Boot and Golden Ball at this year’s
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The deep divisions that do exist could still have serious consequences for democracy. Revolutions are typically staged by small slices of populations, and it takes even smaller ones to perpetrate political violence, like the mass shooting in El Paso last month. And in the age of social media, it takes only a few to maul
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Image copyright English Heritage Image caption Religious scenes include stories from the Bible and terrifying visions of demons Time is running out to preserve historic wall paintings around England that are at risk of deterioration and decay, English Heritage has warned. The charity looks after 77 of the paintings, many of which decorate medieval abbeys,
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Image copyright Reuters Taxi booking firm Uber has had its licence to operate in London extended by two months. The firm lost its licence in 2017 due to public safety concerns, after which a judge granted a 15-month extension which was due to expire on Wednesday. Transport for London (TfL) said its right to operate
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Tom Brady has clout, and his indignation may have saved the NFL’s 100th season from being ruined by the refs even though he backtracked like he was avoiding Shaq Barrett . Yellow flags flew at an alarming rate over the first two weeks of the season, and Shawn Hochuli’s crew called 20 infractions Thursday night
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South Korea’s African swine fever crisis intensified Tuesday with lab tests confirming the fourth case in a week from a farm near its border with North Korea. The discovery of still more cases has raised fears officials are fighting a losing battle to halt the spread of the disease that wiped out pig populations across
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