To understand the anomaly of Representative Max Rose, one of the few House Democrats who has not endorsed an impeachment inquiry into President Trump, one must first understand a few other anomalies. There is the anomaly of Staten Island, the lone stronghold of conservatism within deep blue New York City, and the heart of Mr. […]
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Image copyright PA Media The Conservative Party is attempting to focus attention on its spending pledges for an “infrastructure revolution”, on the second day of the party conference. Chancellor Sajid Javid has promised £25bn for England’s roads as well as £5bn for ultrafast broadband in some of the UK’s “hardest to reach parts”. It comes
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Vietnam is one of the world’s most vulnerable countries to climate change. It’s already having a huge impact on the lives of those in the Mekong Delta, the agricultural heartland of the country and home to 20% of the country’s population. Ashley John-Baptiste went to meet the families living on the front lines of climate
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Major league batters finished with 6,776 home runs, shattering the previous record of 6,105 set two years ago. Dominic Smith hit the final long ball of the season, a three-run drive in the 11th inning Sunday off Atlanta’s Grant Dayton that lifted the New York Mets over the NL East champion Braves 7-6. Oakland’s Steven
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The average time of a nine-inning game reached a record length in the major leagues this season. Major League Baseball said Sunday the final figure for this season was 3 hours, 5 minutes, 35 seconds. That topped the 3:05:11 in 2017. The average had dropped to 3:00:44 in 2018, helped by new restrictions that cut
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Shares were mixed in a narrow range in Asia on Monday, with markets in China heading into a national holiday. Chinese manufacturing data was slightly better than analysts’ estimates, helping to boost sentiment. But the downbeat mood on Wall Street on Friday carried over into Monday’s trading. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index lost 0.5% to 21,764.54
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionGwion, 15, Olwen, 13, and Grace, 17, discuss the pressures teenagers can face A new research centre will aim to “shine a light” on why young people develop mental health problems. The £10m Wolfson Centre at Cardiff University wants to develop new ways of reducing anxiety and
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Image caption Solomon Serwanjja wants to carry on Komla Dumor’s legacy of changing the narrative about Africa Ugandan investigative reporter and news anchor Solomon Serwanjja has won the 2019 BBC World News Komla Dumor Award. Serwanjja is a presenter at Uganda’s NBS TV, where he hosts one of the channel’s prime-time shows. He has also
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Vonn Bell’s forced fumble and two recoveries helped the Saints stifle a Dallas offense that had rolled through its first three games, and Wil Lutz kicked four field goals to lift New Orleans to a 12-10 victory over the Cowboys on Sunday night. Dallas came in with the NFL’s third-ranked running game, averaging 179 yards,
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption‘I’m proud that I did it, but looking back it shortened my life’ Firefighters have called for more protection after research found they were being exposed to dangerously high levels of harmful chemicals. Their plea echoed scientific research that said firefighters were at risk of getting cancer
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