France’s culture minister says the melted, twisted scaffolding atop Notre Dame Cathedral will be removed “in the coming weeks” to allow restoration work to begin. It’s been six months since an April 15 fire gutted the medieval structure, which was under renovation at the time and crisscrossed with scaffolding where the spire once stood. Culture […]
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Author Stephen King joined the chorus of critics calling out President Donald Trump for pulling U.S. troops from Syria. Trump’s decision meant abandoning America’s Kurdish allies in Syria, who have fought alongside U.S. troops against Islamic State terrorists for the past five years. With U.S. troops out of the picture, the Kurds quickly came under
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionThomas Cook ex-boss on bonus: ‘It’s not up to me’ Thomas Cook’s former boss has defended a bonus payment of £500,000 and said he was not the only one to blame for the collapse of the holiday operator. Peter Fankhauser told a cross-party committee of MPs that
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Deandre Ayton strolled around the practice court, talking and laughing with coaches and teammates following a two-hour workout with the Phoenix Suns. It is clear he is comfortable operating in lofty surroundings, even on a morning in the mountains of Flagstaff, despite a sign on the wall that warned of the dangers of physical exertion
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Joseph R. Biden Jr. KELLY The former vice president should aggressively set the record straight armed with facts and outside validators, and make clear that Trump’s motivation is simple: He’s scared of running against Biden and is trying to pick a different nominee. Biden should then quickly pivot back to what voters love and believe
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Image copyright Bronwyn Berg Bronwyn Berg became so fed-up with people manhandling her without asking, she put spikes on her wheelchair. And she’s not alone. With a spate of disabled people reporting unwanted touching some are taking action to stop it in its tracks. You’re minding your own business when – out of nowhere –
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Image copyright Getty Images The UK jobs market is showing signs of slowing, after a surprise drop in the number of people in work. The unemployment rate unexpectedly rose to 3.9% in the June-to-August period from 3.8%, after the number of people in work unexpectedly fell by 56,000, official figures showed. The Office for National
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Even on a team with three stars in the starting rotation, Gerrit Cole has stood out in these playoffs. The 29-year-old right-hander won twice for Houston in the AL Division Series, allowing only one run in 15 2/3 innings. He’ll take the mound Tuesday in Game 3 of the AL Championship Series against the New
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Shares were mostly higher in Europe and Asia on Tuesday after a wobbly day of trading on Wall Street. Germany’s DAX advanced 0.4% to 12,532.50 and the CAC 40 in Paris gained 0.6% to 5,674.85. London’s FTSE 100 was nearly unchanged at 7,215.74. In New York, futures were higher, with the contract for the Dow
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The Swansea and south west Wales area shows the highest rate of care proceedings involving babies The rate of newborn babies involved in care proceedings has more than doubled in three years, the first analysis of data in Wales has revealed. It means newborns in Wales are now more
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