Buster Douglas is marking the 30th anniversary of his upset boxing victory over Mike Tyson with a campaign aimed at inspiring others who face long odds. The 59-year-old Douglas plans to announce his “42 to 1” initiative at the Ohio Statehouse Wednesday, alongside city and state leaders and two-time Heisman Trophy winner Archie Griffin. The […]
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Ken Clarke – who is standing down after half a century as an MP – asks the man who expelled him from the Conservative parliamentary party over Brexit to clarify the proposed terms of post-Brexit trade with the EU. Mr Clarke said: “Just talking about a free trade agreement is a extremely vague aspiration.” Boris
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Grady Cope, founder and president of Reata Engineering, a design, tooling and production firm in Englewood, Colo., offered a guarded outlook. “As business owners, we’re all a little bit scared of tariffs,” said Mr. Cope, whose company has a long list of multinational customers. “China is a huge part of the global economy and the
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Beyond the familiar horrors of the workplace — bad bosses, annoying co-workers and demanding deadlines with no end in sight — some people have unsettling experiences that cannot be explained by Earthly logic. Years later, even after they’ve left their jobs, they still remember the offices that haunted them during long, lonely shifts. DaniloKustaSalvadores via
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BBC World Service presenter Julian Keane has died aged 57 after a lengthy illness. Keane was a well-known voice on the global radio station for more than quarter of a century, featuring on the French Service, Europe Today, The World Today and The Newsroom. He had presented the channel’s Newsday programme since its launch in
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Image copyright Getty Images US economic growth slowed in the third quarter, but beat some economists’ expectations of a bigger contraction. The Commerce Department data put GDP growth at 1.9% during the three months, ahead of the 1.6% predicted. Consumer spending held up better than expected, offsetting a fall in business investment and lower public
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A Six-Bed Retreat in South Africa’s Wine Country $1.7 MILLION (25 MILLION SOUTH AFRICAN RAND) This six-bedroom, six-and-a-half-bath house is in Constantia, a leafy suburb of Cape Town, South Africa, in the foothills of Table Mountain National Park, near the Atlantic coast. Set in the Constantia Valley, the suburb offers easy access to both Cape
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Conservationists fear hundreds of koalas have perished in wildfires that have razed prime habitat on Australia’s east coast. Port Macquarie Koala Hospital President Sue Ashton said she hoped wildlife carers would be allowed to begin their search of the fire zone for survivors on Thursday. The fire was started by a lightning strike on Friday
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Defending champion Elina Svitolina qualified for the semifinals of the season-ending WTA Finals by beating Simona Halep 7-5, 6-3 on Wednesday. Svitolina, the only competitor in the eight-player field not to win a title this season, last won a tournament at last year’s WTA Finals. The Ukrainian is 2-0 in the Purple Group, winning both
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Where the groups differed was in how a universal health care system should be achieved. Eighty-five percent of the Medicare for all enthusiasts thought it was the responsibility of government to ensure all Americans had health coverage. Only 73 percent of those supporting more incremental Democratic reforms agreed. Among those supporting the Republican plan, the
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