Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Public Enemy, The Notorious BIG and Queen Latifah all feature in the poll The Notorious BIG’s Juicy has been named the greatest hip-hop song of all time in a poll for BBC Music. A rags-to-riches tale loosely based on his own childhood (“birthdays was the worst days”), it beat […]
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Image copyright Getty Images Productivity in the UK fell at its fastest annual pace in five years in the April-to-June quarter, according to the Office for National Statistics. The figure – measured by output per hour – fell by 0.5%, after two previous quarters of zero growth. Both services and manufacturing saw a fall from
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The Latest on the Nobel Prize in Physics (all times local): 12:30 p.m. Two Swiss scientists are celebrating their Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering a planet outside our solar system orbiting a solar-type star. The University of Geneva has quoted Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz as saying that “this discovery is the most exciting
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Unseeded Andrey Rublev of Russia upset Borna Coric of Croatia 6-4, 7-6 (4) in the first round of the Shanghai Masters on Tuesday. The 12th-seeded Coric was runner-up in Shanghai last year, losing to Novak Djokovic in straight sets in the final. Two Americans — 16th-seeded John Isner and Reilly Opelka — are through to
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Frustrated by the lack of attention from local Democrats, Ms. Castro and her friends eventually formed a third party, La Raza Unida, in an effort to get Chicanos elected to public office. Ms. Castro ran for City Council as one of the party’s candidates. She lost, but her twin sons went on to unquestionable success,
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The British government said Tuesday that the chances of a Brexit deal with the European Union were fading fast, as the two sides remained unwilling to shift from their entrenched positions. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s office gave a gloomy assessment after a call between Johnson and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday morning. In a
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Image caption Dr Calder – with her sons James and Oliver- says it is “disappointing” that not all boys will get the jab GP Carolyn Calder has two teenage sons and wanted to ensure they were protected against the cancer-causing human papillomavirus (HPV). A vaccination programme is being introduced for all first year boys in
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The actor-singer wasted no time in challenging country music star Blake Shelton, a fellow panelist on the NBC talent competition, in a preview clip of “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” to be aired Tuesday. “Blake, I’m gonna kick your ass,” the one-third of Jonas Brothers joked. Check out the video here: Jonas told DeGeneres he was
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Image copyright Elvie Image caption Tania Boler’s company has developed a pelvic-floor trainer and a breast pump. The meteoric rise of the label “femtech” to describe technology products, apps and hardware addressing women’s health and wellbeing issues divides opinion. While some say it helps the sector secure vital funding from male-dominated venture capitalists, others argue
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Until recently, archaeology was limited by what a researcher could see while standing on the ground. But light detection and ranging, or lidar, technology has transformed the field, providing a way to scan entire regions for archaeological sites. With an array of airborne lasers, researchers can peer down through dense forest canopies or pick out
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