House prices are rising at the slowest annual pace for more than six years, according to the Halifax. The mortgage lender, part of Lloyds Banking Group, said prices rose 1.1% in the year to the end of September, the slowest rate since April 2013. Price growth would remain “subdued” for as long as economic uncertainty […]
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Kyle Lowry and the Toronto Raptors have agreed on a $31 million, one-year extension that could keep him with the NBA champions through the 2020-21 season. Agent Mark Bartelstein on Monday confirmed the agreement, which was first reported by ESPN. Lowry and the Raptors had been talking for some time about this, so the extension
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WASHINGTON — President Trump vowed on Monday to pull back from military involvement in the Middle East and leave it to others “to figure the situation out,” even as one of his strongest supporters condemned him for abandoning allies and emboldening regional enemies. In a series of Twitter messages, the president defended his decision to
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Britain and the European Union appeared to be poles apart Monday on a potential Brexit deal, with the Dutch government urging the British government to offer “more realism and clarity,” and U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson insisting the bloc has to soften its stance. Last week the British government sent the EU what it called
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Image copyright Getty Images There was an increase in deaths when Britain had its hottest day on record this summer, provisional figures for England and Wales show. On 25 July, Cambridge recorded a temperature of 38.7C, exceeding the past record of 38.5C in Kent in 2003. About the same time, deaths per day rose from
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Image copyright YouTube/SNL Image caption Phoebe Waller-Bridge appeared as Bella Rosa, from Essex Phoebe Waller-Bridge hosted Saturday Night Live in the US for the first time this weekend and took the opportunity to take a swipe at Love Island. The Fleabag star appeared as “Bella Rosa” in a skit of the UK reality show, which
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption A number of NBA teams, including the Rockets (in red) have worn uniforms with Chinese characters to help promote the game in China The general manager of the Houston Rockets basketball team has apologised after a tweet in support of Hong Kong protesters led to a Chinese backlash. Daryl
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If the goal of this year’s track and field world championships was to find a fresh face, a vibrant personality, a one-of-a-kind talent to replace the mile-wide void left by Usain Bolt’s absence, then consider it still a work in progress. The 10-day run in the desert had its moments — a world record in
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Terri Cheney, a 59-year-old writer from Beverly Hills, has lived with bipolar disorder for the majority of her life. When a wave of depression hits ― a hallmark symptom of the mental health condition ― she says she feels as if she’s got a bad case of the flu. She wishes she could get up
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The actor and political cartoonist’s new work, posted Sunday, casts Trump as Don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando) from “The Godfather” asking Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for a favor. “The Fraudfather made Zelensky ‘an offer he couldn’t refuse,’” Carrey wrote in the caption. The “Kidding” star took liberties in quoting Corleone’s dialogue from a scene in
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