Image copyright Getty Images Image caption PayPal was one of the first companies to join Facebook’s planned cryptocurrency network Payments firm PayPal has become the first company to pull out of an alliance that is trying to launch Facebook’s digital currency Libra. PayPal made the announcement in a statement on Friday, but did not specify […]
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For me, the most impressive object is the 18.5-inch bronze statue of Sequana herself. Slim and small-breasted, she wears a flowing dress that exposes her forearms and part of her chest and falls in pleats to the floor, revealing the tips of her pointed slippers. A large, broad crown partly covers her wavy hair, which
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Magic Johnson might actually miss the Los Angeles Lakers if he wasn’t always checking up on them. Johnson quit as the team’s president of basketball operations at the end of the last season, leaving him out of a gym, but not out of the loop, as Los Angeles opened training camp. “I’m working like I’m
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It was another busy week in Washington and on the campaign trail. Here is our quick rundown of what happened in the 2020 race. A health scare for Sanders Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont had a heart attack this week, and doctors inserted two stents to open a blocked artery. Mr. Sanders, 78, was taken
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A new style of insulin pump is allowing a 12-year-old to play full football matches for the first time. Tilly-Rose, from Norwich, was four when she was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and is thought to be one of the youngest people in the UK to use the technology. It works by monitoring her glucose
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LONDON — In 1993, the British painter Lucian Freud, who had just turned 70, took on one of the boldest projects of his career: producing a full-length portrait of himself in his birthday suit. He stood naked and painted in the top-floor London studio where he had spent so many of his waking hours. “Painter
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The most played sport in Qatar is nowhere near the country’s glitzy, air-conditioned stadiums. Cricket is king among the migrant workers who make up most of the energy-rich emirate’s population, and Friday is game day. At dozens of grass-free pitches in the shadow of construction sites where many migrants work, laborers from all over South
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BEIJING — Since a trade war broke out with the United States, China’s state-run media has not held back from commenting on the swirl of political controversies around President Trump. At least, not until now. After Mr. Trump openly urged China on Thursday to investigate former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and his son
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Salesforce founder Marc Benioff runs a $130 billion software empire from the tallest skyscraper in San Francisco. But he is deeply troubled by what his industry has done to worsen an economic divide and other issues polarizing people down on the streets. So he’s urging his fellow CEOs to help fix a “train wreck” of
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Former “Gossip Girl” Blake Lively and “Deadpool” star Ryan Reynolds have welcomed their third child, according to media reports. The new family addition joins the couple’s daughters Inez, 2, and 4-year-old James. It’s not clear when the baby was born. It may already be close to two months old, Us Weekly reported. The couple hasn’t yet
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