Image copyright Getty Images The UK’s economy may have tipped into recession following a downturn in the dominant service sector, according to closely-watched figures. The IHS Markit/CPS purchasing managers’ index for services fell to a six-month low of 49.5 in September. The 50 level divides growth from expansion. It suggests the economy shrank 0.1% in […]
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Asheville, N. C. — with its lively arts district, locavore food movement and over-the-top, Gilded Age mansion — attracts hordes of leaf peepers as soon as the temperatures start to drop. But a two-hour drive up the spine of the Blue Ridge Mountains, the less-visited Boone, a gem of a college town in the heart
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LONDON — Europe’s top court said on Thursday that an individual country can order Facebook to take down posts, photographs and videos and restrict global access to that material, in a ruling that has implications for whether countries can expand content bans beyond their borders. The European Court of Justice’s decision came after a former
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There will be a new World Series champion this year, because the Boston Red Sox didn’t make the postseason. In fact, only one champ from the past seven years — Houston — is in the remaining playoff field. Teams like the Dodgers, Yankees and Nationals have certainly fielded good teams in recent years, only to
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Want climate news in your inbox? Sign up here for Climate Fwd:, our email newsletter. WASHINGTON — In a single month in 2017, the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency blocked scientists from speaking at a climate change conference, its Interior Department forwarded a policy letter to U.S. Customs and Border Protection only after deleting concerns
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Google is committing to a White House initiative designed to get private companies to expand job training for American workers. CEO Sundar Pichai was making the announcement Thursday during an appearance with White House senior adviser Ivanka Trump at El Centro community college in downtown Dallas. Ivanka Trump, President Donald Trump’s daughter, oversees the administration’s
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption John Shrosbree died in hospital in June Patients’ lives are being put at risk at a short-staffed A&E department where a man died amid a series of failings, coroner has said. John Shrosbree, 72, died a week after arriving “clearly unwell” at Milton Keynes Hospital, a report found. The
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Campaigners have lost a significant legal battle against the government’s handling of the rise in women’s state pension age. The retirement age for women rose from 60 to 65, in line with men, and will go up to 66 by 2020, and to 67 by 2028. Women born in the 1950s claim the rise is
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A top marine biologist is urging Thailand’s government to speed up conservation plans for the dugong, an endangered sea mammal, after their death toll for the year has already climbed to a record 21. Thon Thamrongnawasawat said on his Facebook page that the carcass of a dugong was found Tuesday off the southern province of
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Leon Draisaitl doesn’t look satisfied with the career-high 50 goals and 105 points he amassed last season. Draisaitl had a goal and two assists, Connor McDavid snapped a third-period tie and Edmonton opened the new season with a 3-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks in Dave Tippett’s debut as Oilers coach Wednesday night. “We made
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