Russell Westbrook said he’ll take some time to reflect on the significance of his latest performance. After posting his second straight triple-double since joining the Houston Rockets and the 139th of his career, Westbrook passed Magic Johnson for second on the all-time list, behind only Oscar Robertson’s 181. Westbrook had 28 points, 13 assists and […]
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Conservative Party chairman James Cleverly has dismissed as a “gimmick” an attempt from the Liberal Democrats and the Scottish National Party to trigger a 9 December election. Speaking to the BBC’s Andrew Marr, he said the government – which wants a poll three days later on 12 December – had put forward its plan first.
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Tiger Woods held a three-stroke lead over local favorite Hideki Matsuyama after 11 holes of the fourth round of the Zozo Championship on Sunday. Woods, who has led from the opening round of the PGA Tour’s first tournament in Japan, carded three birdies against a lone bogey when the fourth round was suspended due to
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Allow us to interrupt your candy corn munching to bring you the week’s top stories in business and tech, including more fallout at Boeing and Mark Zuckerberg’s awkward visit to Washington. What’s scarier: Facebook’s cryptocurrency project or finding out that the United States was using floppy disks to protect its nuclear arsenal up until this
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Image copyright AFP Image caption Business minister Kwesi Kwarteng said the reports are “completely mad” Labour has said leaked government papers “confirm its worst fears” about plans to dilute workers’ rights after Brexit. The documents, revealed by the Financial Times, say that the drafting of commitments on workers’ rights and the environment in the Brexit
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Ha Na Jang birdied the third playoff hole Sunday to beat American Danielle Kang at the LPGA’s BMW Ladies Championship. Both players parred the par-4 18th twice in the playoff before moving to the 10th hole at the LPGA Busan International course, where Jang’s three clinched it after hitting her 95-yard approach to four feet.
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A young Dutch inventor is widening his effort to clean up floating plastic from the Pacific Ocean by moving into rivers, too, using a new floating device to catch garbage before it reaches the seas. Interested in Environment? Add Environment as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Environment news, video, and
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Labour claims workers’ rights will be eroded under Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal renegotiation An internal UK government memo on the consequences of Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal renegotiation singles out the removal of the word “adequate” from the UK-EU Political Declaration to describe mechanisms for enforcing common social, environmental, and
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The alt-meat industry has created quite a sizzle, promising delicious burgers, steaks and even sushi that is grown from animal cells in the lab. But most cellular agriculture still looks like mush. The manufacturing process — which starts with animal muscle and fat grown from stem cells in petri dishes — is fine for making
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Alexis Pinturault edged French teammate Mathieu Faivre in the first run to lead the World Cup season-opening giant slalom on Sunday. Pinturault timed 1 minute, 7.10 seconds in spring-like, sunny conditions on the Rettenbach mountain glacier, while Faivre came two-hundredths behind. Swiss prospect Marco Odermatt trailed by 0.33 in third, with Slovenia’s Zan Kranjec 0.01
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