She grew up in a poor neighbourhood of Sao Paulo, Brazil, surrounded by drugs and violence, losing her own father to addiction as a child. But against all the odds, Tabata Amaral became a congresswoman last year aged just 24. Within months, a video of her grilling the education minister went viral. The incident made […]
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Nikola Jokic his a fadeaway jumper with 2.4 seconds left to give the Denver Nuggets a 100-98 overtime victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves By BRIAN HALL Associated Press November 11, 2019, 12:44 AM 4 min read One game after a team-record comeback, the Denver Nuggets allowed the Minnesota Timberwolves to nearly do the same. Nikola
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But by then it had been retweeted hundreds of times. “Now we see as a reality that Kentucky was prime fertile breeding ground to amplify tactics that have previously been used in the 2016 election, and try out new tactics that I do believe will most likely continue to be used in the 2020 election,”
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RUZHOU, China — When the call came for local doctors and nurses to step up for their troubled community, the emergency wasn’t medical. It was financial. Ruzhou, a city of one million people in central China, urgently needed a new hospital, their bosses said. To pay for it, the administrators were asking health care workers
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Image copyright Erin Phillips “I was sitting with the girls talking about buying our first houses and how we would manage. “I wasn’t too worried, because my credit score was quite good. The next time I checked, it had nearly halved,” Erin Phillips says. The 21-year-old student prides herself on being organised, with monthly payments
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Durwood Zaelke’s eye for an environmental “quick fix” has arguably saved the world half a degree Celsius of warming. The former environmental lawyer is the little-known driving force behind what’s been called the most successful climate treaty ever, the Montreal Protocol. The BBC’s Hannah Long-Higgins meets him and finds that there are deeply personal reasons
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Denny Hamlin snagged the final slot in NASCAR’s championship field with a season-saving victory at ISM Raceway outside of Phoenix By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer November 10, 2019, 11:35 PM 5 min read Denny Hamlin adamantly insisted ‘it’s not over” after a critical mistake last week put the Daytona 500 winner on the
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650 seats, 46 million voters, 82 days to Brexit: Key numbers for Britain’s Dec. 12 election By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press November 10, 2019, 2:46 PM 4 min read There’s just over a month to go until Britain’s Dec. 12 election, and the country’s political parties are battling over funding promises, policy priorities and Brexit
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Despite a fresh injection of four big movies into the marketplace including a Stephen King adaptation, a World War II epic, a glossy, holiday-themed romantic comedy and a family friendly comedy, audiences largely stayed away from theaters this weekend and the North American box office is hurting. Down nearly 27% from
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Lamar Jackson threw three touchdown passes in a near-perfect performance and added a sensational 47-yard scoring run, Marcus Peters got his third Pick Six of the season, and the Baltimore Ravens routed the winless Cincinnati Bengals 49-13 By JOE KAY AP Sports Writer November 10, 2019, 9:02 PM 3 min read Lamar Jackson threw for
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