November 2019

Manchester United: Sir Matt Busby film tells ‘one of the great football stories’

Image copyright Altitude Image caption Sir Matt Busby led Manchester United to five league titles, two FA Cups and one European Cup A new feature documentary, from the makers of The Class of ’92 and Bros film After the Screaming Stops, details how Sir Matt Busby led Manchester United out of the ruins of the

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McDonald’s: CEO Steve Easterbrook fired after dating employee

Image copyright Getty Images McDonald’s has fired its chief executive Steve Easterbrook after he had a relationship with an employee. The US fast food giant said it had been consensual, but Mr Easterbrook had violated company policy and shown poor judgement. In an email to staff, the British businessman acknowledged the relationship and said it

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In Bipartisan Rebuke, House Majority Condemns Trump for Syria Withdrawal

WASHINGTON — The House on Wednesday dealt a stinging bipartisan rebuke to President Trump for his decision to withdraw American forces just inside Syria’s border, registering overwhelming opposition in Congress to a move that has thrown the region into bloody chaos and unraveled Middle East policy. In a rare break with a president they are

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Climate activists nab Macron portraits, divide French judges

Is stealing a presidential portrait a prison-worthy crime? Or a laudable act of civil disobedience? Courts around France are grappling with this question in response to an unusual new environmental movement that’s aiming to press French President Emmanuel Macron to do more to fight climate change. One by one, activists have removed Macron’s official portraits

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Walter Mercado, Popular Puerto Rican Astrologer, Dies At 88

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Walter Mercado, a flamboyant astrologer and television personality whose daily TV appearances entertained many across Latin America and the U.S. for more than a decade, has died. He was 88. Hospital spokeswoman Sofía Luquis told The Associated Press on Sunday that Mercado died from kidney failure at the Auxilio

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