Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The ending of Romeo & Juliet has been rewritten for new West End Musical Spoiler alert: At the end of Romeo and Juliet, Romeo and Juliet die. Juliet’s taken a sleeping potion and Romeo thinks she’s dead, so he drinks a vial of poison. When Juliet awakens and discovers […]
It was supposed to be a sprawling “smart city” of tomorrow, with sensors tracking the speed of people crossing the streets and robots that could double as trash collectors. But the overhaul of Toronto’s eastern waterfront envisioned by a sibling company of Google, a plan that raised a chorus of privacy concerns, was severely scaled
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Kendrick Nunn scored a career-high 28 points to add to his record-setting start and Miami beat Atlanta 106-97 on Thursday night, giving the Heat two wins over the Hawks in three days. Nunn’s 112 points are the highest total through the first five games for any undrafted player in NBA history. Connie Hawkins of the
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WASHINGTON — When the Republican-led House voted in 1998 to begin an impeachment inquiry into President Bill Clinton, 31 Democrats sided with Republicans, and the White House breathed a sigh of relief that the number was not significantly larger. In today’s hyper-polarized Washington, defections of that magnitude on the question of impeachment would be considered
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An old photo of Paul Rudd has been brought back from the grave for a fun Halloween treat. Last year, the “Ant-Man” star dressed as iconic parodist “Weird Al” Yankovic — mini accordion and all — for Halloween while trick-or-treating with one of his kiddos, who was dressed up as the Wasp from the 2018
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Image caption Protesters outside Asda’s Leeds headquarters Many Asda supermarket workers face the sack this weekend unless they sign new contracts that include the introduction of unpaid breaks for 100,000 staff. Workers have until the end of Saturday to agree the terms, due to come into force after a 12-week consultation. Asda insists most workers
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Washington third baseman Anthony Rendon became a free agent Thursday, a day after homering to spark Washington’s seventh-inning comeback in Game 7 of the World Series. Houston pitcher Gerrit Cole also went free after warming up in the bullpen but never getting into the season finale. And Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg, the World Series MVP,
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He came of age in Queens, built Trump Tower, starred in “The Apprentice,” bankrupted his businesses six times, and drew cheering crowds and angry protesters to Fifth Avenue after his election. Through it all, President Trump — rich, bombastic and to many Americans the epitome of a New Yorker — was intertwined with the city
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Steps from Hong Kong’s main tourist strip, Ashfaqur Rahman’s tailor shop usually is a mainstay for tourists dropping in to peruse neatly stacked rolls of fabric and get measured for custom-made suits. Interested in China? Add China as an interest to stay up to date on the latest China news, video, and analysis from ABC
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionWestern film believed to be ‘first in the world’ Forget Hollywood – the world’s first Western was shot in the countryside of Lancashire, new research has suggested. Kidnapping By Indians was filmed in 1899, four years before The Great Train Robbery, which until now was widely seen
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