Image copyright Getty Images The obesity inequality gap among Scottish schoolchildren is continuing to grow, new figures show. Almost a quarter of children in Scotland are starting school at risk of being overweight or obese. The problem is worsening for pupils in the poorest areas, while children in affluent areas are much less likely to […]
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Keys, who was serving as guest host on the CBS talk show, heaped praise on Eilish, telling this year’s multiple Grammy nominee that she had covered Eilish’s song “Ocean Eyes” on Instagram. Eilish, who had seen the clip, responded with quite the surprise ― a video of her covering Keys’ monster hit “Fallin’” at age
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If you’re flying over Christmas or New Year’s, don’t expect room to stretch out on the plane December 10, 2019, 7:01 PM 2 min read Airlines are looking forward to another big Christmas and New Year’s season, with 3% more people flying in the U.S. than during last year’s holiday stretch. The trade group Airlines
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SAN FRANCISCO — The SoftBank Vision Fund has sold its stake in Wag, the troubled dog-walking start-up, back to the company at a loss, according to two people briefed on the deal, in a further sign of turmoil for the Japanese investment powerhouse that has bet big and lost big on the technologies of the
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New Missouri coach Eli Drinkwitz is expressing confidence By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer December 10, 2019, 7:03 PM 5 min read Eli Drinkwitz was saying all the right things after being introduced as the new coach at Missouri, laying out his vision for the once-proud program with unwavering confidence and bold proclamations. Then the
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The father of one of the victims of the London Bridge attack has accused Boris Johnson of using his son’s death “to score points” in the general election. After the attack on 29 November, the prime minister blamed Usman Khan’s early release from prison on legislation introduced under the Labour government. The father of Cambridge
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Stocks wobbled on Wall Street in afternoon trading Tuesday as investors considered reports that the U.S. will delay a new round of tariffs on Chinese goods as the nations continue to negotiate a trade deal By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer December 10, 2019, 6:32 PM 3 min read Stocks wobbled on Wall Street
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If there’s any beauty product that instills as much fear as liquid eyeliner, it’s false eyelashes. We’ve all watched YouTube videos where gurus effortlessly place a strip of wispy false lashes along their lash line and blend them into their own. It seems easy enough, until you actually try to do it. Of course, longer-lasting
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Image copyright AFP Image caption Peter Handke was applauded by the attendees at Tuesday’s ceremony in Stockholm Austrian author Peter Handke has received his Nobel prize for Literature at a ceremony in Sweden. The choice of Handke was controversial because of his support for the Serbian side in the 1990s Yugoslav war. The ambassadors of
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Exxon was accused of misleading investors about the potential cost of financial regulation Exxon Mobil has won a court battle in New York in which it was accused of misleading investors about the costs of addressing climate change. The state had argued that oil giant used two figures to
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