Paris commuters are inching to work through massive traffic jams because of national strikes that have shut down public transport By NADINE ACHOUI-LESAGE and ANGELA CHARLTON December 9, 2019, 12:47 PM 3 min read Paris commuters inched to work Monday through massive traffic jams as strikes against retirement plan changes halted trains and subways for […]
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Samoa’s main streets are eerily quiet as the government steps up efforts to curb a measles epidemic that has killed 62 people By NICK PERRY Associated Press December 5, 2019, 3:10 AM 2 min read Samoa’s main streets were eerily quiet on Thursday as the government stepped up efforts to curb a measles epidemic that
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John Oliver says it’s time to end SantaCon, the annual event in which revelers dressed as Saint Nick spend a night out drinking… and, too often, getting into trouble. “However fun and whimsical it may sound, it isn’t,” Oliver said in a web-exclusive clip during the “Last Week Tonight” hiatus. Then, he cut to news
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Image copyright Getty Images The “immense” rise in sales of high-emission sports utility vehicles means they now outsell electric cars in the UK by 37 to one, research has found. As a result, overall exhaust emissions from new cars have been increasing, not declining, for the past three years, says the UK Energy Research Centre.
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Will Netflix dominate with ‘The Irishman’ and ‘Marriage Story’? LOS ANGELES — It is Netflix’s world. Hollywood just lives in it. When nominations for the 77th Golden Globes are announced Monday morning, Netflix is expected to dominate the film categories to a jaw-dropping degree. The streaming giant has only been a competitor on the film
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The World Anti-Doping Agency has banned Russia from the Olympics and other major sporting events for four years but many athletes will likely be allowed to compete as neutral athletes By JAMES ELLINGWORTH AP Sports Writer December 9, 2019, 11:47 AM 5 min read The World Anti-Doping Agency has banned Russia from the Olympics and
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SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Pete Buttigieg is rarely home these days as he scoots from South Carolina to New Hampshire to Iowa in pursuit of primary voters. But back in South Bend, a fierce fight is underway between his campaign and some of his top rivals over Mr. Buttigieg’s impact on black residents. With Mr.
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Virginia is taking steps toward dropping requirements that new Medicaid enrollees have a job and pay part of their premiums By ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press December 4, 2019, 11:42 PM 3 min read Virginia is moving toward dropping work requirements for Medicaid enrollees after Democrats won full control of the state legislature for the first
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Image copyright Marc Brenner Image caption McAvoy is known for playing the young Charles Xavier in the X-Men film series Generations of actors have donned prosthetic proboscises to play Cyrano de Bergerac. James McAvoy tells BBC News why his portrayal does without one. The first thing you notice when James McAvoy takes to the stage
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Ghana’s Year of Return website celebrates “the cumulative resilience of all the victims of the trans-Atlantic slave trade.” It promised everything from a welcoming World Music Festival to a Natural Hair Expo to a First Bath Of Return and Naming Ceremony in which participants, as is custom for African babies, are bathed, given African names
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