Exchanges about the NHS in England and Wales dominated the PMQs back-and-forth between Jeremy Corbyn and Theresa May. He said staff were suffering work-related stress and had been “severely let down”. She said her government had given the NHS its “biggest cash boost” in history. The volume was turned up further when the PM criticised […]
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That is a significant shift from the prevailing view in the United States since the death of Mao Zedong in 1976 that close economic engagement with China would produce an increasingly democratic country that would be closely tied to an international economic order founded mainly on Western liberal ideals. That has not happened. China has
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A number of MPs are calling on a drug company to make a “life-changing” treatment affordable to UK patients. Citing a BBC Newsnight report, MPs across several parties have written to BioMarin, which markets Kuvan but did not initially discover it. The drug, which helps people who have PKU – a rare inherited disorder –
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Image copyright PA/Getty The stars of the small screen are gathering in London for this year’s Bafta TV Awards. Killing Eve leads the pack with five nominations – including best actress nods for both Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer. A Very English Scandal, Bodyguard and Patrick Melrose are among the other nominees. The ceremony takes
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Image copyright AFP Image caption British brothers Gopichand and Srichand Hinduja have a combined net worth of £22bn, the Sunday Times estimates The billionaire Hinduja brothers have been named as the wealthiest people in the UK for a third time, according to the Sunday Times Rich List. Sri and Gopi Hinduja saw their fortune increase
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A gym class specifically tailored to its clientele of mostly Muslim women has been getting them ready for a month of fasting. Ramadan, which started on 5 May, sees Muslims refrain from eating or drinking between dawn and sunset every day for about 30 days. Class member Sadia Amar said fasting could take a toll
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The Wrigleyville neighborhood on the north side of Chicago, named after its central landmark, Wrigley Field, has been gentrifying since at least 1988, when the stadium was finally outfitted with lights for night baseball. Growth has accelerated since the Ricketts family bought the resident Chicago Cubs in 2009, and most noticeably in the past year
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Naming the victim In February 2018, investigators in Nevada heard about a method for identifying DNA developed by Colleen Fitzpatrick, a physicist turned forensic genealogist. They contracted the DNA Doe Project, an organization founded by Dr. Fitzpatrick and Margaret Press, a mystery writer and software developer. This was before GEDmatch, the genealogy database their investigation
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Sandy Leon was frustrated he didn’t drive one run in with a safety squeeze. Instead, he drove in three with a drive over the Green Monster. Leon fouled off his bunt attempt, then hit a three-run homer to cap an eight-run third inning that carried the surging Boston Red Sox over the struggling Seattle Mariners
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North Korea has also struggled to negotiate with Mr. Trump. After a failed effort in Hanoi, Vietnam, in February to get Mr. Trump to lift sweeping American sanctions against North Korea, Mr. Kim fired his negotiating team. But Mr. Kim has one big advantage. In the absence of careful groundwork by American diplomats, North Korea
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