Malaysia’s central bank cut interest rates Tuesday for the first time in nearly three years to help support growth and counter risks from a global slowdown, trade tensions and extended weakness in commodity prices. Bank Negara Malaysia says it decided to reduce its overnight policy rate, used by banks to calculate interest rates, to 3% […]
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Georgia’s Republican Gov. Brian Kemp is set to sign legislation banning abortions at around six weeks of pregnancy, before many women know they’re pregnant. Kemp’s office says the signing at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the state Capitol in Atlanta will be attended by lawmakers including state Rep. Ed Setzler, the bill’s author. The signing ceremony
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption L-R: Jennifer Lopez, Kylie Jenner and Nicki Minaj For celebrities, the annual Met Gala is a chance to show the world how famous, fashionable and flamboyant you are. For the rest of us, it’s a chance to watch extremely attractive people wearing their own weight in diamonds and feathers.
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Image copyright Reuters It was called one of the worst investment decisions of all time. Twenty years ago on Tuesday, then Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown said he was selling tonnes of Britain’s gold reserves. Trouble was, his timing could barely have been worse. “It was the bottom of gold’s two-decade bear market,” says
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The people of rural Kenya have spoken of the night runners for generations. They’re said to be villagers possessed by a demonic spirit which compels them to scare and terrorise their neighbours at night. But no-one really knows who the night runners are or what motivates them. For BBC Africa Eye, reporter Tom Odula investigates
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A nearly 80-year-old steam locomotive has been restored and is back on the tracks in the American West to help celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Transcontinental Railroad. Big Boy Number 4014 is longer than two city buses and weighs more than a Boeing 747 fully loaded with passengers. It rolled out of a Union
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On Monday, Twitter rolled out an update that allows users to add gifs, pictures and videos when they retweet posts. While a good many were excited ― who, after all, doesn’t like gifs? ― others just wanted to know if there’s an “edit” button in the works. Here’s a roundup of reactions: But where is
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A co-owner of Maximum Security, the horse that was stunningly disqualified from the Kentucky Derby just minutes after being named the first-place finisher on Saturday, said he will appeal his horse’s historic loss. “We are going to file an appeal today with the state racing commission,” Gary West said Monday on NBC’s “Today.” Maximum Security
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• Mr. Trump awarded Tiger Woods with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor. The decision to honor Mr. Woods in the Rose Garden was the perfect way to reward someone who has supported Mr. Trump as other athletes distanced themselves from him. • The president is embracing a traditional campaign fund-raising
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Image copyright Getty Images The effects of social media use on teenage life satisfaction are limited and probably “tiny”, a study of 12,000 UK adolescents suggests. Family, friends and school life all had a greater impact on wellbeing, says the University of Oxford research team. It claims its study is more in-depth and robust than
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