Formula 1 stars including Lewis Hamilton and other celebrities attended a Mass for racing legend Niki Lauda. Thousands of fans paid their last respects in St Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna where Lauda’s body lay in state. The Austrian driver won Formula 1 championships in 1975, 1977 and 1984. He died aged 70 in Switzerland, where […]
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Tony Horwitz earned his Pulitzer Prize in 1995, reporting for The Wall Street Journal on the bleak and awful working conditions of America’s low-wage earners — embedding himself in a poultry plant alongside those toiling on the risky, gruesome “disassembly lines,” and capturing the harrowing monotony of the silent “cage” where workers opened envelopes for
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New Hampshire has sued eight companies including 3M and the DuPont Co. for damage it says has been caused statewide by a class of potentially toxic chemicals found in everything from pizza boxes to fast-food wrappers. The state becomes the second in the nation to go after the makers and distributors of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl
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Another German qualifier named Yannick, another easy win for Rafael Nadal. Chasing a record-extending 12th title at the French Open, Nadal posted a 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 win over Yannick Maden on Wednesday to reach the third round of the clay-court Grand Slam. Nadal lost only six games in the first round against Yannick Hanfmann. He
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Former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has been ordered to appear in court over allegations he lied during to Brexit referendum campaign. Campaigner Marcus Ball is bringing a private prosecution against the Tory leadership hopeful over his claim that the UK sends the EU £350m a week. Mr Ball’s lawyer said it would be “improper” at
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“China and the U.S. don’t have to have strained relations,” he said. Many also appear worried that the trade war and the government’s tightening control over the private sector could halt or even reverse its progress. In a country only a couple of generations removed from starvation, the possibility doesn’t seem far-fetched to many. One
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“Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek says his doctors say he’s in “near remission” of advanced pancreatic cancer and his response to the treatment is “kind of mind-boggling.” The 78-year-old TV personality tells People magazine he’s responding very well to chemotherapy and the doctors have told him “they hadn’t seen this kind of positive results in their
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Image copyright Wales News Service Image caption Precious cargo: The crane arrived at the gallery earlier on Wednesday A garage wall bearing Banksy’s artwork has been given a police escort through Port Talbot to its new home in a gallery. The venue’s owner John Brandler paid a six-figure sum for Season’s Greetings, which appeared on
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Image copyright Getty Images Migration rules should be relaxed for vets, web designers, psychologists and architects from outside Europe, government advisers have said. The Migration Advisory Committee says those jobs should be on a list aimed at plugging gaps in the UK labour market. Jobs which make the Shortage Occupation List (SOL) are effectively allowed
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The Louvre museum in Paris has reopened to the public after it was closed for one day Monday, when workers complaining about overcrowding walked out. Union representatives met Wednesday morning and decided to reopen the museum at 11am, some two hours after its regular opening time. Hundreds of frustrated tourists, who had been waiting several
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