Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionBono appeared at the Snow Patrol concert on Saturday night With or without him, Snow Patrol’s Ward Park 3 concert was a hit with the fans – but the sweetest thing came with the surprise appearance of Bono. The U2 frontman’s performance of the iconic song One, […]
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Image copyright Getty Images Narendra Modi has secured a historic second election victory. Indian stocks and the rupee rose to welcome the news: another parliamentary majority for the BJP party could grant Mr Modi the opportunity to make promised reforms a reality. But once the euphoria around his emphatic win at the polls has faded,
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It’s a question that the two 52 Places Travelers have fielded from readers and colleagues alike: How do you stay healthy when crisscrossing the world for nearly 365 days? And what do you pack in case you get sick? Each location has its own set of challenges, recommended vaccines and access to pharmacies. There’s a
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When John Walker Lindh, a California man, was sentenced in 2002 for helping the Taliban, neither Facebook nor YouTube existed. If you had a cellphone — and only about 60 percent of Americans did — it was probably a flip phone. Before Mr. Lindh was released from prison on Thursday, his probation officer asked the
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The Latest on the French Open (all times local): ——— 12:21 a.m. Angelique Kerber won’t complete a career Grand Slam this year. The three-time Grand Slam winner lost in the first round of the French Open on Sunday, beaten 6-4, 6-2 by Anastasia Potapova on Court Philippe Chatrier. Kerber’s preparations for Roland Garros, where she
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MONTPELIER, Vt. — Senator Bernie Sanders returned to his home state on Saturday for the first time since he declared in February that he was running for president again, displaying the uncompromisingly liberal defiance that many of those in the audience have been hearing for decades. Under overcast skies, Mr. Sanders lamented big corporations, argued
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People struggling with loan payments and falling credit scores may be tempted to seek a quick fix. But they should be wary of so-called credit repair companies that promise to scrub credit files and improve credit scores for a fee, consumer watchdogs say. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau filed suit this month against Lexington Law
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The parents of an incapacitated woman who was raped and later gave birth at a Phoenix long-term care center alleges in a $45 million legal claim that the facility and state broke their promise to have only female caregivers tend to their daughter. A nurse charged with sexually assaulting the 30-year-old patient had cared for
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Image copyright Universal Image caption Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio team up in 1960s Hollywood for Quentin Tarantino’s latest film Lights, camera, action! The first reviews are in for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, the latest movie from director Quentin Tarantino, following its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival yesterday. The filmmaker’s ninth effort,
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Topshop has “lost appeal”, say retail analysts High Street retail chain Arcadia claims to be in serious trouble, facing what it calls “significant liquidity issues”. The answer, it believes, is a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA), a series of proposals to its creditors. But critics say it raises as many
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