Image copyright Reuters Image caption Michael Rice gave it his all at Eurovision, but ended up finishing 26th out of 26 The UK finished in last place at Eurovision on Saturday, despite the best efforts of singer Michael Rice. The talent show winner has reportedly blamed a Brexit backlash, as have some disgruntled British Eurovisionophiles. […]
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Image copyright Getty Images US car giant Ford has announced it will cut 7,000 jobs globally by the end of August in an effort to save costs. The plan will reduce Ford’s workforce by 10% and will be made through both voluntary and forced redundancies, according to the firm. Ford said the plan, which includes
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Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, there stood emerald peaks woven with crystalline rivers, hillsides garlanded with stone villages, and canyons joined by lofty bridges arcing toward the heavens. This enchanting realm even had a suitably enchanting name: Bosnia and Herzegovina, as melodious as Narnia, Utopia or Shangri-La, worlds that exist
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LONDON — The Chinese technology giant Huawei on Monday began feeling painful ripple effects of a Trump administration order that effectively bars American firms from selling components and software to the company. Huawei said that Google was cutting off its access to support for many Android hardware and software services. The move, in response to
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A look at what’s happening around the majors today: MANAGING EXPECTATIONS Mets manager Mickey Callaway is on the hot seat as his slumping team returns home to play NL East rival Washington. New York (20-25) has lost five straight and was swept in three games at lowly Miami over the weekend, totaling only three hits
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Leeds had one of the closest results in the 2016 referendum with 49.7% backing the national result to leave the EU. For Politics Live, John Owen spoke to voters in the city ahead of Thursday’s EU elections and found some people unsure about which party to support. There will be six MEPs elected for the
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionMarie Cromie says a contaminated blood transfusion “ruined my life” A Belfast woman has said her life was ruined after she was given infected blood in a transfusion. Marie Cromie found out she had hepatitis C in 2005 and has had to have two liver transplants. She
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Image caption Jess Impiazzi decided to leave Ex On The Beach Stars of an MTV reality show felt under pressure from producers to have “lots” of sex on screen, the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire programme has been told. Ex On The Beach’s Jess Impiazzi said it had felt like being “in a brothel”. Meanwhile, Carley Belomonte,
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionYoung people in Singapore say they are now wary of buying Huawei phones Google has barred the world’s second biggest smartphone maker, Huawei, from some updates to the Android operating system, dealing a blow to the Chinese company. New designs of Huawei smartphones are set to lose
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For four decades, Beijing has cajoled or pressured foreign companies to hand over technology. And its trading partners say if that didn’t work, China stole what it wanted. Communist leaders deflected demands for change until foreign frustration erupted into a showdown with President Donald Trump. He sent shockwaves through their export industries by slapping punitive
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