Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Duncan Laurence receives his trophy from last year’s winner Netta “I’m so happy right now,” said Duncan Laurence shortly after securing the Netherlands’ first win at the Eurovision Song Contest since 1975. “This can’t be described in words,” the Dutch singer told reporters. “My dream came true.” Asked to […]
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Image copyright Getty Images A senior adviser to the German government fears another European financial crisis could be brewing. Dr Lars Feld, one of the German Council of Economic Experts, was one of the first last year to warn of a slowdown in Europe’s largest economy. The German government expects expansion of just 0.5% this
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Year Up “embodies strong forms of what we know makes sense and seems to work,” said David Fein, principal investigator for Pathways for Advancing Careers and Education, a multiyear evaluation of training and education programs. “The impact is real for those who are chosen.” When Will L. Davis of Snellville, Ga., learned of Year Up,
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Portland’s Damian Lillard says he separated his ribs in Game 2 of the Western Conference finals against the Golden State Warriors. Lillard confirmed the injury on Sunday, a day after the Trail Blazers lost 110-99 in Game 3. Lillard was 5-of-18 from the floor and finished with 19 points as Golden State took a 3-0
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WASHINGTON — The White House announced on Sunday that it would hold an “economic workshop” in Bahrain near the end of June to produce strategies for developing the Palestinian communities and other parts of the Arab world as part of President Trump’s Middle East peace plan. “This workshop is a pivotal opportunity to convene government,
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Adam Turner is a presenter at Radio Respect, a station run by volunteers who all have mental health problems. The hip-hop artist from Portsmouth also makes his own music about anxiety and depression. He takes calls and messages from listeners who he says he’s helped out of “very dark places”. The station, based in Bognor
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Image caption Jade, Selvi and Melissa The winning entry of the BBC’s Rachael Bland New Podcast Award will explore life in recovery from addiction. The new series, made by BBC Radio 5 Live and available on BBC Sounds, takes a warts-and-all look at the reality of addiction through the eyes of three recovering people –
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Image copyright Submitted Image caption Queues at the easyJet desk at Manchester Airport There are delays and cancellations at Manchester Airport after a “power issue” affected fuel supply. Flights to Tenerife, Belfast and Milan are among 48 cancelled, while others have been delayed by hours. A Manchester Airport spokesman said: “Due to a power issue
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In October last year, three research scientists from the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa travelled to a village called Gonji in the country’s Amhara region to investigate intestinal worms and the eye disease trachoma at a local school. Two of them were killed by a mob who believed they were there to poison the children. Haileyesus
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Hordes of tourists visit the Italian seaside with dreams of dipping into cobalt-blue waters and sunbathing for hours under glorious skies. Only one thing can spoil those idyllic holiday plans: rain. But beginning this month, the Italian island of Elba, off the coast of Tuscany, started offering tourists an unexpected guarantee: Hotels will refund guests
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