Bidding started at $40 million and in less than 90 seconds reached $60 million. Around and around the bidding went, but the man who never stopped raising his paddle was Mr. Mnuchin, the 85-year-old father of Steven Mnuchin, the treasury secretary under President Trump. There was nothing flashy about Robert Mnuchin, who was on a […]
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When comedian Markus Birdman woke up unable to see properly, he initially thought he had a hangover. But it turned out he had had a minor stroke, at the age of 40. His experience became the basis of an Edinburgh festival stand-up routine and he now works raising awareness about the effects of strokes. Recent
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Image copyright PA Image caption Winners included My Dad Wrote A Porno, George The Poet and You Me and the Big C whose co-presenter, Rachael Bland, is pictured Spoken word performer George The Poet and the BBC’s Brexitcast were among the winners at the British Podcast Awards. The awards – which were launched in 2017
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The network was hit by widespread delays and cancellations a year ago The new National Rail summer timetable has come into effect, with 1,000 new train services being introduced across Great Britain. The operators and infrastructure firm Network Rail say they have learned the lessons of last summer’s disruption.
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Polls put the far-right Alternative for Germany at less than 15 percent of the vote one week before European elections, but with their relentless Facebook messages, tweets and other social media posts, they’re dominating the other parties online. Like other right-wing parties in Europe, the party known as AfD is taking a page out of
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With Kevin Durant out, Draymond Green has taken it upon himself to boost Golden State. And boy, has he. Green had 20 points, 13 rebounds and 12 assists, and the Warriors beat the Portland Trail Blazers 110-99 on Saturday night for a 3-0 lead in the Western Conference finals. Green had his seventh career postseason
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Responding to a series of highly restrictive abortion laws aimed at overturning Roe v. Wade, several Democratic presidential candidates have called on Congress to codify abortion rights, signaling a newly aggressive approach in a debate whose terms have long been set by conservatives. Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey was first out of the gate
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The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 4:00 p.m. Stocks ended the day lower on Wall Street Friday and notched their second-straight weekly loss as investors were whipsawed by contradictory reports on the Trump administration’s array of trade fights. Technology and industrial companies dropped the most. The S&P hasn’t fallen for two
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Ahead of Saturday’s premiere of an Argentine documentary on abortion, dozens of women demonstrated for abortion rights on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival in France. Women, including the filmmakers and activists seen in the film, waved green handkerchiefs and carried a large banner while walking the Cannes carpet at the premiere of
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Here are some of the stand-out images from this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv, Israel. Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The UK’s Michael Rice said he was “living the dream” performing at Eurovision but was left languishing in last place. Image copyright Getty Images Image caption North Macedonia were in the lead
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