Image copyright Getty Images The first parts of the energy sector were privatised in late 1990, when Margaret Thatcher was no longer prime minister, although the legislation had been passed under her leadership. At that time, the 12 regional electricity companies in England and Wales were sold. Later, the Scottish industry was sold, as were […]
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The last time the Trans World Airlines terminal at Kennedy International Airport saw a weary traveler was 2001, when the beleaguered airline ended operations and the Eero Saarinen-designed, national-landmarked flight center was closed to passenger service. On Wednesday, those weary travelers will finally get some rest, with the terminal reopened and transformed into the lobby
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President Donald Trump issued an executive order Wednesday apparently aimed at banning equipment from Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei from U.S. networks. It declares a national economic emergency that empowers the government to ban the technology and services of “foreign adversaries” deemed to pose unacceptable risks to national security — including from cyberespionage and sabotage. While
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Edwin Jackson became the first player in major league history to play for 14 teams when he made his Toronto Blue Jays debut. The 35-year-old right-hander threw an 88 mph cutter that San Francisco leadoff hitter Joe Panik took for a called strike leading off the bottom of the first inning
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Mr. Lugar built a résumé that seemed preordained for politics. An Eagle Scout, he was the co-president of his class at Denison University in Ohio (his soon-to-be wife, Charlene, was the other president), then became a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford. While in Britain, he enlisted in the Navy and after returning to the United States,
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Faced with the Trump administration’s 25% tariff on imports from China, Ruth Rau is looking to other countries to manufacture baby and toddler toys. “No one domestically can produce the quality we want, and with the cost of shipping and the proposed new regulations, it’s not going to be cost-effective to produce them in China
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Image copyright Katie Prescott Image caption Heidi Prescott-Booth was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy when she was three The mother of a girl with a muscle-wasting disease is delighted a drug that may slow her daughter’s condition has been approved for use on the NHS. NHS England said it has agreed the use of Spinraza
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It started as a joke but comedian Joe Lycett convinced the Lord Mayor of Birmingham to cut the ribbon at the ceremony for his new kitchen extension. Yvonne Mosquito had initially declined to attend because the event was private but after he opened it up to a public raffle she agreed to go. Comedian Katherine
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A union trying to organize baggage handlers and flight attendants at Delta filed a complaint against the airline with federal officials Wednesday, just days after Delta was battered online for putting anti-union posters in its break areas. The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers submitted its complaint to the National Mediation Board, the federal
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Alabama has become the latest US state to move to restrict abortions by passing a bill to outlaw the procedure in almost all cases. The law includes a ban on abortion in cases of rape or incest. Supporters say they expect the law to be blocked in court, but hope that the appeals process will
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