Sebastian Coe has a concise message for athletes who are dissing on Doha: Deal with it. The head of worldwide track and field says any athletes complaining about the hot temperatures and non-existent crowds at these world championships probably isn’t making any other sort of headlines. “Can I just be a bit blunt about this: […]
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The entrepreneur Andrew Yang announced Wednesday that his presidential campaign had raised $10 million in the third quarter of 2019, a significant sum for the political outsider who was almost entirely unknown when he began his long-shot bid for the Democratic nomination 20 months ago. The $10 million raised from July to September is more
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Image copyright Google Image caption Mu-Chun Chiang, who has lived in the UK for 13 years, works at Aintree University Hospital The Home Office has agreed to reconsider the case of a young doctor who was ordered to leave the country following an “administrative issue”. Mu-Chun Chiang, who has lived in the UK for 13
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Image copyright Reuters Image caption Gott picked up tips from Sinatra’s singing style while living in Las Vegas in 1967 A Czech singer who sold millions of records and was known as the “Sinatra of the East” has died aged 80. Karel Gott released almost 300 albums, starting in the mid-1960s, selling tens of millions
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Image copyright Reuters Image caption Liverpool beat Tottenham to win the Champions League final on 1 June An online retailer has been censured for sending a mass email telling competition entrants they had each won tickets to the Champions League final. Zavvi, sent personalised emails to subscribers telling them they had won a VIP trip
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A senior Boeing engineer filed an internal ethics complaint this year saying that during the development of the 737 Max jet the company had rejected a safety system to minimize costs, equipment that he felt could have reduced risks that contributed to two fatal crashes. Boeing has provided the complaint, which was reviewed by The
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London Fletcher looked down and traced his unlikely path to stardom. From more than 1,000 feet above his hometown, Fletcher gazed out one of the Goodyear Blimp’s gondola windows and memories flashed before him. Below, he could see his childhood home on Giddings Road, where life was often difficult. Not far away near the southern
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ROME — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo confirmed on Wednesday that he had listened in on President Trump’s telephone conversation with the president of Ukraine — a call that has become the subject of a whistle-blower’s complaint and is at the heart of an impeachment inquiry by House Democrats. “I was on the phone call,”
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The U.K. will offer the European Union a proposed Brexit deal on Wednesday that represents a compromise for both sides, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said as he urged the bloc to meet Britain halfway and allow for the country’s orderly departure after years of wrangling. Johnson’s speech to Conservative Party members at their annual
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Is it weird that I’m almost 30 and my favorite books are kid’s books? The first book I read this year was Renee Watson’s 2018 children’s novel “Piecing Me Together.” I picked it up thanks to its beautiful cover and relatively short chapters. But those brief sections of text held a complex story about a
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