People are upset with Winnie Harlow after the model complained about getting bumped from business class to coach on a recent flight. The complaint, as the 25-year-old model wrote, came after four sleepless nights during one of the busiest times of the year for any model ― fashion month. “I haven’t slept in 4 days, […]
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Image copyright Getty Images Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos has promised to make the company carbon neutral and meet the goals of the Paris climate agreement by 2040. More than 15,000 Amazon employees have pledged to stage a “walkout” protest against the company’s environmental record, on Friday. It will be the first walkout by staff
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Airbnb Inc. said Thursday it plans to go public in 2020, a long-awaited move by the home-sharing company that is both loved and reviled for its disruption of the accommodation sector. Airbnb disclosed the news in a brief statement. It didn’t give a target date for the initial public offering or say why it thinks
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Yankees star pitcher Domingo Germán has been placed on administrative leave by Major League Baseball because of domestic violence. MLB did not give details in its statement Thursday, but said the leave “may last up to seven days, barring an extension.” MLB is investigating and says it will have no further comment. MLB cited its
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Image caption Health inspectors had concerns for the safety of patients at Ellingham Hospital Two children’s wards at a private mental health hospital are to close amid concerns over a lack of staff and the “safety and welfare” of patients. Issues with staffing at Ellingham Hospital near Attleborough, Norfolk, were raised by inspectors in June
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionGary Lineker: “I’m kind of the whipping boy for the BBC” Match of the Day host Gary Lineker, the BBC’s best-paid presenter, has said he’s “in negotiations” over pay after reports that he will take a pay cut. He did not deny the reports, but said he
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Image copyright Getty Images Travel firm Thomas Cook has been hit with a last-minute demand to find £200m in extra funding in order to secure its future. The troubled operator hoped to seal a rescue led by China’s Fosun this week. But one of Thomas Cook’s banks is insisting on it finding contingency funds it
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SAN FRANCISCO — Airbnb said on Thursday that it planned to go public in 2020, becoming one of the last of a generation of prominent technology start-ups to aim for the stock market, even as some of its brethren have struggled since listing their shares. The online room rental company gave little detail about when
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Ronald Acuña Jr. of the Atlanta Braves has become only the third player in baseball history to hit 40 homers while 21 years old or younger. The other two were Eddie Mathews and Mel Ott, who are both in the Hall of Fame. The 21-year-old Acuña launched a two-run shot Thursday in the third inning,
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Too few of the consortium’s programs focused on “the historic discrimination faced by, and current circumstances of, religious minorities in the Middle East, including Christians, Jews, Baha’is, Yadizis, Kurds, Druze, and others,” the department said. The department also criticized the consortium’s teacher training programs for focusing on issues like “unconscious bias, serving LGBTIQ youth in
