Image copyright Press Association After US talkshow host Bill Maher called for fat shaming to “make a comeback”, fellow host James Corden’s impassioned response won widespread support online. “It’s proven that fat shaming only does one thing,” he said. “It makes people feel ashamed and shame leads to depression, anxiety and self-destructive behaviour – self-destructive […]
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Houthi rebels in Yemen have claimed responsibility for the strikes but “The Late Show” host said Monday “our top intelligence officials think Iran did it and so does our top un-intelligence official Donald Trump” Colbert noted how Trump tweeted “there is reason to believe that we know the culprit, are locked and loaded depending on
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Image copyright Sirius Minerals Sirius Minerals has been forced to cancel plans to issue a $500m (£403m) bond for a fertiliser mine it is developing in the North York Moors. It paused the bond issue last month, but has now said it cannot issue it, blaming “market conditions”, including Brexit and lack of government support.
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It’s easy for Demarcus Robinson to get overlooked in the Kansas City Chiefs’ offense. Patrick Mahomes is the record-setting quarterback and reigning league MVP. Tyreek Hill is the wide receiver with the game-breaking speed. Sammy Watkins is the former No. 4 overall draft pick living up to expectations at long last. Travis Kelce is one
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WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors accused a JPMorgan Chase executive and two of his colleagues on Monday of manipulating commodities markets for nearly a decade, operating a “massive, multiyear scheme” that the Justice Department said was tantamount to a sprawling criminal enterprise. Michael Nowak, the head of precious metals trading at JPMorgan and a bank managing
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Image copyright Sotheby’s Image caption The painting is nearly four metres (13ft) wide and is the largest known canvas by Banksy A painting by Banksy showing the House of Commons packed with chimpanzees is to be auctioned. Devolved Parliament was painted by the anonymous Bristol artist in 2009 and could fetch more than £1.5m, according
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Jake Lamb has spent a big chunk of this season injured and even when healthy, his .199 batting average entering Monday was proof of a year gone awry. But in a big moment for the Diamondbacks, he came through. Lamb hit a three-run double in the seventh inning as Arizona rallied for a 7-5 victory
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Mr. Trump has been denounced as a bigot by numerous current and former star athletes, though Mr. Rivera is not the only marquee former Yankee to have openly supported Mr. Trump. During the 2016 presidential primary race, the former outfielder Paul O’Neill appeared at a Trump campaign event in what was widely interpreted as a
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Small manufacturers and retailers are losing confidence in the national economy yet remain upbeat about their own prospects. That’s the finding of a third quarter survey of 1,000 companies released last week by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and MetLife. Sixty-three percent of manufacturing companies surveyed were optimistic about the economy, down from 69% in
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Reactions to former White House press secretary Sean Spicer’s big debut Monday on NBC’s “Dancing With the Stars” weren’t exactly … kind. One wit posted a GIF of Homer Simpson pouring bleach in his eyes, and several on Twitter were convinced that a Democrat — or the Resistance — dressed Spicer in his flouncy neon-green
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