Image copyright Getty Images Image caption VW has been in the spotlight at the show this year I have a love-hate relationship with international motor shows such as this week’s extravaganza in Frankfurt. On the one hand, if you like cars, if you have a single drop of petrol in your veins, it’s impossible not […]
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SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — Long before binge-watching, the streaming wars and “Netflix and chill,” there were two guys barreling down Highway 17 — the California roadway that connects Santa Cruz to Silicon Valley — trying to come up with the next big thing. One was Marc Randolph, an entrepreneur and marketing specialist who had co-founded
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Saeid Mollaei has been in hiding since he left the Iranian judo team last month, saying he had been ordered to withdraw from the world championships on political grounds. Interested in Iran? Add Iran as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Iran news, video, and analysis from ABC News. Now he’s
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For 18 years and four presidential elections, Democrats running for president have felt compelled to lay out comprehensive plans for the future of Afghanistan, vowing to never again let the country become a breeding ground for terrorists who could strike the United States as they did on Sept. 11, 2001. Now, the candidates are racing
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Image copyright PA Media Image caption Sir Rod Stewart and wife Penny Lancaster Sir Rod Stewart has been given the all-clear after being diagnosed with prostate cancer. The rock legend made the revelation at a fundraising event on Saturday. “No-one knows this, but I thought this was about time I told everybody. I’m in the
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Image caption Caroline Aston believes the golden arches will eventually be welcomed by Rutland’s residents The picturesque county of Rutland boasts a Michelin-star restaurant, dozens of gourmet eateries and regular farmers’ markets – but what it doesn’t have is anywhere to pick up a Big Mac. This may all be about to change. These days,
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Civil society groups say they expect hundreds of thousands of people to join a worldwide protest for climate action Friday. Environmental activists, trade unions and church groups in Germany said Monday that more than 400 rallies are planned in the country alone. The protest, billed as a “global climate strike,” is also expected to see
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Freshly minted New England Patriot Antonio Brown took the field on Sunday, making his debut for the team just five days after his former trainer filed a lawsuit accusing him of rape and sexual assault. Speculation had been rife in the days leading up to the game about whether the NFL would compel the Patriots
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Iran has dismissed the possibility of a meeting between the country’s president, Hassan Rouhani, and President Trump on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly next week, Iran’s state-run news media reported. “Neither is such a plan on our agenda nor will such a thing happen,” Seyed Abbas Mousavi, a spokesman for the Iranian
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Image caption An inquest into student Ceara Thacker’s death opens on Monday Universities should be bound by law to meet the mental-health needs of their students, an ex-health minister says. Information gathered by Sir Norman Lamb’s office reveals a “complex and fragmented” picture of mental-health provision across UK universities. Many of the 110 universities which
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