Kevin Durant practiced Monday morning. The Golden State Warriors will wait before deciding if he plays Monday night. The Warriors are listing Durant — who has been sidelined for more than a month with a strained calf — as a “game-time decision” for Game 5 of the NBA Finals. The Warriors trail the Toronto Raptors […]
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Michael Gove listed the policies he would seek as PM when it came to future UK-EU relations. The environment secretary said the UK would be outside a range of EU-wide agreements, while “taking back control of our money, our borders, and our laws”, but he admitted: “It would not be easy.” Tory MPs have until
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A group of shareholders of Saks Fifth Avenue’s parent has made a cash offer to take the struggling department store chain private. The offer, announced Monday, is being led by Hudson’s Bay Executive Chairman Richard Baker, Rhone Capital LLC, WeWork Property Advisors, Hanover Investment SA and Abrams Capital Management. The proposal values the company at
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Girish Karnad was one of India’s best known playwrights ‘Girish Karnad has passed away at the age of 81’, read a message on my phone from an old acquaintance on Monday morning. His death had been announced to the world like a palace guard who would casually inform the
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Nearly 200 CEOs signed a full-page New York Times ad published Monday that urges companies to stand up for reproductive rights in the face of ongoing abortion bans in states across the U.S. “Equality in the workplace is one of the most important business issues of our time. When everyone is empowered to succeed, our companies,
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Salesforce, the cloud computing pioneer, will buy the big data firm Tableau Software for $15.3 billion, the company announced Monday, marking the biggest acquisition in its history as it looks to offer more data insights to its clients. Tableau, based in Seattle, has more than 86,000 customers, including tech heavyweights like Verizon Communications and Netflix.
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The Chinese masseuse shrinks into her chair as the Florida sheriff’s detective tells her deputies installed hidden cameras in her spa’s ceiling. He knows she and other women had sex with men for money. But you can save yourself, Martin County Detective Mike Fenton and others tell her. We will give you an apartment. We
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President Trump on Monday defended his administration’s decision to threaten a number of trading partners like Mexico with tariffs, calling tariffs a “beautiful thing” and asserting that a trade deal with China was close because of his aggressive policies. “The China deal is going to work out,” Mr. Trump said in a telephone interview with
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Justin Bieber challenges Tom Cruise to UFC fight By Chris Bell BBC News Image copyright Getty Images It is the contest Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fans never knew they wanted. On Sunday, Justin Bieber challenged Tom Cruise to join him in the octagon (the UFC ring) to solve a problem so fiendishly difficult no-one had
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionA look at the steps Mexico is taking to deal with migrants President Donald Trump has hailed a deal reached with Mexico to help stem the flow of migrants to the US after he threatened to impose trade tariffs. Under the deal, in which Mexico agreed to
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