Conservative Nicky Morgan has criticised leadership contender Dominic Raab’s suggestion that he would be prepared to shut down Parliament to ensure the UK leaves the EU on 31 October. “Proroguing Parliament is clearly a mad suggestion,” said Ms Morgan, who is backing Michael Gove’s leadership bid. “You cannot say you are going to take back […]
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Mr Pai said consumers are “sick and tired” of unwanted calls Americans plagued by billions of unwanted robocalls to their phones are about to get some relief. The Federal Communications Commission has approved rules to make it easier for carriers to stop automated calls. Phone firms will use algorithms
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The soccer megastar Megan Rapinoe captains Seattle Reign FC, helped the U.S. women’s soccer team to World Cup victory in 2015, and will lead the national team as co-captain in France for the 2019 World Cup, which begins June 7th. Based in Seattle, Ms. Rapinoe flies around the country for games during the National Women’s
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An on-stage talk by Amazon CEO and founder Jeff Bezos in Las Vegas was briefly interrupted Thursday by a protester who rushed on stage and yelled about chicken farms. Interested in Amazon? Add Amazon as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Amazon news, video, and analysis from ABC News. Bezos was
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The Latest on the incident in which Toronto guard Kyle Lowry was shoved by a courtside Warriors fan (all times local): 2:10 p.m. Toronto guard Kyle Lowry says the fan that shoved him in Game 3 of the NBA Finals should not be allowed to be part of the league going forward. Lowry says Mark
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COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France — With marble crosses and Stars of David marking the graves of those who died fighting the Nazis on D-Day visible in the background, President Trump used the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the invasion of Normandy to bash the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, in an interview with Fox News.
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Gold is shining again as investors scramble for safety amid the widening global trade war. The price of gold has climbed nearly 5% since May 21, while markets around the world fell. Last week was the best of the year for gold after President Donald Trump surprised markets by threatening to raise tariffs on Mexico.
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The Museum of Modern Art is slouching toward a shutdown starting June 15, in order to complete its latest expansion — which is really an attempt to fix the last one. With the museum on the brink of change, the art and architecture critics of The New York Times took the occasion to revisit favorite
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What differentiates the work in “New Order: Art and Technology in the Twenty-First Century” from much of the art elsewhere at the Museum of Modern Art is that the objects here are made with technologies most of us already know and love (or hate). Flat screens, computer interfaces, video games, digital animation, 3D-printing and photography
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A minority owner of the Golden State Warriors who shoved Toronto Raptors guard Kyle Lowry has been barred from attending the remaining NBA Finals games and will not be permitted into other NBA games as an investigation into the incident continues. The San Francisco Bay Area team issued a statement apologizing on behalf of Mark Stevens, a
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