Dolly Parton, dressed in a sequined lilac pantsuit with black piping and matching butterfly wings, stood on an outdoor stage on a recent Friday morning. Behind her was a 52-foot sculpture of a “Wildwood Tree,” with 620 acrylic butterflies. She was commemorating Wildwood Grove, a new six-acre addition to Dollywood, her theme park in Pigeon […]
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Pedro Severino took three easy trips around the bases Tuesday night. It was a good thing he saved his energy — he needed those legs on a game-ending play in the ninth. Severino hit a career-high three homers and thwarted Texas’ ninth-inning rally with a wild defensive play, lifting the Baltimore Orioles over the Rangers
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LONDON — President Trump on Tuesday said he plans to move forward with imposing tariffs on Mexican imports next week as part of his effort to stem the flow of migrants crossing the southern border, telling reporters at a news conference with British Prime Minister Theresa May that Republican senators would be “foolish” if they
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Still, inflation did not budge. Interest rates stayed low. Japan further embraced M.M.T.-style policies after Mr. Abe was elected prime minister in 2012. His plan, called Abenomics, called for more spending on public projects and a loose monetary policy. The economy has enjoyed modest growth under Mr. Abe, except for a brief recession in 2014.
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Shooting began at Pinewood Studios in April A blast has injured a crew member on the set of the new James Bond film. The “controlled explosion” damaged the outside of the famous 007 Stage at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire, where the spy franchise is filmed, a tweet from the
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Image caption Mr Leekha’s factory manufactures leather goods If you’ve bought a luxury leather handbag in Milan or Manhattan recently, chances are high that it was made in Sanjay Leekha’s three-storey factory in Faridabad on the outskirts of Delhi. But on Wednesday, the 33-year-old family-owned business – along with thousands of other Indian manufacturers –
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The Boston Bruins and St. Louis Blues’ morning skates are over and a handful of broadcasters have taken the ice to re-enact a play from this bruising Stanley Cup Final. In the otherwise empty stands is a singular figure having a good chuckle at the retired players doing their best to go over the Xs
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President Trump’s focus shifted from royal pageantry to high-level diplomacy on Tuesday, the second day of his state visit to Britain, where he met with business leaders and Prime Minister Theresa May. Mr. Trump opened his day with a business round-table meeting, where he spoke in optimistic terms about the possibility of a trade deal
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Shares surged Wednesday in Asia following a rally on Wall Street spurred by signs the Federal Reserve is ready to cut interest rates to support the U.S. economy against risks from escalating trade wars. But most markets gave back some gains after the World Bank said it was downgrading its forecast for the global economy
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Image copyright Backto60 Image caption Backto60 won the right to a judicial review into increases in the pension age for women Campaigners will head to the High Court on Wednesday for a judicial review into how the government raised the retirement age for women. Women born in the 1950s claim the rise is unfair because
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