An extension to the negotiations “comes with costs and uncertainty,” Josh Hardie, the deputy director-general of the Confederation of British Industry, said in an interview. Businesses “place their bets on other countries” if Britain is no longer perceived as a gateway to Europe. “That’s already happening — it’s not something that will just happen with […]
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A federal judge in Washington state will hear arguments in two cases against new Trump administration rules that could cut off federal funding for health care providers who refer patients for an abortion. Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson and the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association brought the lawsuits, saying that if the rules
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Image copyright Ellie Smith They are a world away from UK grime – musically speaking – but self-proclaimed ‘black feminist sistah punk’ band Big Joanie are standing with Stormzy. That’s after the grime star cancelled a festival headline appearance in Austria late on last week, claiming members of his team had been racially profiled. In
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The owners of New York’s iconic Chrysler Building have agreed to sell the art deco tower for a fraction of what they paid for it in 2008. The Abu Dhabi Investment Council, which purchased a 90 percent stake in the building for $800 million, and real estate firm Tishman Speyer, which owned the other 10
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If you’re looking for some Valentine’s Day inspiration, here’s some good news. The travel experts at TripAdvisor just released their 17th annual Travelers’ Choice Awards, including the world’s best hotels in 2019 and travelers’ favorite romantic getaways. This year’s No. 1 spot was awarded to Lani’s Suites Deluxe in Puerto Del Carmen, Spain. It’s an
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Inside one of Walmart’s busiest Neighborhood Market grocery stores, high resolution cameras suspended from the ceiling point to a table of bananas. They can tell how ripe the bananas are from their color. When a banana starts to bruise, the cameras send an alert to a worker. Normally, that task would have relied on the
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In a series where their shots weren’t falling like normal, the Houston Rockets managed to close it out with some tough defense. James Harden scored 26 points and the Rockets outlasted the Utah Jazz 100-93 on Wednesday night to win their first-round playoff series 4-1. Houston advanced to the Western Conference semifinals for the third
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WASHINGTON — Attorney General Jeff Sessions had a tenuous hold on his job when President Trump called him at home in the middle of 2017. The president had already blamed him for recusing himself from investigations related to the 2016 election, sought his resignation and belittled him in private and on Twitter. Now, Mr. Trump
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A Japanese court approved on Thursday the release of detained Nissan ex-chair Carlos Ghosn on 500 million yen, or $4.5 million, bail. Prosecutors can appeal the decision by the Tokyo District Court, while his lawyers will be pushing for his release. Ghosn was arrested in November, released on bail in March but re-arrested in April
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionThe Edinburgh couple who are part of a kidney transplant chain When Mandy Murray found out she needed a new kidney her husband Graham volunteered to be a donor but was told he was not a match. Instead the couple became part of a kidney swap chain,
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