Image copyright Reuters Facebook has said it will set aside $3bn (£2.3bn) to cover the potential costs of an investigation by US authorities into its privacy practices. The social media giant also said sales for the first three months of the year leapt 26% to $15.08bn, narrowly beating market expectations. While it has provided for […]
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Four Bedrooms on the West Coast of Barbados $3.95 MILLION (7.9 MILLION BARBADIAN DOLLARS) This four-bedroom, three-and-a-half-bath villa, called Atelier House, sits on half an acre in the parish of St. James, on the west coast of Barbados. The area, known as the Platinum Coast, is home to some of the Caribbean’s most expensive residences.
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Driving instructor Kevin Keiley used the Instagram name @sussexroyal for years because he supports Reading FC – nicknamed the Royals – and he lives in West Sussex. But he found out the social media company had taken the name and given it to Duke and Duchess of Sussex without warning. He tells BBC News that
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Legendary Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki surprised the baseball world last week by announcing his retirement after 28 seasons, prompting an outpouring of appreciation from fans across the globe. Among the most diehard of those fans was his own teammate, Mariners second baseman Dee Gordon. Gordon, 30, took out a full-page ad in Thursday’s Seattle Times
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The SNP’s Kirsty Blackman asked whether the UK government would reverse its “damaging policies” over nuclear power, cutting support for renewable energy and pursuing fracking. Conservative David Lidington said there was “clearly more that needs to be done”, but since 2010 the UK had cut CO2 emissions more than any G7 nation. He said tackling
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In a series of columns for National Review in the early 2000s, Mr. Moore mocked female athletes and proposed, in what he says was a joke, that women be barred from officiating, announcing or even serving beer at N.C.A.A. men’s basketball tournament games. “Is there no area in life where men can take vacation from
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U.S. measles cases in 2019 have climbed to their highest level in 25 years in a resurgence largely attributed to misinformation that is turning parents against vaccines. New York City health officials on Wednesday reported 61 new cases since late last week, pushing this year’s nationwide tally past the 667 cases reported for all of
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Director Alfonso Cuaron’s Roma won three Oscars for Netflix’s Roma this year Film streaming services could see continued awards success after the body behind the Oscars voted down calls to tighten its submission process. Figures including Steven Spielberg have said films that are given only brief cinema runs shouldn’t
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Since mid-February, managers at Anchor Brewing Co., the San Francisco icon that industry insiders consider the birthplace of American craft beer, have promised to remain neutral as 70 workers decide whether to unionize with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union. But in that time, the company has conducted an escalating campaign of anti-union tactics, from
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A rough landing by a German government plane at one of Berlin’s airports brought flights to a standstill for more than two hours on Tuesday, adding to a long list of embarrassing mishaps for the military-operated fleet. The German air force, which operates the aircraft, said both wings of the Bombardier Global 5000 jet touched
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