A federal appeals court says the Trump administration unlawfully excluded millions of tons of some of the most dangerous materials in public use from a safety review By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press November 15, 2019, 12:20 AM 3 min read The Trump administration unlawfully excluded millions of tons of some of the most dangerous materials […]
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The Spanish league says the match between Villarreal and Atlético Madrid in the United States next month has been called off because it lost a court battle against the Spanish soccer federation By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer November 15, 2019, 11:28 AM 4 min read The Spanish league lost another battle against the Spanish
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Boris Johnson has denied claims, make in the Daily Telegraph, that Brexit Party members were offered peerages. Answering questions from the public, the prime minister said: “I am sure there are conversations that take place between politicians of all parties but certainly nobody’s been offered a peerage.” Click here to listen back to Your Election
The United States trade representative is hoping to broker a deal with the European Union to send more lobsters to Europe, but has received a chilly reception so far By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press November 15, 2019, 11:11 AM 1 min read The United States trade representative is hoping to broker a deal with the
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Republicans speaking out in support of President Donald Trump during this week’s impeachment hearings are using a tactic straight out of “The Simpsons,” a former writer on the show said. The GOP argument is that Trump’s attempt to use foreign aid to pressure Ukraine into investigating his political rivals wasn’t a crime because it wasn’t
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Anti-government protests in Hong Kong started five months ago Hong Kong has confirmed it has entered its first recession for a decade as it continues to be gripped by protests. Its economy shrank 3.2% in the July-to-September period compared with the prior quarter, figures showed, confirming earlier preliminary data. It
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Vietnam’s largest metropolis, Ho Chi Minh City, has long excelled at boundary-pushing night life. But now a vibrant new scene is creating late-night laughter across this city of 9 million: stand-up comedy. Started by English-speaking foreigners, stand-up comedy is increasingly becoming a new tradition among Vietnamese in the bustling city locally known as Saigon. Local
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A blockbuster doping case got lost in translation with Chinese swimmer Sun Yang on the stand By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer November 15, 2019, 10:37 AM 4 min read A blockbuster doping case got lost in translation with Chinese swimmer Sun Yang on the stand. Imprecise and incomplete exchanges relayed by courtroom translators into
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Carrie Saxon Perry, the first African-American woman to lead a major New England city as the mayor of Hartford and a civil rights advocate who had rubbed shoulders with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Jesse Jackson, has died at 87. She died last Nov. 22, but news of her death emerged only
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Mon Laferte revealed her chest while walking the red carpet at the Latin Grammy awards A Chilean singer has bared her breasts in a red carpet protest at the Latin Grammy awards in the US. Mon Laferte uncovered her chest emblazoned with the words “In Chile they torture, rape
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