Image copyright Siemens/PA Media Image caption HS2’s total cost has risen to up to £88bn Earlier this week a leaked draft copy of a review into the HS2 high-speed railway linking London and the North of England recommended it should be completed despite its spiralling costs and delays. Originally touted as a £33bn project due […]
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Patrick DePoe was in high school the last time his Native American tribe in Washington state was allowed to hunt whales. He was on a canoe that greeted the crew towing in the body of a gray whale. His shop class worked to clean the bones and reassemble the skeleton, which hangs in a tribal
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Rookie Kendrick Nunn scored 23 points, Bam Adebayo had 16 points and 15 rebounds, and the Miami Heat beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 108-97 By STEVE HERRICK Associated Press November 15, 2019, 3:19 AM 4 min read The Miami Heat didn’t let a night of dominant play slip away in the fourth quarter. Rookie Kendrick Nunn
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This is the Impeachment Briefing, The Times’s newsletter about the impeachment investigation. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every weeknight. Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the testimony in Wednesday’s public hearing “corroborated evidence of bribery” by President Trump in his dealings with Ukraine. Her use of “bribery” — one of the crimes the
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Tennessee Valley Authority officials say most of the local companies that receive power generated by the utility have signed long-term partnership agreements, but some of its biggest customers still have not agreed to the 20-year deals By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press November 15, 2019, 12:33 AM 3 min read Most of the local companies that
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Germany’s parliament has passed a law requiring that children who attend school or daycare are vaccinated for measles November 14, 2019, 7:21 PM 1 min read Germany’s parliament has passed a law requiring that children who attend school or daycare must be vaccinated for measles. Lawmakers approved the government’s bill Thursday with a majority of
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Image copyright JOHAN PERSSON Image caption Zizi Strallen plays the titular role in the West End production of Mary Poppins The stage adaptation of Mary Poppins is not the kind of show where the actors can afford to let their concentration lapse. There are several precise and tricky cues for the cast to hit across
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Image copyright Getty Images Alibaba chief executive Daniel Zhang has praised Hong Kong’s “bright” future as the Chinese e-commerce giant prepares to list in the embattled financial hub. The firm, which is already traded in the US, hopes to raise up to $13.4bn (£10.4bn) in its secondary listing. That would make it the biggest share
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Amazon said Thursday it will challenge a Pentagon contract awarded to Microsoft last month worth up to $10 billion, calling the decision-making process biased and tainted by “political influence.” The Department of Defense had been mulling several bids for a cloud computing project known as the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure, or JEDI, initiative. The long-delayed
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Freshman Scottie Lewis scored 15 points in his first start, and No. 15 Florida escaped with a 66-60 victory over Towson November 15, 2019, 2:24 AM 1 min read Freshman Scottie Lewis scored 15 points in his first start, and No. 15 Florida escaped with a 66-60 victory over Towson on Thursday night. Graduate transfer
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