2019

The Trump Impeachment Inquiry: Latest Updates

William B. Taylor Jr., the top American diplomat in Ukraine, gave an arresting account on Tuesday of the back-channel diplomacy President Trump’s associates carried out with Ukrainian leaders. Contradicting the president, Mr. Taylor testified that there was a clear pressure campaign linking $391 million in suspended military assistance to demands that Ukraine investigate former Vice […]

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Chrissy Teigen Shreds ‘BATS**T’ Conspiracy Theorists: ‘You Absolute F**king Losers’

Chrissy Teigen on Tuesday took aim at conspiracy theorists who spread malicious rumors online about herself and her husband, the musician John Legend. The model and cookbook author ― who is a vocal critic of President Donald Trump ― used a seven-part Twitter thread to shred those people who baselessly allege that she and Legend

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Thomas Cook: Former boss denies responsibility for collapse

Image caption Manny Fontenla-Novoa and Harriet Green were questioned by MPs A former Thomas Cook chief executive has denied contributing to the collapse of the travel firm. Manny Fontenla-Novoa told MPs looking into the demise that a series of acquisitions under his watch had not left the firm with unmanageable debt. But Harriet Green, who

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No. 9 Tar Heels add Anthony at helm an overhauled offense

North Carolina needs freshman Cole Anthony to live up to his lofty billing right away. The ninth-ranked Tar Heels must replace their top five scorers, including three first-round NBA draft picks. That’s created a significant overhaul to the rotation, and it starts with Anthony at the point of Roy Williams’ fast-paced offense. “It’s a process,”

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Naomi Wolf: US publisher cancels book release after accuracy concerns

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Dr Wolf admitted her “misinterpretations” following the BBC interview The US publisher of a new book by Naomi Wolf has cancelled its release after accuracy concerns were raised. Outrages: Sex, Censorship and the Criminalisation of Love details the persecution of homosexuality in Victorian Britain. But during a BBC radio

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Kim Jong-un Orders ‘Shabby’ South Korean Hotels in Resort Town Destroyed

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said on Wednesday that its leader, Kim Jong-un, had ordered the demolition of South Korean hotels and other buildings in a resort complex that the two countries once operated together. The resort town at Diamond Mountain, or Kumgang, just north of the inter-Korean border, opened in 1998, at a

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