James Comey slumps strategically in restaurants — all 6-foot-8 of him, drooping faux-furtively with his back to the room — and daydreams about deleting the civic-minded Twitter feed where a bipartisan coalition pronounces him a national disgrace. He sleeps soundly — nine hours a night, he ballparks — and organizes the self-described “unemployed celebrity” chapter […]
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British and European Union negotiators plan to work through the weekend to see if they can agree a Brexit deal in time for next week’s summit of EU leaders. The EU’s chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, approved an intensification of the discussions after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Irish counterpart, Leo Varadkar, said they
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Image copyright Cambridge ACS Stormzy has been credited with changing the intake at one of Britain’s top universities. Cambridge University says the “Stormzy effect” means that more black students are applying and being admitted than ever before. It says the rapper’s scholarship has been part of the change in culture. According to new figures, for
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Soccer gave Mewal Tesfai Yosief hope in an Orwellian nation, a job in a country of forced military conscription and, possibly, freedom at last. After scoring two goals for Eritrea’s national under-20 soccer team during a tournament in Uganda late last month, Mewal defected with three teammates. But after applying for asylum they are in
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Here’s our rundown of what happened in the Democratic primary this week, as the candidates gear up for Tuesday’s debate in Ohio. Biden comes out for impeachment Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. explicitly endorsed impeachment on Wednesday, going beyond past statements in which he had called only for an impeachment inquiry if President
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A teenage rap artist says performing music has helped him come to terms with his ADHD and release his “inside anger”. Eighteen months ago, Jack Grange from Essex was excluded from school and diagnosed with the condition, which causes inattentiveness, hyperactivity and impulsiveness. He turned to music to manage his feelings and now he is
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Emergency crews were on high alert. Flights and trains were cancelled. Rugby stars here for the World Cup mostly heeded the same warnings as everyone else and stayed indoors as Japan braced to be hit by a typhoon tipped to be its worst in six decades. Tokyo Disneyland was shut. Shops were closed, shelves empty
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Welcome to Poll Watch, our weekly look at polling data and survey research on the candidates, voters and issues that will shape the 2020 election. After next week’s Democratic debate, pundits will inevitably argue over who won and who lost, and they’ll scour the polls to see if any presidential candidate has gotten a “bump”
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Companies have welcomed a U.S.-Chinese trade truce as a possible step toward breaking a deadlock in a 15-month-old tariff war, while economists caution there was little progress toward settling core disputes including technology that threaten global growth. President Donald Trump said Washington will suspend a tariff hike planned for Tuesday on $250 billion of Chinese
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Image copyright Getty Images Actor Robert Forster, who was nominated for an Oscar for his role in Quentin Tarantino’s Jackie Brown, has died in Los Angeles aged 78. The actor, born in Rochester, New York state, died on Friday of brain cancer. It happened on the same day that El Camino, a film in which
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