Image copyright Science Photo Library Image caption The characteristic Lyme disease “bullseye” rash The majority of people who believe they have a chronic form of Lyme disease are more likely to have chronic fatigue syndrome, experts suggest. There are around 3,000 cases of Lyme disease, caused by tick bites, in the UK each year. Most […]
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Image copyright BBC/Reuters/Getty Images Avengers star Mark Ruffalo has disagreed with Ellen DeGeneres’ defence of her friendship with ex-US President George W Bush. After being pictured with Mr Bush, the TV host said she was friends with many people who don’t share her views, adding we should “be kind to everyone”. But Hulk actor Ruffalo
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Image copyright Bank of England Image caption The design of the new £20 note The new design of Britain’s most common, and most forged, banknote has been unveiled by the Bank of England. Security features on the next £20 note, featuring artist JMW Turner, will include two see-through windows on the note and a metallic
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When the Museum of Modern Art reopens on Oct. 21 after a $450-million, 47,000-square-foot expansion, it will finally, if still cautiously, reveal itself to be a living, breathing 21st-century institution, rather than the monument to an obsolete history — white, male, and nationalist — that it has become over the years since its founding in
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John Isner served his 1,000th ace of the season but it wasn’t enough to stop defending champion Novak Djokovic from moving into the Shanghai Masters quarterfinals with a 7-5, 6-3 win on Thursday. Top-seeded Djokovic is on a 24-0 sets winning streak in Asia dating back to last year’s Shanghai Masters. He won his inaugural
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Chinese law requires the records of companies based in China to be kept there, and restricts the kind of documentation that auditors can transfer out of the country. The rules mean that hundreds of Chinese firms, with a collective market capitalization of more than $1 trillion, have received looser oversight than companies in other jurisdictions,
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Then, when I first went to Kraft, I worked on yogurt, a very low-margin business. I found an opportunity to create the first ever kids’ yogurt, which was a creative, innovative thing at the time. Then I had an opportunity to work on Cool Whip, which is a highly profitable business. The question was: How
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Image copyright Reuters Actress and writer Mindy Kaling has accused the Emmy Awards of trying to cut her from The Office’s nominations because she is a woman of colour. Kaling starred in the US version of the show as well as serving as an executive producer, director and writer. But she said the Television Academy,
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Image copyright Pacemaker Image caption Former Wrightbus employees wait outside the site for news on Thursday The owner of the Wrightbus factory has said he has not been able to reach a deal to sell it to a new owner. However, the union representing Wrightbus workers said a deal could still be possible. “It is
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Audio recordings from the Nuremberg trials of Nazi leaders will be made available to the public for the first time in digital form after a nearly two-year process conducted in secret. The Memorial of the Shoah in Paris will officially accept the recordings at a ceremony Thursday evening. The files capture around several hundred hours
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