A top marine biologist is urging Thailand’s government to speed up conservation plans for the dugong, an endangered sea mammal, after their death toll for the year has already climbed to a record 21. Thon Thamrongnawasawat said on his Facebook page that the carcass of a dugong was found Tuesday off the southern province of […]
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Leon Draisaitl doesn’t look satisfied with the career-high 50 goals and 105 points he amassed last season. Draisaitl had a goal and two assists, Connor McDavid snapped a third-period tie and Edmonton opened the new season with a 3-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks in Dave Tippett’s debut as Oilers coach Wednesday night. “We made
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What Mr. Trump Said “He knew long before, and he helped write it, too.” False. Mr. Trump was referring to a New York Times report about how Mr. Schiff learned about the whistle-blower’s concerns days before the complaint was filed. The Times did not report that Mr. Schiff “helped write it.” A spokesman for Mr.
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Seventy percent of moms with kids under 18 years old participate in the labor force, and odds are every single one of them would say some version of the same thing: Juggling a career and family is damned hard. Overwhelming, even. Circumstances differ wildly, of course, but as Jennifer Gefsky and Stacey Delo of the
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) underwent an emergency heart procedure on Tuesday evening, and Stephen Colbert has a theory about how it was possible. “He was hospitalized for treatment of an artery blockage,” “The Late Show” host said. “It’s what happens when people want a president who has a heart.” Sanders was hospitalized following a campaign event
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Image copyright Getty Images Shares in fashion retailer Ted Baker have plunged 30% after it posted a loss and said trading remained tough. The firm, which issued a profits alert in June and whose founder Ray Kelvin resigned in March, blamed fierce competition and unseasonable weather. Its comments came as it reported a £23m loss
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The Springboks have maintained their focus on a crucial Rugby World Cup game against Italy, captain Siya Kolisi said Thursday, amid an internal investigation into allegations that teammate Eben Etzebeth physically and racially abused someone in a late-night incident in South Africa before the tournament. Kolisi confirmed that Etzebeth would play against Italy in Shizuoka
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With Medicaid costs soaring in New York, the Greater New York Hospital Association was pushing for the seemingly impossible: more state reimbursement money. It was a big ask, and for years, it had gone nowhere. Medicaid spending already represented a massive and ever-growing share of the state budget, and Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo had taken
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Asian stocks fell for a fourth day Thursday as weaker U.S. manufacturing and hiring data fueled jitters about the global economy. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 fell by an unusually wide margin of 2% and market benchmarks in Hong Kong, Sydney and Southeast Asia also retreated. Chinese and Korean markets were closed for a holiday. Wall Street’s
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India’s prime minister said Wednesday the country’s villages now all have access to toilets as his government announced another ambitious campaign aimed at eliminating single-use plastics within three years. Nearly 600 million people have been given access to toilets with more than 110 million toilets built since his government came to power in 2014, Narendra
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