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Rachel Maddow Does A Trump Impeachment Explainer For Stephen Colbert

Rachel Maddow thinks the impeachment story is pretty straightforward to explain. On “The Late Show” Tuesday night, host Stephen Colbert asked the MSNBC personality if she could, as “America’s premier explainer,” give her take on the impeachment proceedings initiated against President Donald Trump last week. “Are you at all frustrated that the present scandal is so […]

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Thomas Cook staff forced to turn to family for cash

Business / En Sound Media

Image caption Abi Anderson (centre) with colleagues Shelley Matthews and Donna Kelly outside Downing Street. After 23 years with Thomas Cook, cabin crew member Abi Anderson learned over messaging app WhatsApp that last-ditch rescue talks to save the firm – and her job – had failed. About 9,000 staff in the UK were left jobless

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Diaz hits 2 homers, Rays beat A’s 5-1 in AL wild-card game

Sports / En Sound Media

Yandy Diaz slugged baseball’s lowest spender into a matchup with mighty Houston, Charlie Morton silenced the powerful Athletics on the mound, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat Oakland at its own game 5-1 in the AL wild-card round Wednesday night. After playing in only one game since late July, Diaz hit a leadoff homer and

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U.S. to Tax European Aircraft, Agriculture and Other Goods

Politics / En Sound Media

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration said Wednesday that it would impose tariffs on European aircraft, French wine and cheese, Spanish olive oil and other goods starting Oct. 18, after the World Trade Organization granted the United States permission to tax as much as $7.5 billion of European exports annually. The tariffs are part of a

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Drug exports restricted ‘to protect NHS patients’

Lifestyle / En Sound Media

Image copyright Getty Images The UK government has announced a ban on some drug exports to protect NHS patients’ access to medicines. The 24 medicines affected include hormone replacement therapy drugs, contraceptives and adrenaline pens. The move comes after a survey of local pharmacists found shortages of every major type of medicine in the past

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Joaquin Phoenix Gets Awkward After Tense ‘Joker’ Outtakes On ‘Jimmy Kimmel’

Entertainment / En Sound Media

Joaquin Phoenix’s visit with Jimmy Kimmel on Tuesday took a seemingly awkward turn when Kimmel introduced outtakes from his new film “Joker.” The clips (watch them above) show an agitated Phoenix in makeup apparently snapping at cinematographer Lawrence Sher for talking. “The constant whispering, just shut the fuck up, dude,” Phoenix said in one snippet.

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Asia stocks drop as slowdown fears rattle investors

Business / En Sound Media

Image copyright Getty Images Asia markets joined a global sell-off as fresh worries about trade and the world economy rattled investors. In early trading, Japan’s Nikkei 225 index dropped 2.2% and Australia’s ASX 200 lost 2.1%. It followed a 3.2% drop for the UK’s FTSE 100, while US and European stocks also skidded on Wednesday.

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Facebook Encryption Eyed in Fight Against Online Child Sex Abuse

Technology / En Sound Media

“A secure messenger should provide the same amount of privacy as you have in your living room,” said Erica Portnoy, a technologist at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital rights group. “And the D.O.J. is saying it would be worth putting a camera in every living room to catch a few child predators.” But Mr.

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LEADING OFF: Both NLDS start, Correa feeling better

Sports / En Sound Media

A look at what’s happening around the majors Thursday: GLAMOUR GAME In a star-studded matchup that’s a perfect fit for Hollywood, the Nationals and Dodgers begin their best-of-five Division Series in Los Angeles. Walker Buehler (14-4, 3.26 ERA) gets the start for the Dodgers against left-hander Patrick Corbin (14-7, 3.25). That means for the second

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Brexit: What happened on Wednesday?

Politics / En Sound Media

On Wednesday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson addressed the Conservative Party conference in Manchester. The government also delivered its new Brexit proposals to the EU including plans to replace the Irish backstop. The plan would see Northern Ireland stay in the European single market for goods, but leave the customs union – resulting in new customs

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