Fifteen-year-old American Coco Gauff pulled off a big upset at the Australian Open by eliminating defending champion Naomi Osaka in straight sets in the third round By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer January 24, 2020, 10:14 AM 4 min read MELBOURNE, Australia — Coco Gauff plays nothing like what her age — still just 15 […]
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Ms. Harris was trying to loosen Mr. Biden’s grip on African-American primary voters, and her searing reference to her own childhood experience with integration might have been the high point of her campaign. But it came at the expense of an older, white candidate who was already fending off questions about his record on matters
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Barbara Keeley said the campaign was “very tough” following her treatment for cancer An MP has revealed she was recovering from treatment for breast cancer during the recent general election campaign. Barbara Keeley, 67, said she was diagnosed in April, had surgery in May and radiotherapy in July. Speaking
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Monty Python’s John Cleese has paid tribute to his co-star Terry Jones, who has died at the age of 77. He told the BBC’s entertainment correspondent Colin Paterson that Jones was “the most multi-talented of the Pythons”. Cleese said: “He was a very, very good director and I think Life of Brian was his masterpiece.”
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Image copyright Rolls-Royce Mini nuclear reactors could be generating power in the UK by the end of the decade. Manufacturer Rolls-Royce has told the BBC’s Today programme that it plans to install and operate factory-built power stations by 2029. Mini nuclear stations can be mass manufactured and delivered in chunks on the back of a
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BBC Click’s Paul Carter looks at some of the week’s best technology stories including: Saudi Arabia has been accused of hacking the phone of Amazon’s billionaire founder Jeff Bezos – the kingdom’s US embassy has denied the story Researchers at Stanford University have built a robot bird using real pigeon feathers. The team believe their
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John Isner and Stan Wawrinka have had very different career successes January 24, 2020, 9:20 AM 3 min read MELBOURNE, Australia — A quick look at the Australian Open: LOOKAHEAD TO SATURDAY They were born a month apart, two 34-year-olds who, as they would say in Australia, are as different as chalk and cheese. John
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Senator Chris Van Hollen released documents on Thursday showing that the White House ultimately declined to respond to a watchdog’s request for details.Credit…Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times When a federal watchdog pressed the administration for details on the decision to withhold security aid to Ukraine, the White House ultimately declined to respond, according to documents
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Shares are mostly higher in quiet Asian trading as China closes down for its week-long Lunar New Year festival By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer January 24, 2020, 7:31 AM 4 min read BANGKOK — Shares were mostly higher in quiet trading on Friday in Asia as China began a week-long Lunar New Year festival
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Netflix has a high turnover rate for its movie library. Some movies, like the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, seem to be caught in an endless cycle of leaving and returning to the service. (The second and third “LOTR” films are currently on Netflix, but the first is not.) And with the Netflix home screen
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