January 2020

Kamala Harris Is Said to Be Weighing an Endorsement of Joe Biden

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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Barbara Keeley MP had treatment for breast cancer months before election

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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‘I shall think of him exploding’ – John Cleese on Terry Jones

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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Could feathers inspire plane wing design and other news

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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White House seemed reluctant to help with watchdog inquiry.

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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