MUMBAI, India — Uber, in its latest move to drop money-losing businesses, agreed on Tuesday to sell its food delivery business in India to Zomato, a local competitor, in exchange for 9.99 percent of the Indian start-up. All delivery drivers for the service, known as Uber Eats, and basic information about customers, including their phone […]
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Image copyright Getty Images Many “ready to drink” pre-mixed spirits are packed with excessive sugar and hidden calories and should be subject to a sugar tax like fizzy drinks, health experts say. Action on Sugar is concerned people are consuming more than they should, without realising it. The team based at Queen Mary University of
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On Sunday, Song Kang-ho, Park So-dam, Choi Woo-shik, Lee Jung-eun and Lee Sun-kyun stood onstage to address their critically acclaimed South Korean film about a poor family sneakily embedding with a wealthy one. The Bong Joon-ho feature was nominated for the SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. Rich Fury via Getty Images
Image copyright Sirius Minerals Image caption The project is set to be the world’s largest polyhalite mine Thousands of people who invested in a £4bn mining project may be left out of pocket as a result of a takeover bid. Up to 85,000 small investors sank cash into the Sirius Mineral development near Whitby before
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Since the Windrush scandal came to light almost two years ago, there have been many controversial stories about the mistreatment of people from Caribbean countries living in the UK. The government has apologised to members of the Windrush generation and their families who were wrongly told they were illegally in the UK. It’s more than
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There’s so much rain that they’re designed with a drop-off of three feet on either side for drainage, and everyone uses the same road — and when I say everyone, I mean cars, people on foot, people on bikes, dogs. You try going down the road and all of a sudden a cow appears out
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Kendrick Nunn scored 25 points, James Johnson added 22 on 9 for 11 shooting at the Miami Heat improved their NBA-best home record to 19-1 by beating the Sacramento Kings 118-113 in overtime on Monday By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer January 21, 2020, 1:13 AM 4 min read MIAMI — Kendrick Nunn scored 25
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WASHINGTON — As President Trump’s impeachment trial opens, his lawyers have increasingly emphasized a striking argument: Even if he did abuse his powers in an attempt to bully Ukraine into interfering in the 2020 election on his behalf, it would not matter because the House never accused him of committing an ordinary crime. Their argument
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LOS ANGELES — The men bringing James Dean back to life for a forthcoming film are aiming not just to give his digital likeness a role, but a whole new career. Dean’s planned appearance in the Vietnam War movie “Finding Jack,” and the possibility of future parts, comes as digital de-aging and duplication of real
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Image copyright Getty Images Sperm donations taken from men after they have died should be allowed, a study says. The analysis, which is published in the Journal of Medical Ethics, claims that opt-in post-death donations could be a “morally permissible” way of increasing the stocks available. In 2017 in the UK, 2,345 babies were born
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