Image copyright Waitress Musical Image caption Bareilles will step into the musical’s title role for six weeks from 27 January When Sara Bareilles signed up to write the music and lyrics for the Broadway musical Waitress in 2013, she had no idea it would change her life. The show – which tells the story of […]
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Image copyright Viettel Image caption Viettel demonstrated a 5G phone call at its press event A Vietnamese firm’s claim to be a fresh force in 5G network equipment is being treated with scepticism by industry experts. Last week, Viettel demoed a video call saying it had used 5G network hardware and software developed in-house. It
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For at least 10 years, which is how long I’ve been reporting on privacy, people have worried about a facial recognition app that could end anonymity. I joined The New York Times as a technology reporter in July, but back in 2011, when I was reporting for Forbes Magazine, I attended a workshop at the
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AP Sportlight By Compiled by PAUL MONTELLA By The Associated Press January 20, 2020, 3:27 PM 3 min read Jan. 21 1921 — Kenesaw Mountain Landis takes office as baseball’s commissioner. 1947 — Carl Hubbell, Frank Frisch, Mickey Cochrane, and Lefty Grove are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. 1953 — Dizzy Dean and
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COLUMBIA, S.C. — Several Democratic presidential candidates, hoping to chip away at former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s support in South Carolina, gathered in the state capital on Monday morning to make remarks honoring the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and take part in an annual holiday march and rally that had election-year
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Image copyright EPA/WU HONG Image caption People wear masks near the Tiananmen Gate Tower in Beijing, China Over the weekend, the number of people infected with a new virus in China has tripled. The outbreak of this coronavirus has spread from Wuhan to other major cities. But what exactly is this new virus and how
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Three horses died over the weekend at Santa Anita Park, a racetrack in southern California where dozens of horses have been injured and subsequently euthanized in recent years. Tikkun Olam, a 4-year-old gelding, was euthanized after colliding with another horse during a training exercise, the Los Angeles Times reported. The second horse apparently wasn’t injured.
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Image copyright Micah White Image caption Micah White wants to orchestrate “a massive climate mobilisation” that involves hundreds of millions of people and governments One of the founders of the Occupy Wall Street movement, Micah White, has said his decision to attend Davos, a conference for the ‘global elite’, is “probably reputational suicide”. “Within the
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Spacewalking astronauts are wrapping up battery improvements outside the International Space Station By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer January 20, 2020, 12:55 PM 2 min read CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A pair of spacewalking astronauts tackled one last round of battery improvements outside the International Space Station on Monday. NASA’s Jessica Meir and Christina Koch
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Tanner Pearson scored on the power play and had an assist as the Vancouver Canucks defeated the San Jose Sharks 4-1 January 20, 2020, 3:33 PM 4 min read VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The Vancouver Canucks surged past the San Jose Sharks — and took over the tight Pacific Division. Tanner Pearson scored on the
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