Protesters in Tehran have chanted calls for the resignation of officials, after Iran admitted it accidentally shot down a Ukrainian passenger plane on 8 January. Relatives and friends of those who died held a vigil near the Amirkabir University of Technology on Saturday. Videos uploaded to social media show a crowd gathered, with some chanting […]
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UConn forward Tyler Polley has suffered a knee injury in practice and will miss the remainder of the season January 12, 2020, 3:31 PM 1 min read HARTFORD, Conn — UConn forward Tyler Polley suffered a knee injury in practice and will miss the remainder of the season. The junior, who started every game this
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The founder and former top employees of a pharmaceutical company are being sentenced in a bribery scheme that prosecutors say helped fuel the national opioid epidemic By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press January 12, 2020, 4:06 PM 4 min read BOSTON — The founder and former top employees of a pharmaceutical company are facing a reckoning
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(Note: Normally these weekly Streamline articles focus on what’s new in a given week. Due to the holiday and Netflix’s lackluster offerings to start the year, I’m highlighting a comedy special that debuted in late December. This special is much better than anything else that’s debuted on Netflix in the last couple weeks anyway, so
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WELLINGTON, Jan 12 (Reuters) ― Serena Williams won her first title since the 2017 Australian Open with a 6-3 6-4 victory over Jessica Pegula at the Auckland Classic on Sunday but was unable to complete the perfect week in New Zealand when she lost the doubles final. The 38-year-old Williams, who said she would donate
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Image copyright Bank of England Another Bank of England policy setter has floated the idea of cutting the central bank’s main interest rate. The rate is used by banks and other lenders who set borrowing costs. It affects everything from mortgages to business loans and thus has a big effect on peoples’ and firms’ finances.
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NFL PLAYOFFS Titans stun Ravens, Niners down Vikings UNDATED (AP) — So much for earning home-field advantage throughout the AFC playoffs. The Baltimore Ravens posted the NFL’s best regular-season record at 14-2, but they are done until next September following a 28-12 loss to the Tennessee Titans in the AFC divisional round. Derrick Henry ran
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The founder and former top employees of a pharmaceutical company are being sentenced in a bribery scheme that prosecutors say helped fuel the national opioid epidemic By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press January 12, 2020, 2:22 PM 4 min read BOSTON — The founder and former top employees of a pharmaceutical company are facing a reckoning
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Prince William told a friend he’s “sad” that he and Prince Harry are now “separate entities” after his brother announced plans earlier this week to step away from the British royal family, reported The Sunday Times. “I’ve put my arm around my brother all our lives and I can’t do that any more; we’re separate entities,” William
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Iran’s only female Olympic medalist says she has defected from the Islamic Republic January 12, 2020, 1:59 PM 2 min read DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran’s only female Olympic medalist said she defected from the Islamic Republic in a blistering online letter that describes herself as “one of the millions of oppressed women in
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