Colbert, in a fit of faux shock that Steve Carell was cast in Stewart’s new political comedy “Irresistible” and not him, spit water in Stewart’s face. Undaunted, Stewart introduced a trailer for the upcoming film, which he wrote and directed, in a bit with old pal Colbert that might have even been better than the […]
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Image caption Amazon argued the site should not be classified as a retail warehouse Amazon is to get a £3.2m council tax rebate after winning a legal row about the nature and size of its warehouse. Cannock Chase District Council warned the expected scale of the rebate to the online retail giant would “severely deplete”
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London’s police department said on Friday that it would begin using facial recognition technology in the city to identify people in real time, becoming one of the largest Western police forces to deploy software that has been criticized for its questionable effectiveness and violation of privacy. The Metropolitan Police provided few details about when and
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Roger Federer has managed to pull out a victory in a fifth-set tiebreaker against unseeded John Millman to reach the fourth round of the Australian Open By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer January 24, 2020, 2:05 PM 2 min read MELBOURNE, Australia — Roger Federer could be forgiven for thinking, “Uh, oh, here we go
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Credit…Art Lien for The New York Times Sketches on Thursday by the courtroom artist Art Lien capture several restless senators during the presentations by House managers. But Senators Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska — two moderate Republicans who have signaled they may be open to calling witnesses — appeared to be
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You can prepare a delicious meal using a $10 chef’s knife and a $5 skillet. But you also can spend serious money on those same tools, making that meal with a $3,000 Japanese chef’s knife and a skillet that costs almost $1,000. And you could even start protecting your favorite cooking sweatpants with a $300
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Image caption Fergal Keane reports for news programmes such as The Andrew Marr show The BBC’s Africa editor Fergal Keane is stepping down from his role due to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). His diagnosis was the result of “several decades of work in conflict zones around the world”, said the BBC’s head of newsgathering, Jonathan
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Image copyright Reuters Up to 500 jobs could be lost at British Steel if the sale of the business goes ahead, unions have said. The steel maker, which employs 4,000 people in the UK, is on the cusp of securing a rescue deal with Chinese firm Jingye. However, unions have warned the takeover could involve
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MELBOURNE, Australia — Perhaps Serena Williams, now 38, will win a 24th Grand Slam title someday. And maybe Coco Gauff, still just 15, never will earn her first major championship. Sure felt, though, as if a generational shift was being signaled Friday at the Australian Open, with a pair of monumentally significant third-round results hours
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WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has conceded to a secretive intelligence court that the available evidence about Carter Page, a former Trump campaign adviser wiretapped by the F.B.I. during the Russia investigation, was legally insufficient to justify the last several months of his continued surveillance in 2017. The department has also promised to sequester phone
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