Image copyright Getty Images Two senior Tory MPs have warned Downing Street not to pick a fight with the BBC amid reports it wants the broadcaster “massively pruned back”. The Sunday Times suggested No 10 believed the current licence fee should be replaced by a subscription service and certain channels sold. Former cabinet minister Damian […]
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Monsanto’s controversial herbicides have been sprayed on fields for decades German chemical giant Bayer is to appeal against a Missouri court’s award of $265m (£203m) to a US peach grower who blamed a herbicide for crop damage. Farmer Bill Bader sued Bayer and BASF, alleging that dicamba weedkiller drifted
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In nearly 20 years with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Rear Adm. Nancy Knight, director of the agency’s global health protection division, has led the development, coordination and implementation of public health policies and programs in countries including Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa. Before joining the C.D.C., Dr. Knight was a Peace Corps
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The president and the prime minister of Portugal have added their voices to a national outcry over racist abuse aimed at a black FC Porto soccer player who walked off the field after hearing monkey chants By BARRY HATTON Associated Press February 17, 2020, 11:47 AM 3 min read LISBON, Portugal — The president and
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Incoming French health minister, Olivier Veran, a lawmaker and doctor, has been handed the keys to his new ministry while it is in the midst of dealing with the threat of coronavirus February 17, 2020, 10:22 AM 1 min read Incoming French health minister, Olivier Veran, a lawmaker and doctor, was handed the keys to
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Image copyright Curzon Image caption Parasite won four Oscars including best picture and best director Parasite received a huge box office boost over the weekend in the wake of its Academy Awards success. The South Korean satirical thriller won four Oscars earlier this month, becoming the first non-English language film to take best picture. It
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Image copyright Getty Images Shoe Zone has warned that it could be forced to close a fifth of its stores if business rates do not change. The retailer will close 100 of its UK stores unless the property tax is overhauled. Boss Anthony Smith told the BBC: “If people want vibrant High Streets, they really
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LONDON — Britain has been battered by severe weather for the second consecutive weekend, prompting an official warning on Sunday that lives were at risk as streets became flooded, mud flowed, rail tracks were submerged and dozens of flights were canceled. The storm, named Dennis and classified as a “weather bomb” by the national weather
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Tokyo Marathon organizers are drastically reducing the number of participants for this year’s race out of fear of the spread of the virus from China By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer February 17, 2020, 11:02 AM 3 min read TOKYO — Tokyo Marathon organizers drastically reduced the number of participants for this year’s race on
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HOUSTON — It hadn’t even been a full day since a 12-year-old video surfaced of Michael R. Bloomberg showing him linking the 2008 financial crisis to the end of redlining, a practice that allowed banks to declare low-income, mostly minority neighborhoods off-limits for loans. But as the criticism swelled over his record on race and
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