February 2020

Ticket touts: Ed Sheeran and Harry Potter play ticket traders guilty of trade fraud

Entertainment /

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The touts sold tickets for high profile gigs including Ed Sheeran’s sell out shows Two online ticket touts who made millions re-selling tickets for high profile gigs and plays have been found guilty of fraudulent trading. Peter Hunter and David Smith, tricked selling sites over two-and-a-half years, buying £4m […]

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An Unexpected Hotel Nestled Among the Clubs of Mykonos

Travel /

Come nightfall, Mykonos, Greece, thumps with disco beats emanating from the megaclubs scattered across the island. But all is peaceful at Kalesma, a forthcoming hotel that sits on a jasmine-scented hilltop above the beaches of Ornos Bay. The generations-old family property has been transformed with 25 suites and two stand-alone villas, all of which come

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‘Mass of Dead Energy’ vs. ‘Carnival Barking Clown’: Trump and Bloomberg Ratchet Up the Name-Calling

Politics /

WASHINGTON — President Trump and Michael R. Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York City, have been slinging insults at each other for weeks, but their Twitter war reached a new level on Thursday. Mr. Trump called his rival a “mass of dead energy.” Mr. Bloomberg described the president as “a carnival barking clown.” The

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Ms. Trauss sued a few months later. The great irony was that nobody was more unhappy about it than Mr. O’Brien. He had spent years and millions of dollars proposing two completely different projects. Now some activist group he’d never heard of was suing the city, and him, on behalf of his original project —

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EU health ministers boost preparations to fight new virus

Lifestyle /

European Union health ministers have agreed to boost preparations and organize a coordinated response to prevent the virus that emerged in China from further spreading across Europe By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press February 13, 2020, 6:33 PM 3 min read BRUSSELS — European Union health ministers agreed Thursday to boost preparations and organize a coordinated

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The Houston Astros’ Terrible Apology Is Straight Out Of ‘The Office’

Sports /

The Houston Astros apologized Thursday for stealing signs during the 2017 World Series, but all it did was remind people of a scene from “The Office.” Although the purpose of the press conference was supposedly to express regret, many observers noted that no one on the team really seemed that sorry. At one point, team owner Jim

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U.S. Faces Tough ‘Great Game’ Against China in Central Asia and Beyond

Politics /

KHIVA, Uzbekistan — Inside the ancient walls of the Silk Road oasis town of Khiva, China has put down a marker of its geopolitical ambitions. A sign promotes a Chinese aid project to renovate a once-crumbling mosque and a faded madrasa. Outside the town’s northern gate, a billboard-size video screen shows clips of President Shavkat

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