Swedish automaker Volvo Cars and its owner Chinese automaker Geely Holding are considering combining their businesses February 10, 2020, 12:35 PM 1 min read COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Swedish automaker Volvo Cars and its owner Chinese automaker Geely Holding said Monday they are considering combining their businesses to create what they called “a strong global group” […]
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Two experimental drugs have failed to prevent or slow mental decline in a study of people who are virtually destined to develop Alzheimer’s disease at a relatively young age because of rare gene flaws By MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Chief Medical Writer February 10, 2020, 12:33 PM 4 min read Two experimental drugs failed to prevent
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Actor Bill Murray played golf hundreds of miles north of the Oscars over the weekend, but his showmanship was pure Hollywood. (See the video below.) The “Ghostbusters” star missed a putt during the Pebble Beach Pro-Am golf tournament in California, and did the most Bill Murray thing: He caught up to the ball as it
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Bojan Bogdanovic made a 3-pointer as time expired to give the Utah Jazz a 114-113 victory over the Houston Rockets February 10, 2020, 3:50 AM 4 min read HOUSTON — Jazz coach Quin Snyder kept telling Bojan Bogdanovic to keep playing despite his shooting struggles on Sunday night. Bogdanovic ended up hitting the biggest shot
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Image copyright Katy King Image caption Katy King said staff failed to believe she was in labour as she was only 28 weeks pregnant A BBC News investigation has uncovered more preventable baby deaths at an NHS trust which has already been criticised for its maternity services. Four families said their babies would have survived
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Image copyright PA Media Image caption Schofield with Stephanie Lowe at last month’s National Television Awards The wife of presenter Phillip Schofield has said she supports the “brave step” he has taken in revealing he is gay. Stephanie Lowe told The Sun that she loved the TV star “as much today as I ever have”
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A device which can produce life-like 3D human sized projections without the need for large amounts of equipment has been developed. Portl uses a modified 4K LCD screen capable of showing pre-recorded video or live images of a person, including their shadows broadcast from another location. BBC Click finds out more. See more at Click’s
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Aliya Taylor is a rarity in the dog show world, and not only because she handles unusual-looking Azawakh hounds By BEN WALKER AP Sports Writer February 10, 2020, 4:30 AM 4 min read NEW YORK — Dressed in hot pink and a colorful hijab, crouched down close to Ring 1 to cheer on the hounds,
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WASHINGTON — For more than a decade, Al Qaeda’s affiliate in Yemen has been one of the most dangerous terrorist organizations on the planet. The group spent years inventing explosives that are difficult to detect, including trying to disguise bombs in devices like cellphones. It has tried at least three times to blow up American
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Britain has declared the new coronavirus that emerged from China a “serious and imminent threat to public health” and has announced new measures to combat the spread of the disease By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press February 10, 2020, 8:43 AM 2 min read LONDON — Britain has declared the new coronavirus that emerged from China
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