Japan already had several confirmed coronavirus cases when a giant cruise ship arrived at the port of Yokohama last week. Now, with the disclosure that 61 people from that ship have tested positive for the virus, Japan is scrambling to prevent a larger outbreak even as it is also preparing to welcome hundreds of thousands […]
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Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred and the New York Mets say talks have ended over a proposed sale of the team By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer February 7, 2020, 1:21 PM 3 min read ORLANDO, Fla. — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred and the New York Mets say talks have ended over the proposed sale of
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LONDON — Britain has named Karen Pierce, a career diplomat and the country’s current ambassador to the United Nations, as its new ambassador to the United States, the prime minister’s office announced on Friday. Ms. Pierce succeeds Kim Darroch, who announced his resignation last year after his blunt assessments of President Trump as “radiating insecurity”
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Image copyright PA Media Image caption Manish Shah worked as a family planning specialist A GP has been given three life sentences for 90 sex assaults on female patients. Manish Shah assaulted 23 women and a 15-year-old girl while working in London – carrying out invasive examinations for his own gratification. The Old Bailey heard
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Yeardley Smith, who voices Lisa Simpson on the hit animated comedy, cursed out the secretary of state on Twitter this week. She blasted him for “co-opting my character to troll” Nancy Pelosi after the Democratic House speaker ripped up pages of President Donald Trump’s State of Union speech. Pompeo’s post of a sobbing Simpson backfired after
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Image copyright Frida Bank Image caption Samira Chari says that extracting the argan seeds is the only job she can find Whether it is being drizzled on salads or turned into face creams, Morocco’s argan oil is the latest culinary and cosmetic must-have. But with sales soaring around the world, concerns remain about the pay
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LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — Lake Placid is a picture-book village in the Adirondack Mountains offering tourists crisp air, pretty peaks, Winter Olympic sites and, lately, a lot more houses to rent for the weekend. The rising popularity of short-term rentals on services like Airbnb is alarming residents who fear they’re gobbling up so much of
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The U.N. weather agency says an Argentine research base on the northern tip of Antarctica is reporting a temperature that, if confirmed, could amount to a record high for the icy continent February 7, 2020, 1:13 PM 2 min read GENEVA — The U.N. weather agency said Friday that an Argentine research base on the
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Filip Petrusev scored 21 points as No. 2 Gonzaga beat Loyola Marymount 85-67 for its 16th consecutive victory By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press February 7, 2020, 7:12 AM 3 min read SPOKANE, Wash. — Gonzaga’s slow start against Loyola Marymount worried coach Mark Few. The Zags’ finish left him feeling much better. Filip Petrusev
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“They are in a nowhere zone on policy,” says Andrew Biggs, resident scholar at the conservative American Enterprise Institute think tank, and a former deputy commissioner of the Social Security Administration during the George W. Bush administration. “In response to Democratic proposals to expand Social Security and raise taxes, Republicans will say, ‘We don’t want
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