Jeremy Corbyn asked Boris Johnson why people were waiting for longer for healthcare after 10 years of Conservative government. The Labour leader told Prime Minister’s Questions the NHS was “understaffed and underfunded”. But the prime minister insisted “record sums” were going into the NHS and a new law was being passed guaranteeing funding. Mr Johnson […]
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California is considering raising taxes on some of the country’s largest companies By ADAM BEAM Associated Press January 16, 2020, 1:33 AM 5 min read SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California is considering raising taxes on some of the country’s largest companies, but the size of the tax increase would depend on how much its highest-paid executive
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LOS ANGELES — Some aviation experts said Wednesday that they were puzzled after the crew of a commercial airliner decided to dump fuel at low altitude during an emergency landing, causing a vapor to fall on schoolyards and neighborhoods east of Los Angeles International Airport. “No one is going to dump fuel where these guys
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Previously unseen footage of David Bowie recovered from a university archive has been released. The 30 minutes of experimental film was shot by friend and collaborator Prof Martin Richardson to create a hologram. The finished product was used on artwork on the album Hours but the film remained in storage at Leicester’s De Montfort University.
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Image copyright Getty Images Twitter has apologised for allowing adverts to be micro-targeted at certain users such as neo-Nazis, homophobes and other hate groups. The BBC discovered the issue and that prompted the tech firm to act. Our investigation found it possible to target users who had shown an interest in keywords including “transphobic”, “white
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Mocked because of her passion for rap, ”Mina the Veiled” is fighting against the tide to embody the new face of women’s hip-hop in Senegal. Although she receives insults, she is often encouraged by several people who support her. Mina is also an activist committed to defending women’s rights and against rape. Video journalist: Late
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Brazil has inaugurated a new research base in the Antarctic, eight years after its previous compound was destroyed by a deadly fire By DIANE JEANTET Associated Press January 16, 2020, 12:43 AM 4 min read Brazilian officials inaugurated the country’s new Antarctica scientific base on King George Island Wednesday, nearly eight years after a deadly
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January 16, 2020, 12:33 AM 3 min read The Arizona Cardinals have re-signed 36-year-old Larry Fitzgerald to a one-year contract after he led the team with 75 receptions, 804 receiving yards and four touchdown grabs this season. Fitzgerald is the Cardinals’ all-time leader with 250 games played, 1.378 receptions, 17,083 receiving yards, 120 receiving touchdowns,
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Members of the House hand-delivered impeachment articles to the Senate and plan to return Thursday to read them aloud. Just after 5:30 p.m., the seven House Democrats named as impeachment managers solemnly walked across the Capitol, from the House chamber to the Senate, to deliver two articles of impeachment against President Trump. The formal fanfare
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WASHINGTON — President Trump wanted to strike down a law that prohibits companies from bribing foreign officials, calling the ban “so unfair” to American companies, two Washington Post reporters recount in a new book. In the spring of 2017, Mr. Trump was at a briefing with Rex W. Tillerson, then the secretary of state, and
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