The sun has risen over European Union headquarters but little light is being shed on how much closer the bloc’s 27 leaders might have moved toward resolving their standoff over a common budget for the next seven years February 21, 2020, 7:23 AM 3 min read BRUSSELS — The sun rose over European Union headquarters […]
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Japan’s health minister said the last cruise ship passengers who tested negative for a new virus will leave the Diamond Princess on Friday after a much-criticized quarantine of the vessel ended February 21, 2020, 7:54 AM 3 min read TOKYO — Japan’s health minister said the last cruise ship passengers who tested negative for a
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Image copyright Silver Screen Collection Image caption George Gibson’s scenic department provided the backdrops for the Wizard of Oz Scottish artist George Gibson created the movie scenery which helped define the look of legendary films including The Wizard of Oz during Hollywood’s golden age. Now his family hope he will finally get the wider recognition
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Players on the U.S. women’s national team are seeking more than $66 million in damages as part of their gender discrimination lawsuit against the U.S. Soccer Federation. The damages were included in slew of papers filed Thursday night in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles ahead of a trial scheduled trial to start May 5.
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WASHINGTON — For nearly 50 years, Roger J. Stone Jr. taunted the political gods of fate, unleashing a torrent of dirty tricks on behalf of President Trump and his other well-connected clients and daring his adversaries to come after him, certain that the pursuit would make him richer and famous. On Thursday, history may have
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Jess is a runner in Eastbourne whose day was usually ‘shaped by anxiety’. In 2017 she experienced a summer of depression and has lived with bulimia. Today running gives her the energy she didn’t have, and she is using running to ‘change the relationship with her body’. Running Stories is a Radio 1 Newsbeat video
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The Queen Vic, and barmaid Kat Slater spraying a customer with a fire extinguisher – that is my first memory of watching EastEnders, aged just five. I’ve been hooked ever since. That was 19 years ago, and this week the BBC’s long-running soap opera celebrates its 35th birthday. Since kicking off in 1985, EastEnders has
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The exhibition’s final gallery, “Siqueiros and the Experimental Workshop,” is basically a Siqueiros-Pollock showcase. It’s set in New York, where, beginning in 1936, the two artists worked together as teacher and student. We see examples of the increasingly anti-conventional techniques the muralist developed: spraying, splattered, dripping paint, building up glazes in ugly lumps on the
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Malik Fitts scored 20 points and Saint Mary’s was perfect from the foul line to overcome a cold-shooting second half to pull out a 57-51 win over Loyola Marymount February 21, 2020, 6:35 AM 2 min read MORAGA, Calif. — Malik Fitts scored 20 points and Saint Mary’s was perfect from the foul line to
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Mick Mulvaney, the acting White House chief of staff, said in a wide-ranging discussion on Wednesday night that he disagreed with President Trump “every single day,” mocked a fellow administration adviser and accused Republicans of hypocrisy over the budget deficit. Mr. Mulvaney, addressing a crowd of several hundred during a question-and-answer session with the Oxford
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