Image copyright AFP Amazon boss Jeff Bezos has pledged $10bn (£7.7bn) to help fight climate change. The world’s richest man said the money would finance work by scientists, activists and other groups. He said: “I want to work alongside others both to amplify known ways and to explore new ways of fighting the devastating impact […]
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LOS ANGELES — The red shirt. A late tee time on Sunday. All the ingredients were in place for Tiger Woods at Riviera except for the location. The closest he came to the leaders was when they were making birdie on the par-5 opening hole and Woods was 100 yards away — with a much
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Owen Bieber, who led the United Auto Workers union from the auto industry’s dark days of the early 1980s to the prosperity of the mid-1990s, has died By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer February 17, 2020, 6:53 PM 2 min read Owen Bieber, who led the United Auto Workers union from the auto industry’s dark
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Meghan Markle is setting style records. Last year, the Duchess of Sussex guest-edited British Vogue’s iconic September issue ― becoming the first guest editor in the magazine’s 103-year history. The issue’s theme was “Forces For Change” and featured 15 women on the cover, including Gemma Chan, Laverne Cox, Jane Fonda, Salma Hayek Pinault, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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UConn’s record streak of top five appearances in The Associated Press women’s basketball poll is over By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer February 17, 2020, 6:07 PM 2 min read NEW YORK — UConn’s record streak of top five appearances in The Associated Press women’s basketball poll is over. The Huskies fell to sixth on
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Image copyright ITV The Masked Singer winner Nicola Roberts says she was “nervous to take the mask off” in case people weren’t happy to find out she was the show’s Queen Bee. The Girls Aloud star fended off competition from “Hedgehog” (who turned out to be comedian Jason Manford) in Saturday’s finale. Roberts tells the
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The Daytona 500 is set to resume this afternoon under clear skies and without President Donald Trump By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer February 17, 2020, 5:05 PM 4 min read DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The president is gone. So are the clouds, the long lines and most of the crowd. The Daytona 500
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The Japanese economy shrank at an annual pace of 6.3% last quarter as growth was battered by typhoons and crimped consumer spending By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer February 17, 2020, 2:48 AM 2 min read TOKYO — The Japanese economy shrank at an annual pace of 6.3% last quarter as growth was battered by
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John Oliver strikingly broke down Medicare for All proposals during the season premiere of “Last Week Tonight” on Sunday, and took a pointed dig at Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg’s “shit sandwich with guac” ideas for health care. Oliver explained on his HBO show how health care in the United States currently works, and what a
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Image copyright AFP Image caption French foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian predicted the two sides would “rip each other apart” France has warned Britain to expect a bruising battle with the EU in post-Brexit trade negotiations. French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian predicted the two sides would “rip each other apart” as they strove for
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