Hong Kong’s leader has unveiled a 25 billion Hong Kong dollar ($3.2 billion) fund to bolster efforts to fight the virus outbreak, as the city announced three new cases, bringing its total to 56 February 14, 2020, 2:24 PM 3 min read BEIJING — The Latest on a new virus that originated in China (all […]
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Pratt, a guest on the talk show, took questions from the audience in a staged bit. “Spider-Man” hero Holland stood up in the seats and asked Pratt who his favorite actor was. The “Jurassic World” star immediately answered “Denzel,” as in Denzel Washington. But he wasn’t done dissing Holland. As Holland kept angling for Pratt
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Image copyright Getty Images Holidaymakers lucky enough to travel into Europe during the February half-term holiday are getting an extra boost from the value of the pound. Sterling is close to its highest level against the euro since the immediate aftermath of the EU referendum, with tourist rates also at recent highs. The pound is
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Each week, we review the week’s news, offering analysis about the most important developments in the tech industry. Hello, I’m Dai Wakabayashi, and I cover Google in San Francisco for The New York Times. For the most part, writing about smartphones over the last few years has been pretty boring. Can you get that excited
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A California man has pleaded not guilty to a charge of threatening a shooting at Ohio State University and vowing to hurt players on the football team February 14, 2020, 2:52 PM 2 min read COLUMBUS, Ohio — A California man pleaded not guilty on Friday to a charge of threatening a shooting at Ohio
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After the chaos in Iowa, Nevada Democrats want to show the country what a caucus should look like. Nevada holds the next Democratic nominating contest, on Feb. 22, and the differences with Iowa will go far beyond how the results are tabulated. Nevada’s caucuses will be the first to offer early voting, which begins Saturday.
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Facebook has decided to allow a type of paid political message that had sidestepped many of the social network’s rules governing political ads By BARBARA ORTUTAY and AMANDA SEITZ The Associated Press February 14, 2020, 2:32 PM 4 min read SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook decided Friday to allow a type of paid political message that
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They don’t make any sense together. No one believes they’ll ever last. But despite the odds, some “odd couple” foods continue to attract people willing to try these “it’s so crazy, it just might work” mashups. Remember when dipping french fries in a Wendy’s Frosty was considered the height of culinary madness? These days, it’s
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Image copyright Paramount Pictures Image caption Sonic the Hedgehog is on the run from the US government The reviews are in for the new-and-improved Sonic the Hedgehog movie, and the critics have been getting their (human) teeth stuck in. The trailer was out last May, but Sonic went back to the drawing board after fans
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Image copyright AFP/GETTY IMAGES The German economy had another very weak three months at the end of last year, according to official figures. Gross domestic product (GDP), the total production of goods and services, was almost unchanged from the previous quarter. Germany is very exposed to the tensions in international trade, and the weak new
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