MALMO, Sweden — Oskar Rozenberg nonchalantly drifts around the skate park before unleashing a series of high-energy tricks — mounting a wall, sliding down a railing with his arms outstretched, vaulting a stairwell, accelerating into a ramp and giving it some air. “I’m just warming up,” the two-time skateboarding world champion and Olympic hopeful says […]
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Good morning and welcome to On Politics, a daily political analysis of the 2020 elections based on reporting by New York Times journalists. Sign up here to get On Politics in your inbox every weekday. Where things stand in the race The race for the New Hampshire primary is winding down today in extraordinary fashion.
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Everyone in Hollywood except for Jennifer Lopez ― yes, we’re still fuming over that snub, but we’ll soldier on anyway ― hit the red carpet for the 2020 Oscars on Sunday night. Dripped in diamonds, couture gowns and hopefully a harness if you’re Timothée Chalamet, the stars started arriving on the red carpet in full
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Image caption Sir David calls on humans to become “a force for good” to preserve the planet Sir David Attenborough is to present a new five-part series based on how natural forces – including oceans and volcanoes – allow the planet to thrive. A Perfect Planet will show how wild animals such as white wolves
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Young people can be tricked via social media (picture posed by models) Thomas and Tonia met on social media and started messaging regularly about their shared passion for travel and their pet dogs. Thirty-four-year-old Thomas, from the West Midlands, was besotted and was planning their future together, but Tonia
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Thai health authorities are barring a cruise ship from docking that has already been turned away by the Philippines, Taiwan and Japan out of concern over a new virus, although no cases have been confirmed on board February 11, 2020, 11:17 AM 2 min read BANGKOK — Thai health authorities have barred a cruise ship
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Jürgen Klinsmann has resigned as coach of Hertha Berlin after only nine Bundesliga games By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer February 11, 2020, 11:26 AM 3 min read BERLIN — Jürgen Klinsmann caught everybody by surprise on Tuesday when he resigned as coach of Hertha Berlin after only nine Bundesliga games. The former Germany and
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Residents in an apartment complex in Manchester have to pay for a fire warden 24/7 after their building was deemed unsafe. Leanne Kilheeney and Matt Hallsworth are among those in Albion Works who have been told they will have to pay for the replacement of the exterior timber cladding which could reach tens of thousands
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Uncertainty related to Brexit appeared to have weighed heavily on the British economy during the final quarter of 2019 as output flat-lined By PAN PYLAS Associated Press February 11, 2020, 10:34 AM 3 min read LONDON — Uncertainty related to Brexit seems to have weighed heavily on the British economy during the final quarter of
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The World Health Organization has convened a group of experts to fast-track promising tests, drugs and vaccines to help slow the outbreak of a new virus that recently emerged in China By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press February 11, 2020, 10:58 AM 2 min read GENEVA — The World Health Organization convened a group of experts
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