Was there a quid pro quo involved in President Trump’s demand that Ukraine open investigations that he thought could benefit him politically, including one into former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and his son Hunter? The president has denied there was any quid pro quo, but Michael Mulvaney, the acting White House chief of […]
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Footage filmed from various angles shows the unidentified fan picking up the pop star and bouncing her around. He then misstepped and they plummeted off the platform to gasps from the audience inside Park MGM’s Park Theater. Check out the clips here: Gaga hasn’t commented on the incident on social media. But, according to fan
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This summer, all it took for Jeremy MacKechnie to pull the trigger on a trip with his husband, brother and sister-in-law — something the two couples had been loosely considering, with little headway — were $7 upgrades on flights to Cancún that seemed too good to be true. “I decided to just book first and
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BEIJING — When Facebook announced plans this year for a cryptocurrency called Libra, it said its goal was to reinvent money for the internet age. What the company probably didn’t imagine was that its efforts might spur China to get there first. China wants to start replacing the cash that people carry with a digital
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When Minnesota United takes the pitch for the franchise’s first match in the MLS playoffs, the Loons will have a stadium full of fired-up fans behind them. If the home team wins, the scene at Allianz Field will become, for a few minutes, a 19,400-person karaoke bar with the patrons passionately belting out one of
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WASHINGTON — President Trump has decided to host the Group of 7 meeting next June at the Trump National Doral near Miami, Mick Mulvaney, the president’s acting chief of staff, said Thursday, a decision that prompted immediate questions about whether it was a conflict of interest for him to choose one of his own properties
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No tiresome wait for hugs and kisses from Mickey and Minnie Mouse. No queue at all for Hyperspace Mountain, where thrill-seekers are so scarce that Star Wars‘ Admiral Ackbar speaks to himself in the dark. Tinker Bell gazes out over rows of empty seats on the train to Hong Kong Disneyland that was far busier
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The star has been performing her Enigma show in Vegas since December 2018 Lady Gaga fell head over heels off into the audience during the latest date of her Las Vegas residency. The star had invited a fan called Jack to join her on stage and jumped into his
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Some have called for firework sales to be banned to protect pets and the vulnerable Sainsbury’s has become the first major supermarket to stop selling fireworks at its 2,300 stores across the UK. The company said it made the decision following a regular yearly review of all its products.
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The body-blow of months of political protests on Hong Kong’s tourism is verging on catastrophic for one of the world’s great destinations. Geared up to receive 65 million travelers a year, the city’s hotels, retailers, restaurants and other travel-oriented industries are suffering. But some intrepid visitors came specifically to see the protests and are reveling
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