Emergency crews were on high alert. Flights and trains were cancelled. Rugby stars here for the World Cup mostly heeded the same warnings as everyone else and stayed indoors as Japan braced to be hit by a typhoon tipped to be its worst in six decades. Tokyo Disneyland was shut. Shops were closed, shelves empty […]
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Welcome to Poll Watch, our weekly look at polling data and survey research on the candidates, voters and issues that will shape the 2020 election. After next week’s Democratic debate, pundits will inevitably argue over who won and who lost, and they’ll scour the polls to see if any presidential candidate has gotten a “bump”
Democrats Will Hope for a ‘Bump’ at Next Week’s Debate. What’s It Worth? Read More »
Companies have welcomed a U.S.-Chinese trade truce as a possible step toward breaking a deadlock in a 15-month-old tariff war, while economists caution there was little progress toward settling core disputes including technology that threaten global growth. President Donald Trump said Washington will suspend a tariff hike planned for Tuesday on $250 billion of Chinese
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Image copyright Getty Images Actor Robert Forster, who was nominated for an Oscar for his role in Quentin Tarantino’s Jackie Brown, has died in Los Angeles aged 78. The actor, born in Rochester, New York state, died on Friday of brain cancer. It happened on the same day that El Camino, a film in which
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Aaron Judge was a rookie slugger who swung and missed a lot in his first postseason, as did several of those Baby Bombers who were just getting started with the New York Yankees. And they still came oh so close to getting to the World Series, losing Game 7 of the 2017 AL Championship Series
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The forum featured nine Democratic presidential candidates. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont was the only top-tier candidate who missed the event, having declined the invitation after suffering a heart attack last week, though he addressed the group by video before the forum began. Their attendance was a clear sign of how gay rights have become
Highlights From the L.G.B.T.Q. Town Hall, Where Protesters Took the Spotlight Read More »
Paul Rudd wasn’t one of the main six friends in “Friends,” but it seems he did manage to bother one of them more than the others. On Friday, the actor appeared on BBC One’s “The Graham Norton Show” and talked about his appearances on the iconic NBC series. Rudd played the character Mike, who was
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Authorities in Hanoi, Vietnam have shut down cafes and banned large crowds on Train Street, one of the city’s most popular tourist spots. Every day, trains rush by on the narrow street, just inches away from residents’ homes, and in recent months many tourists have flocked there to take pictures and sip coffee at trackside
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Justin Herbert threw for 261 yards and extended his streak of games with a touchdown pass to 34, and the No. 13 Oregon Ducks beat Colorado 45-3 on Friday night for their fifth straight victory. Jaylon Redd rushed for a touchdown and caught a pass for another score for the Ducks (5-1, 3-0) who are
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Public support for impeaching President Trump — and also for removing him from office — surged after Nancy Pelosi announced the House impeachment inquiry more than two weeks ago. For now, that support hasn’t reached the point where one might expect Republican members of Congress to feel substantial political pressure to turn on the president.
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