Major Asian stock markets fell Tuesday as traders looked ahead to a meeting between the American and Chinese presidents amid hopes for renewed trade talks. Benchmarks in Tokyo, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Seoul and Sydney declined. Traders looked ahead to a planned meeting between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping at this week’s Group of 20 […]
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Most people affected are “elderly and had been receiving care for chronic wounds” Twelve people died during an outbreak of a rare contagious bacterial strain, it has emerged. A total of 32 people have been infected across Essex with the invasive Group A streptococcal (iGAS) infection. The outbreak began
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Image copyright Kabir Singh/ Facebook Image caption The film earned $10m in its opening weekend A new Bollywood film, Kabir Singh, is being described as misogynistic even as it has set box office coffers ringing. But this is hardly a new problem in India’s biggest film industry, writes the BBC’s Divya Arya. Kabir Singh is
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Image copyright Getty Images Biffa has been convicted of breaking the law by sending household rubbish to China that was labelled as waste paper. Instead, the bundles included nappies, sanitary towels and condoms, according to the Environment Agency, which prosecuted the waste giant. The waste management firm was found guilty in a three-week jury trial
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SpaceX launched its heftiest rocket with 24 research satellites Tuesday, a middle-of-the-night rideshare featuring a deep space atomic clock, solar sail, a clean and green rocket fuel testbed, and even human ashes. Interested in SpaceX? Add SpaceX as an interest to stay up to date on the latest SpaceX news, video, and analysis from ABC
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The Yankees’ most recent power feat qualifies as “obscure” to manager Aaron Boone. Just not unexpected. Aaron Hicks and Giancarlo Stanton stretched New York’s home run streak to a record-tying 27 games, and the Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays 10-8 Monday night. Hicks and Stanton each hit three-run drives, and New York matched the
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SOUTH BEND, Ind. — As a town hall forum teetered on the edge of chaos and a moderator pleaded for calm, Pete Buttigieg went deep into his quiet place. It was a highly emotional moment for a city in turmoil over the recent fatal police shooting of a black resident here. But South Bend’s two-term
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Image copyright Getty/Chicago Police/Reuters Video recorded on a police bodycam from the night Jussie Smollett was allegedly attacked has been released. The ex-Empire actor says he was punched in the face, had an “unknown chemical substance” poured on him and a rope wrapped around his neck in a racist and homophobic attack in January. But
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Image copyright Reuters Image caption The disruption originated from the network of national carrier KPN The Netherlands has been hit by its largest telecommunications outage in years, with the 112 emergency number knocked out across the country. The disruption, which lasted four hours, originated from national carrier KPN, and affected other providers linked to its
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Rock climber Alex Honnold meticulously chalked his hands before pulling himself up to the thin ledge inside the climate-controlled climbing gym. He dangled by his finger tips for a bit and then fell back to the bouncy mat. Nice and safe. No heart-pounding fear of a 3,000-foot drop, either. In the aftermath of the Academy
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