The Polish city of Krakow has been confirmed as the host of the 2023 European Games. It was the only bidder after a Russian plan to hold the games in Kazan fizzled out. It will continue the European Games’ run of being hosted in Eastern European countries after Azerbaijan held the inaugural event in 2015 […]
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At times, candidates flashed revealing glimpses of their interior lives. When we asked, for instance, where they would travel on their first foreign trip as president, it was immediately apparent which Democrats had spent time envisioning that trip in their heads. Former Representative Beto O’Rourke of Texas instantly named Mexico, while Senator Cory Booker of
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On a cool, partly cloudy day in October 2017, Malaya Fletcher was about to go hiking near a cabin in Pennsylvania. The only thing left to do was to get her cat, Copurrnicus, into his harness. When Ms. Fletcher secured the harness, the feline went immobile, and thudded on the ground. Ms. Fletcher had recently
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Mallex Smith knows his role as Seattle’s leadoff hitter and he played it to perfection in the Mariners’ latest win. Smith reached base five times, stole two bases and scored four runs, and Kyle Seager, Dylan Moore and Mac Williamson all homered to help the Mariners take a big lead and hold on for a
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“I don’t think that people should be jumping down the president’s throat for wanting to think this through and make sure that neither side miscalculates and we don’t inadvertently end up in a war with Iran,” he said. For Republicans, the reaction to Mr. Trump’s Iran indecision is a reprise of a familiar dispute between
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Much is riding on that prospect. Tesla, the company that turned electric cars into status symbols, has raised billions of dollars from investors, including more than $2 billion in May, to build cars and charging stations. Volkswagen recently said it would invest more than 30 billion euros (over $34 billion) by 2023 in electrifying its
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Derek Dietrich turned a hitless night into a decisive contribution. Dietrich was hit by a pitch three times and walked, scoring each time, and the Reds withstood another homer from major league leader Christian Yelich, beating the Milwaukee Brewers 11-7 on Friday night and extending their winning streak to a season-high six games. “Dietrich, I
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WASHINGTON — President Trump nominated Mark T. Esper, the secretary of the Army and former West Point classmate of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, on Friday to be the next defense secretary. If confirmed, Mr. Esper, an Army infantryman who fought in the Persian Gulf war of 1991 before becoming a lobbyist for Raytheon, would
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Alex Dickerson’s day started in Las Vegas with a call-up to the big leagues. It ended with a big jackpot in the desert. Dickerson had a grand slam and six RBIs in his San Francisco debut, Kevin Pillar had four RBIs and the Giants rolled over the Arizona Diamondbacks 11-5 Friday night. “I don’t know
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So far, this isn’t your typical oil crisis. Previous moments of tension in the Persian Gulf region, like Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait in 1990, once caused a major kink in oil supplies, igniting spikes in prices. After all, the Gulf provides around a third of the world’s oil, and much of that crude passes through
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