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Climate protesters disrupt Hammond’s Mansion House speech

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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionClimate change protesters interrupt Chancellor Philip Hammond’s speech Climate change protesters disrupted the beginning of Chancellor Philip Hammond’s Mansion House Speech. They were removed from the City of London event after several minutes and Mr Hammond was able to continue soon afterwards. “The irony is that this […]

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Giant telescope will be built on sacred Native Hawaiian peak

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After years of protests and legal battles, Hawaii officials announced Thursday that a massive telescope which will allow scientists to peer into the most distant reaches of our early universe will be built on a volcano that some consider sacred. The state has issued a “notice to proceed” for the Thirty Meter Telescope project, Gov.

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U.S. Completes Perfect Women’s World Cup Group Stage With Win Over Sweden

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They scored 18. Conceded zero. Wowed millions. Disappointed very few. The U.S. women are moving on to the knockout rounds of the 2019 World Cup after 270 minutes of nearly flawless soccer. The Americans completed a perfect group stage on Thursday with a 2-0 victory over Sweden. Their superiority was even more comprehensive than the scoreline suggests. And

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Climate protesters interrupt Hammond’s Mansion House speech

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Climate change protesters have disrupted the beginning of the Chancellor Philip Hammond’s Mansion House Speech. The protesters were removed from the City of London event for the financial services industry, and Mr Hammond was able to continue a few minutes later. “The irony of course, is that this is the government that has just led

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Republicans Have Found A New Mascot For Cutting Food Benefits

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WASHINGTON ― As the Donald Trump administration prepares more regulations to strip poor people of food benefits, Republicans on Capitol Hill are launching something of a charm offensive. During a hearing Thursday, Republicans pointed to 66-year-old Rob Undersander, a retired Minnesota millionaire who signed up for federal food assistance last year just to prove that

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MH17 crash: Putin says Russia ‘absolutely disagrees’ with evidence

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President Vladimir Putin has said Russia “completely disagrees” with the evidence put forward by the MH17 plane crash inquiry. It comes a day after four men – three Russian – were charged over the murder of 298 people on board a Malaysian Airlines flight in 2014. The BBC’s Steve Rosenberg asked Mr Putin if Russia

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Trump says Roger Penske to get Presidential Medal of Freedom

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President Donald Trump says he’s awarding a Presidential Medal of Freedom to Roger Penske, the most powerful man in American motorsports. “He’s very deserving. He’s a great gentleman,” Trump said as he made the announcement Thursday at the White House. “I’ve known him a long time, and a very brilliant guy.” Trump said he spoke

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