Authorities say wolves are officially back in the Netherlands, two centuries after the animals were hunted to extinction in the country, after a pair produced a litter in the wild. The province of Gelderland posted a video online showing three young wolves in a forest clearing. The province did not reveal the exact location of […]
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Even though he wasn’t in the starting lineup, Paul Goldschmidt didn’t take the night off. Goldschmidt hit a solo home run with two outs in the bottom of the 11th inning to give the St. Louis Cardinals a 2-1 victory over the Miami Marlins on Wednesday. Dexter Fowler had an RBI single in the sixth
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Boris Johnson, Jeremy Hunt and Michael Gove were voted through to the final round of the Tory leadership contest, with Sajid Javid eliminated in Thursday’s lunchtime ballot. One more candidate will leave the contest on Thursday evening, with the final two names then put to Tory members across the UK in a postal ballot, with
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Five people have died after nine cases linked to pre-packed sandwiches and salads eaten by patients were confirmed A cancer patient whose death has been linked to the listeria outbreak has been named. Ian Hitchcock, 52, was being treated at Derby’s Royal Hospital after being diagnosed with liver cancer
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The Bank of England has said it expects economic growth to be flat in the second quarter of the year. The Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) had previously predicted growth of 0.2% over the period. The committee said the downgrade in part reflected an easing of stock building ahead of Brexit deadlines. The forecast came
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Want tickets for next year’s Tokyo Olympics? Prepare to be let down. Millions were disappointed starting Thursday when applicants in a ticket lottery — for Japan residents, only — began learning if they landed tickets. The answer is going to be overwhelmingly — no. The same will be true for residents outside Japan who could
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A hotel union in New York is readying one of the first outside spending campaigns of the Democratic primary for president, promising to commit hundreds of thousands of dollars in the coming weeks to boost the prospects of Mayor Bill de Blasio. Mr. de Blasio has polled between zero percent and 1 percent in early
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Asian nations are scrambling to contain the spread of highly contagious African swine fever, with Vietnam culling 2.5 million pigs and China reporting more than a million dead in an unprecedentedly huge epidemic some fear is out of control. Smaller outbreaks have been reported in Hong Kong, Taiwan, North Korea, Cambodia and Mongolia after cases
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Image copyright Reuters Image caption Doubts have been raised over whether it is the same gun van Gogh used to kill himself The gun which Vincent van Gogh may have used to kill himself has sold for €162,500 (£144,000; $182,000) – almost three times more than expected. The rusty revolver was purchased by a private
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Image copyright Getty Images A UK government-backed bank, set up to boost lending to small firms following the financial crisis, has loaned £500m since 2012, official figures show. New data from the British Business Bank shows London has gained a disproportionate share of the funds, with 14,000 of nearly 70,000 start-up firms loaned £118m. Fewer
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