The French and the Americans are working together again on a D-Day project — this time to give museum visitors the opportunity to travel back in time and experience the milestone World War II invasion 75 years later. From the viewpoints of a paratrooper snagged on a church steeple or a soldier firing a bazooka […]
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Spyware crafted by an “advanced cyber actor” infected multiple targeted mobile phones through the popular WhatsApp communications program without any user intervention through in-app voice calls, the company said. The Financial Times identified the actor as Israel’s NSO Group, and a WhatsApp spokesman later said “we’re certainly not refuting any of the coverage you’ve seen.”
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It was not the way Roma captain Daniele De Rossi imagined leaving his hometown club. De Rossi’s contract expires at the end of the season and, while a director’s role was offered to him, the 35-year-old midfielder believes he still has much to contribute on the field. De Rossi held a news conference on Tuesday
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Two of the parties fighting for UK votes in the EU elections are both only a few weeks old, but feature faces well known to those who follow politics. For Politics Live, John Owen reports from a Brexit Party event in Huddersfield, while Greg Dawson was with their rivals Change UK in Cardiff. Change UK’s
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The real question is not why the stock market is down this week. It is why it is down so little. After all, the world’s two largest economies have seemed to be hurtling toward a major escalation of their trade war. American officials have complained that Chinese negotiators have been playing a bait-and-switch, backing away
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Image copyright PA Image caption A number of beds in the postnatal unit at King’s College Hospital are being treated for bed bugs Staff working in a maternity ward are having to wear protective clothing after bed bugs were found on the unit. King’s College Hospital in Denmark Hill, south London, said a number of
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Image copyright Steve Dymond/Facebook Image caption Steve Dymond took part in a recording for The Jeremy Kyle Show An MP who has spoken openly about his own mental health issues has urged ITV to axe The Jeremy Kyle show for good. Charles Walker MP told the BBC it would be “extremely sensible” if ITV said
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Image copyright Getty Images Global stock markets have steadied amid hopes that the US and China will resume talks next month, following an escalation in their trade war. On Monday, China announced tit-for-tat tariffs on $60bn (£46bn) of US exports, causing stock markets to tumble But later US President Donald Trump said he expected to
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LONDON — The singer Madonna and her then-husband Guy Ritchie lived in one. The lawyer played by James Norton in the “McMafia” television series went home to one. The Profumo affair that toppled a Conservative government in the 1960s took place in one. They are typically cozy two- or three-story structures that once served as
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The crudest form of electrical intervention is electroconvulsive therapy, or E.C.T., which sends a seizure-inducing current through the brain, providing at least temporary relief to some people with severe depression. Doctors have used E.C.T. for nearly a century, although the treatment remains controversial for many patients. Metaphorically speaking, E.C.T. is akin to halting the orchestra’s
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