Image copyright PA Image caption Honda made 160,000 Honda Civics in Swindon last year Honda’s decision to close its Swindon plant is a “body blow” and a “betrayal”, a union has said. The Japanese car maker said a three-month consultation produced “no viable alternatives” to its plan to close the factory in 2021. It added […]
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An American explorer has descended nearly 11km (seven miles) to the deepest place in the ocean – the Mariana Trench in the Pacific. Victor Vescovo spent four hours exploring the bottom of the trench with the risk of his submersible imploding if anything were to go wrong. The dive was later verified to be 10,972m
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One writer chronicles his voyage to the island of Ithaca, where Odysseus was once reputedly king. May 13, 2019 I STEPPED INTO a taxi on my arrival in Athens and mentioned the name of one of the city’s most central five-star hotels. The driver was thrown into a frenzy, and not only because he seemed
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The biggest American social networks predate the presidency of Donald J. Trump, some by more than a decade. All were changed by Mr. Trump’s arrival to power, joining many other American institutions in a conspicuous struggle to account for or accommodate political and social upheaval. Each social network has expressed its intention to be a
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Brett Brown survived a 10-win season to steer the Philadelphia 76ers toward the top of the Eastern Conference. Brown’s chances of returning for a seventh season as coach are on the rocks following back-to-back 50-win campaigns. So it goes in Philly, where patience with the Process has worn thin. The Sixers — who rebuilt their
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WASHINGTON — The United States and China escalated their trade fight on Monday as Beijing moved to raise tariffs on nearly $60 billion worth of American goods in retaliation for President Trump’s decision to punish China with higher tariffs on a slew of imports. China’s finance ministry announced that it was raising tariffs on a
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WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) – China said on Monday it would impose higher tariffs on a range of U.S. goods, striking back in its trade war with Washington shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump warned it not to retaliate. China’s finance ministry said it plans to set import tariffs ranging from 5 percent to 25 percent on 5,140
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U.S. health officials say this year’s count of measles cases has surpassed 800, a growing tally that is already the nation’s highest in 25 years. A total of 839 cases were reported as of last week. That’s the most since 1994, when 963 were reported for the entire year. The Centers for Disease Control and
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionDavid Sillito looks back at Doris Day’s illustrious career Hollywood legend Doris Day, whose films made her one of the biggest stars of all time, has died aged 97. The singer turned actress starred in films such as Calamity Jane and Pillow Talk and had a hit
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Mercedes-Benz owner Daimler AG has set the most ambitious target of any major automaker to cut its planet-warming emissions, promising a fully carbon-neutral fleet of passenger cars by 2039. The German company said Monday that electric vehicles will make up more than half its total car sales by 2030, and that it’s working to roll
