Residents of Japan began entering a ticket lottery on Thursday, hoping to land seats for next year’s Tokyo Olympics. People overseas will have to wait until June 15 when tickets are put on sale by special distributors in each country — known as Authorized Ticket Resellers. Buying for Japan residents is straightforward. Applications are accepted […]
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Want climate news in your inbox? Sign up here for Climate Fwd:, our email newsletter. WASHINGTON — Senior officials at the Environmental Protection Agency disregarded the advice of their own scientists and lawyers in April when the agency issued a rule that restricted but did not ban asbestos, according to two internal memos. Because of
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The tariff war between Washington and Beijing poses one of the biggest challenges yet for Chinese President Xi Jinping, potentially exposing his political vulnerabilities at a time when the Chinese economy is already slowing. The U.S. effort to win concessions from China on strategic industrial policies has put Xi’s own prestige on the line. It
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Baltimore police arrested seven people on Wednesday as they ended a monthlong sit-in in the lobby of an administrative building at Johns Hopkins University, where a group of protesters have demonstrated against the creation of a campus police force and the institution’s contracts with the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agency. City police officers and
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Ed Sheeran has risen above Adele in this year’s Rich List that sees Stormzy make his debut Ed Sheeran has doubled his wealth in the last year to rise above Adele with a total worth of £160m, according to the Sunday Times Rich List. He is now the 17th
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Image copyright Getty Images Uber, the firm behind the taxi-hailing app, will list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday. The company plans to raise $10bn by selling shares, which could mean a valuation of $90bn for the company. But ahead of the sale, drivers in the UK and US are striking
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Steph Hammerman was born with cerebral palsy and doctors believed she would never walk, talk, read or write. But the 29-year-old from North Carolina, who has also fought off cancer, has become the world’s first CrossFit trainer with the condition. Cerebral palsy is the name for a group of lifelong conditions that affect movement and
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Thousands of hikers head to the White Mountains of New Hampshire each year to stay in the high mountain huts of the Appalachian Mountain Club. Accessible only by foot and connected by the Appalachian Trail, the eight huts offer rustic but comfortable hospitality. For families with younger children, or hikers who may not have the
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Amazon barreled into the children’s smart-speaker market last year with a brightly colored device called Echo Dot Kids Edition. The tech giant played up the device as a simple way for youngsters to converse with Alexa, the company’s voice-activated virtual assistant, and obtain age-appropriate apps. But recent research commissioned by two prominent advocacy groups found
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Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks found another gear after their first loss of the playoffs. Kyrie Irving and the Boston Celtics just couldn’t keep up. Antetokounmpo had 20 points, eight rebounds and eight assists, and the Bucks routed the Celtics 116-91 on Wednesday night to advance to the Eastern Conference final. After sweeping Detroit
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