The Arctic is melting, but don’t ask U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to talk about climate change. Nor even to agree on a text that mentions it. For the Trump administration, disappearing sea ice in the world’s “high north” appears to be first and foremost an economic opportunity to exploit rather than a crisis […]
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Throwing 100 pitches for the first time this season and almost hitting 100 mph on the radar gun were only part of the reason Los Angeles Dodgers starter Walker Buehler felt more like himself Monday night. Buehler shook off a rough playoff start against Atlanta last year, matching a season high with eight strikeouts while
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Chinese negotiators have also continued to insist that Mr. Trump lift the tariffs he has placed on $250 billion worth of goods more quickly than the administration wants. With the two sides still disagreeing over issues including how China subsidizes its companies, its restrictions on data transfers, its approvals of genetically modified seeds and rules
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Malaysia’s central bank cut interest rates Tuesday for the first time in nearly three years to help support growth and counter risks from a global slowdown, trade tensions and extended weakness in commodity prices. Bank Negara Malaysia says it decided to reduce its overnight policy rate, used by banks to calculate interest rates, to 3%
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Georgia’s Republican Gov. Brian Kemp is set to sign legislation banning abortions at around six weeks of pregnancy, before many women know they’re pregnant. Kemp’s office says the signing at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the state Capitol in Atlanta will be attended by lawmakers including state Rep. Ed Setzler, the bill’s author. The signing ceremony
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption L-R: Jennifer Lopez, Kylie Jenner and Nicki Minaj For celebrities, the annual Met Gala is a chance to show the world how famous, fashionable and flamboyant you are. For the rest of us, it’s a chance to watch extremely attractive people wearing their own weight in diamonds and feathers.
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Image copyright Reuters It was called one of the worst investment decisions of all time. Twenty years ago on Tuesday, then Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown said he was selling tonnes of Britain’s gold reserves. Trouble was, his timing could barely have been worse. “It was the bottom of gold’s two-decade bear market,” says
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The people of rural Kenya have spoken of the night runners for generations. They’re said to be villagers possessed by a demonic spirit which compels them to scare and terrorise their neighbours at night. But no-one really knows who the night runners are or what motivates them. For BBC Africa Eye, reporter Tom Odula investigates
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A nearly 80-year-old steam locomotive has been restored and is back on the tracks in the American West to help celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Transcontinental Railroad. Big Boy Number 4014 is longer than two city buses and weighs more than a Boeing 747 fully loaded with passengers. It rolled out of a Union
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On Monday, Twitter rolled out an update that allows users to add gifs, pictures and videos when they retweet posts. While a good many were excited ― who, after all, doesn’t like gifs? ― others just wanted to know if there’s an “edit” button in the works. Here’s a roundup of reactions: But where is
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