Image copyright Getty Images Warning: This article contains details about a serial killer’s actions, which you may find upsetting. Zac Efron’s known for playing handsome, charming, leading men – and his latest film role is no exception. But his character in Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile is a long way from the beaches of […]
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Image copyright Getty Images HSBC has reported a 31% jump in pre-tax profits for the first quarter as it cut costs and incomes from Asia grew. Europe’s largest bank made $6.2bn (£4.8bn) before tax in the three months to March, up from $4.8bn in the same period a year earlier. It beat the $5.58bn average
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Most Londoners will never get the keys to the castle, but a lucky few do get the keys to a communal garden, semiprivate spaces for the exclusive use of residents with homes in surrounding buildings. Some of these leafy spaces qualify as mysterious, almost-secret hideaways, tucked behind homes and invisible from the street. Others are
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Cyclone Fani has made landfall on India’s eastern coast as a grade 5 storm, lashing the emptied beaches with rain and wind gusting up to 205 kilometers (127 miles) per hour. Interested in Weather? Add Weather as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Weather news, video, and analysis from ABC News.
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When Rob Hyland worked his first Kentucky Derby for NBC in 2001, it was a 90-minute show with a handful reporters and only one race — the Derby — was aired. Hyland, the coordinating producer of NBC’s horse racing coverage, now is at the helm of 15 hours of coverage over three days. The broadcast
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Green Party co-leader Sian Berry has described the local election results as “very exciting”, as councils continue to declare. The party are picking up seats in “places you would not expect” such as South Tyneside and St Helens, she said. “We are getting elected in places that voted for Brexit,” she said. “We are dealing
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BHUBANESHWAR, India/NEW DELHI, May 3 (Reuters) – India has evacuated more than a million people living along its east coast ahead of an extremely severe cyclone that is due to make landfall on Friday afternoon, government officials said. Cyclonic storm Fani, which has been churning up the Bay of Bengal, is currently about 150 km
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Image copyright Getty Images Further evidence that taking anti-HIV drugs stops gay men passing on the virus to sexual partners has been called a “powerful message” which needs to be spread more widely. A study of nearly 1,000 gay male couples in The Lancet found no cases of HIV transmission over eight years. This was
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Image copyright Murillo/Hamdan/Cammock/Shani Image caption The artists shortlisted tackle issues such as oppression and marginalised communities The Turner Prize has ended a sponsorship deal with Stagecoach South East – a day after it was announced. The firm was to support an exhibition of the four shortlisted artists at the Turner Contemporary gallery in Margate. But
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Image copyright Getty Images The founder of Insys Therapeutics John Kapoor has become the first pharmaceutical boss to be convicted in a case linked to the US opioid crisis. A Boston jury found Kapoor and four colleagues conspired to bribe doctors to prescribe addictive painkillers, often to patients who didn’t need them. The former billionaire
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