LOS ANGELES — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Sunday that trade talks between the United States and China were entering a critical point as an American delegation heads to Beijing this week to try to finalize a long-awaited deal. The United States and China have spent more than a year trying to resolve a […]
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Image copyright IRCCA Image caption Uruguay legalised marijuana for recreational use in 2013 Uruguay was the first country in the world to legalise recreational cannabis. Five years after its pioneering law was passed, how’s the industry getting on? “We sold a lot of cannabis on the first day,” says Esteban Riviera, who owns a large,
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iPhone users have been urged to disable FaceTime after a bug was discovered that allows callers to listen in and see through front-facing cameras ― even if the person they’re trying to reach doesn’t pick up the call. According to The Verge, the bug, which affects phones running 12.1.2, works like this: First, one party
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Robinson Chirinos hit a tiebreaking three-run homer in a four-run seventh inning to give the Houston Astros a 4-1 win over the Cleveland Indians on Sunday night. The Astros were unable to do much against Carlos Carrasco (2-3) early and had just one hit when former Indian Michael Brantley singled with one out in the
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BEIRUT, Lebanon — At a campaign rally in Green Bay, Wis., on Saturday, President Trump tore into Saudi Arabia, an important Middle Eastern ally, as yet another country giving the United States a bad deal. He said that although the kingdom had spent $450 billion in the United States, Washington was still “subsidizing” the Saudi
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Image copyright Getty Images A major new study highlights the scale of the obesity problem in the UK, with a significant risk of death and disease attached to weight gain. People with a body mass index (BMI) of 30-35 were at 70% higher risk of developing heart failure than their healthy weight peers (18.25-25 BMI).
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The mirrored ceiling of the Shah Cheragh mausoleum, was Monir Farmanfarmaian’s biggest inspiration Monir Farmanfarmaian looked up at the mosaic of mirrors that covered the mausoleum’s walls and ceiling. It was the moment that reshaped her artistic career. “The very space seemed on fire, the lamps blazing in hundreds
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Amazon countries say giving control of the domain to the tech giant could impact on their sovereignty Online retail giant Amazon and the governments of eight South American countries have been given a final deadline to reach an agreement over how to use the “.amazon” web address extension after
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SEATTLE — In the five years since Satya Nadella became Microsoft’s chief executive, he has transformed the company into a cloud computing leader. The quarter ending in March provided further evidence that the turnaround he has helmed shows little signs of abating. With its quarterly earnings released on Wednesday, Microsoft delivered a clean sweep for
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Ryan Palmer and Jon Rahm shot a 3-under 69 in the alternate-shot final round Sunday to win the Zurich Classic, beating Sergio Garcia and Tommy Fleetwood by three strokes in the PGA Tour’s only team event. The 42-year-old Palmer won his fourth tour title and first since the 2010 Sony Open in Hawaii. He waved
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