Dominic Thiem defeated Rafael Nadal 6-4, 6-4 in the Barcelona Open semifinals on Saturday, becoming the first player other than Novak Djokovic to defeat the Spaniard on clay four times. Thiem will try to win his second title of the year on Sunday in a final against Daniil Medvedev, who upset fourth-seeded Kei Nishikori 6-4, […]
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But the familial ties to the land, coupled with the pride in their work, are enough for the majority of farmers to vow that somehow, they will figure it out. “If I quit now, I could still have a pretty comfortable life,” said Michael Stenzel, 45, a fourth-generation farmer in Hamburg, Iowa. Waist-high water still
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The experiment in rural India has inspired a range of products Anyone struggling to save money might take inspiration from labourers in rural India. These low-paid construction workers took part in an experiment. When they were paid, some of the cash was put into one envelope, or two, and
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Apple will pay an Arizona teenager who revealed a major security flaw on its devices last month, it was reported. According to The Washington Post, 14-year-old Grant Thompson’s family will be rewarded with a payout in addition to money for his education as a thanks for his discovery of an eavesdropping bug on the FaceTime
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San Francisco 49ers first-round pick Nick Bosa has a prominent fan. President Donald Trump tweeted out congratulations to Bosa on Saturday for being the second overall pick in the NFL draft. Trump told Bosa he will be a great player and to “always stay true to yourself.” The Ohio State defensive end has been a
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Just days after former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. became the 20th candidate to join the Democratic presidential race, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont readied what he hoped would be his latest show of force: thousands of house parties across the country. On Saturday, Mr. Sanders’s campaign kicked off its national organizing program with
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How many roads are enough to get out? That’s the question we wondered after watching tragedy unfold in Paradise, California, last year during the Camp Fire. Paradise had five two-lane roads and one four-lane road leading out of town. But the fire forced officials to close three of those routes, further clogging the remaining roads.
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Image copyright Bettys and Taylors Group Image caption Lesley Wild has been chair of Bettys & Taylors of Harrogate since 2011 The BBC’s weekly The Boss series profiles different business leaders from around the world. This week we speak to Lesley Wild, chair of Bettys & Taylors of Harrogate, the parent group behind Yorkshire Tea.
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Paris police say areas near Notre Dame Cathedral with elevated lead levels after the fire that ravaged the famous monument will remain closed to the public until they are deemed safe. The fire sent large amounts of lead into the air because hundreds of tons of the metal were used in Notre Dame’s frame, as
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The first California Dancing Raisins commercial debuted on television in the fall of 1986. You may recall the ad with their version of Marvin Gaye’s “I Heard It Through the Grapevine.” These anthropomorphic raisins, conceived as an R&B group in the Motown mold, were some of the first animated characters created with Claymation. Seth Werner,
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