The second powerful cyclone to strike Mozambique in just six weeks ripped off roofs and killed at least three people on Friday as the United Nations warned of “massive flooding” ahead. Cyclone Kenneth approached Mozambique with maximum sustained winds of 220 kph (136 mph), the power of a Category 4 hurricane, the Joint Typhoon Warning […]
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Britain’s 92-year-old monarch on Thursday published her first photographs to the verified @theroyalfamily Instagram account from London’s Science Museum. The queen posted two archive images of a letter that Charles Babbage — who is “credited as the world’s first computer pioneer,” according to the caption — wrote to her great-great-grandfather, Prince Albert, in 1843. Perhaps
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Don Prudhomme waited 50 years for his first off-road race and hit a cactus. The drag racing great known as “The Snake” was able to fix the mangled front end and keep going, but fought an internal battle with himself as he drove through the rugged Baja California landscape. “It was one of those things
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Rumors of the economic expansion’s death appear to have been greatly exaggerated. Gross domestic product, the broadest measure of goods and services produced in the economy, rose at a 3.2 percent annual rate in the first three months of the year, the Commerce Department said Friday. That is significantly better than most economists expected, and
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The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 9:35 a.m. Stocks are opening lower Friday after weak earnings reports offset a report showing solid growth in the U.S. economy. The economy grew at a solid 3.2%, the Commerce Department said, compared with 2.2% in the fourth quarter. Some earnings news disappointed investors. Intel
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption‘People think using PrEP means you put it about’ “Just because you’re using PrEP, it doesn’t mean you’re putting it about.” For thousands of people like Chris Hicks, a 35-year-old DJ from Cardiff, HIV-prevention drug Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has diminished the fear around sex. New studies are
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Gia Giudice (centre) launched the petition to halt the deportation of her Italian father (right) The family of a US reality television star are appealing to President Trump to intervene in a deportation case. The husband of Teresa Giudice, known for the series Real Housewives of New Jersey, has
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Image copyright Getty Images The US economy grew much faster than expected in the first quarter of the year, helped by a jump in exports and by firms building up stocks of goods. The economy expanded at an annualised pace of 3.2% in the January-to-March period, well above analysts’ forecasts. The growth figure also showed
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SAN FRANCISCO — Uber expects to be worth as much as $91 billion when it starts selling shares next month, making its initial public offering one of the largest in the history of the technology industry. The amended prospectus, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday, kicks off the last stage of the
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The New York Islanders are rested and ready to go. The Carolina Hurricanes haven’t had a chance to relax after outlasting the defending champions in a marathon seven-game series. More than a week after finishing off a sweep in the first round, Mathew Barzal and the defense-first Islanders get set to open the Eastern Conference
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