Image copyright EPA Image caption John Singleton became the first African-American nominated for a best director Oscar Oscar-nominated director John Singleton – known for films including Boyz n The Hood and his remake of detective movie Shaft – is in intensive care after suffering a stroke. A family statement confirmed the influential film-maker fell ill […]
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Wow Air has ceased all operations, cancelling all of its flights and leaving thousands of passengers stranded. In the early hours of Thursday morning the Icelandic airline said it had halted all flights while completing an agreement with a group of investors over raising new funds. But the carrier, which connected Europe and North America
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All the 29 people killed in a tour bus crash on Portugal’s Madeira Island were German, Portugal’s foreign ministry confirmed Thursday. The bus carrying 55 people, all German tourists except a Portuguese driver and guide, rolled down a steep hill after veering off the road on a bend east of Madeira’s capital, Funchal, on Wednesday
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Wiebe Wakker has arrived in Sydney, after driving there in an electric car from Amsterdam over the course of almost three years. Mr Wakker says he travelled 60,000 miles (95,000 km) across 33 countries “without money”, relying on offers from volunteers for meals, accommodation and charging points. He says he aimed to demonstrate the capacity
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DALLAS (AP) — Dirk Nowitzki scored a season-high 30 points and then announced his retirement in the 40-year-old’s final home game, a 120-109 victory for the Dallas Mavericks over the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday night. Nowitzki told the crowd, “As you might expect, this is my last home game.” That was after speeches from Larry
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Change UK – which wants a second Brexit referendum – has launched its campaign for next month’s European Parliamentary elections. Interim leader Heidi Allen says 3,700 people offered to stand as candidates. The party – formerly called The Independent Group – unveiled its candidates, including Rachel Johnson – sister of Boris – and former BBC
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So why didn’t people see it coming? Part of it was hubris: “Serious economists were arguing that financial innovations like derivatives … had made crises a thing of the past.” (How serious were these economists, actually?) And the reality was that financial innovation made things worse, not better: Most of “the leverage in U.S. finance”
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Image copyright D Poland/PATH Image caption The vaccine has already been tested in smaller trial programmes A large-scale pilot of what has been called the world’s first malaria vaccine to give partial protection to children has begun in Malawi. The RTS,S vaccine trains the immune system to attack the malaria parasite, which is spread by
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Brie Larson and fan at the Avengers: Endgame premiere The purple carpet was rolled out for the star-studded Avengers cast in Los Angeles on Monday at the premiere of Endgame. The latest Marvel movie is the last in their epic 22 film series; the industry’s highest-grossing franchise of all
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Image copyright PA Criminal barristers in England and Wales are threatening to walk out of trials or refuse new work over a pay row with the Crown Prosecution Service. The Criminal Bar Association says rates for prosecution work have not risen in 20 years and barristers can receive as little as £46.50 for a day’s
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