A British couple and a German couple compare what financial assistance they get from the state to help them with care for Multiple Sclerosis. Roz and Norman Phillips live in Stevenage, and had to sell their home to cover costs, but now pay nothing as they have used up their savings. Marianne Seibert’s costs are […]
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Republican and Democratic senators voiced strong support for an independent Federal Reserve during a hearing with Fed Chair Jerome Powell, one day after President Donald Trump launched another attack directed at Powell on Twitter By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer February 12, 2020, 5:02 PM 4 min read WASHINGTON — Republican and Democratic senators voiced
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In the workplace, your word may carry more weight if you’re a man who is seen as overweight. A recent study from Cornell University’s Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management found that overweight men were judged to be more persuasive than their male peers. The same benefit did not extend to overweight women. “In
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Image copyright Paul Cochrane/UAL Image caption Sonia Boyce will fill the British pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2021 Artist Sonia Boyce is to become the first black woman to represent Great Britain at the prestigious Venice Biennale next year. Boyce will fly the flag with a major new exhibition at the world’s most important contemporary
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Image copyright Getty Images Food giant Unilever has vowed to stop marketing its products to children in order to tackle rising obesity rates. The firm, which owns brands such as Twister ice cream and Popsicle ice lollies, said it would limit the use of cartoon characters in its advertising. It also promised to stop using
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LONDON — On a finger numbingly cold morning, Lara Maiklem swung open a metal gate tucked behind a pub in southeast London and scrambled down a set of slick stone steps onto the banks of the River Thames. The river runs through the city west to east, bisecting London as it winds past the new
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Carlos Maza believes that YouTube is a destructive, unethical, reckless company that amplifies bigots and profits off fascism. Now it’s also his meal ticket. Mr. Maza, 31, announced several weeks ago that he was leaving Vox, where he had worked as a video journalist since 2017, to become a full-time YouTube creator. The move shocked
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Boston Red Sox infielder Jeter Downs has a tough name to live up to By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer February 12, 2020, 4:22 PM 4 min read FORT MYERS, Fla. — Carrying one of the most jeered names at Fenway Park is already enough of a burden, so Jeter Downs won’t also try to
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They’ve clerked for Supreme Court justices, served at the State Department and orbited Robert S. Mueller III. On Tuesday, the four main federal prosecutors working on the obstruction and perjury case of Roger J. Stone Jr. shared another distinction: they quit the case. The abrupt withdrawals came after the Justice Department overruled their recommendation for
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MOSCOW — One patient jumped out of a hospital window to escape her quarantine and another managed to break out by disabling an electronic lock. Two Russian women who were kept in isolation for possible inflection by a new virus say they fled from their Russian hospitals this month because of uncooperative doctors, poor conditions
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