Image copyright Reuters Image caption The bulk of British Steel’s 4,000 staff work at the Scunthorpe plant The sale of British Steel to Chinese firm Jingye could be scuppered by French intervention, media reports say. Jingye agreed in November to buy the collapsed business for £50m and save about 4,000 jobs. However, the approval of […]
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Olympic marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge has been named on Kenya’s team to defend his title at this year’s Tokyo Games January 31, 2020, 12:01 PM 2 min read NAIROBI, Kenya — Olympic marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge was named on Kenya’s team on Friday to defend his title at this year’s Tokyo Games. Kipchoge, who became
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Good morning and welcome to On Politics, a daily political analysis of the 2020 elections based on reporting by New York Times journalists. Sign up here to get On Politics in your inbox every weekday. Where things stand in the race It took a while, but on Thursday Joe Biden — who’s been running for
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The UK is working closely with the World Health Organization over the virus Two people from the same family have tested positive for coronavirus in the UK, the chief medical officer for England has announced. They are being treated at a specialist centre in Newcastle after being taken there
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James Corden on Wednesday issued a tongue-in-cheek response to the towing controversy that engulfed his “Carpool Karaoke” segment last week. Fans of “The Late Late Show” freaked out after a bystander’s video showed Corden filming an upcoming edition of the bit with Justin Bieber in which their SUV was being towed on a trailer pulled by a
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BEIJING — Some Americans plan to leave China after the U.S. government advised about a spreading virus outbreak, but many others are staying. The State Department issued a travel advisory Friday saying Americans in China “should consider departing.” That followed the evacuation earlier this week of about 200 Americans from Wuhan, the locked-down city at
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Tokyo Olympic organizers are trying to shoot down rumors that this year’s 2020 Games might be canceled or postponed because of the spread of a new virus By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer January 31, 2020, 10:47 AM 3 min read TOKYO — Tokyo Olympic organizers are trying to shoot down rumors that this year’s
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Ukrainian officials are eager to have Mr. Zelensky visit Mr. Trump in the Oval Office and to have the American president publicly and strongly affirm support for Ukraine. Ukrainian officials are angry that the Americans have granted the Russian foreign minister, Sergey V. Lavrov, two visits with Mr. Trump in White House, most recently in
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Official figures show that the eurozone economy barely grew in the final quarter of 2019 as both France and Italy contracted January 31, 2020, 10:04 AM 2 min read BRUSSELS — The eurozone economy, made up of the 19 countries that use the euro, barely grew in the final quarter of 2019 as both France
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Jarred Evans, a professional football player in China, is used to wearing safety gear: a helmet and shoulder pads. But in the wake of a deadly viral outbreak, he’s switched to a mask and medical gloves. “When you’re dealing with life and death, it’s a whole different ball game,” he said in
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