Image copyright PA Media The dominant operator in the UK’s guarantor loan market has put itself up for sale. Amigo lends money to people with a poor credit rating, but who can offer family and friends as a back-up to guarantee any missed repayments. The company controls at least 80% of the UK market but […]
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MELBOURNE, Australia — Margaret Court was present but didn’t address the crowd at a ceremony to mark the 50th anniversary of her calendar-year Grand Slam in 1970, a tricky event for Australian Open organizers trying to balance recognition of the achievement with their responsibility to promote inclusion in sports. Court’s criticism of homosexuality has been
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DES MOINES — With the Iowa caucuses a week away and senators briefly sprung from their impeachment-induced confinement on Capitol Hill, the Democratic presidential candidates and their surrogates spilled out across Iowa on Sunday. They gave their stump speeches. They took photos and shook hands. They tried mightily to address the elephant in the room
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The travel sector around the globe is taking a heavy hit as tens of millions of Chinese are ordered to stay put and others avoid travel as a new virus spreads By BARBARA ORTUTAY and ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writers January 27, 2020, 12:34 PM 4 min read With tens of millions of Chinese ordered
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With their gravity-defying moves around the dance pole, sky-high heels and perfect hair, strippers can be nothing short of magical. Kelsea Polk, a dancer and pole instructor in Los Angeles, spends her workdays twirling gracefully around a pole in 8-inch platform heels, teaching her students to do the same. Part acrobat, part athlete, part artist,
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Singer Lewis Capaldi was mistaken for a seat-filler at the 62nd annual Grammy Awards and we have secondhand embarrassment for him. On Sunday, Capaldi ― whose “Someone You Loved” was nominated for Song of the Year ― tweeted a hilariously awkward exchange that apparently happened during the show, but sadly didn’t air on television for
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Image copyright Getty Images The UK government is expected to decide on Tuesday whether to ban equipment made by Chinese technology giant Huawei from its 5G networks. The US is lobbying the UK to exclude it on the grounds of national security. Huawei insists it would never take orders from the Chinese government. Prime Minister
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Malaysia’s government has announced it will ban travelers from the central Chinese city of Wuhan and other parts of surrounding Hubei province beginning immediately January 27, 2020, 11:09 AM 2 min read BEIJING — 7:15 p.m. Malaysia’s government has announced it will ban travelers from the central Chinese city of Wuhan and other parts of
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CONCORD, N.H. — Supporters of a regional pact that would tackle transportation emissions are struggling to win over several New England governors concerned that the climate change initiative will increase gas prices. After the Transportation and Climate Initiative was announced last month, New Hampshire’s Republican Gov. Chris Sununu said the state won’t join, citing fears
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IOC President Thomas Bach says Kobe Bryant was “an outstanding and true Olympic champion January 27, 2020, 12:35 PM 2 min read LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Kobe Bryant was as “an outstanding and true Olympic champion,” IOC President Thomas Bach said Monday. The basketball great, who was killed in a helicopter crash near Los Angeles on
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