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The story of 'Manhattanhenge': An NYC phenomenon explained
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The age of dinosaurs was like a real life 'Game of Thrones'
When you think of dinosaurs, your mind immediately goes to the impressive might of the tyrannosaurus rex or maybe the huge size of the brontosaurus.
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In symbolic nod to India, U.S. Pacific Command changes name
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (Reuters) - The U.S. military on Wednesday renamed its Pacific Command the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, in a largely symbolic move underscoring the growing importance of India to the Pentagon, U.S. officials said.
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KCNA says Russian foreign minister has arrived in North Korea
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea's state-run news agency said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in the North on Thursday at the invitation of North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho.
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Korean Air HQ raided by prosecutors over suspected embezzlement by owning family: Yonhap
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean prosecutors raided the headquarters of Korean Air Lines Co Ltd over suspected embezzlement and breach of trust by members of its owning family, Yonhap News Agency reported on Thursday.
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US presses North Korea for 'historic' plan to disarm as Pompeo meets Kim aide
State department says regime must map out denuclearisation steps it is willing to take if summit is to go ahead
The North Koreans will have to lay out a disarmament plan in the next few days if a planned summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un is to go ahead on schedule in two weeks’ time, a senior US state department official said on Wednesday.
Related: Trump approach risks disaster, warns architect of previous North Korea talks
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Thursday briefing: My fake murder, by Russian journalist
Arkady Babchenko turns up alive after assassination ‘sting’ … Germaine Greer says rape not always violent … and turn your kitchen scraps into a feast
Hello, it’s Warren Murray with the headlines of the day.
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FTSE firms' excuses for lack of women in boardrooms 'pitiful and patronising'
Leading companies criticised over reasons given for male dominance of boardrooms
Women aren’t a good fit in boardrooms, most of them don’t want the hassle of a big job and they don’t understand the complex issues discussed in board meetings. That is according to executives at the UK’s biggest firms, who have offered the excuses to explain why their boardrooms are dominated by men.
The business minister Andrew Griffiths, responding to a report released by the his department on Wednesday, described the comments as “pitiful and patronising” as he sought to highlight how far FTSE 350 companies have to go on diversity at the top level.
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Bavarians wary of new law requiring crosses in all public buildings
State premier brings in rule in reaction to migrant influx, to reinforce ‘Bavarian identity’
Bavaria is bracing itself for the introduction of a new law under which Christian crosses will have to hang in the entrance of all public buildings.
Despite opposition from prominent members of the Catholic church and leading theologians, the law will come into effect in the southern German state on Friday.
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Harvey Weinstein indicted on rape and criminal sex act charges
The former film mogul was indicted in New York City hours after his lawyers said he wouldn’t testify before a grand jury
The former film mogul Harvey Weinstein has been indicted on rape and criminal sex act charges in New York City.
Manhattan district attorney Cyrus Vance Jr announced the indictment Wednesday and said it brings Weinstein “another step closer to accountability”.
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Two in five GPs in England intend to quit within five years – survey
Family doctors cite increasing workloads and paperwork among main sources of stress
Two out of every five GPs intend to quit within the next five years – the largest proportion on record, government-funded research shows.
A survey of 2,195 GPs in England undertaken in late 2017 found that 39% were likely to leave “direct patient care” by 2022. That compares to 19.4% in 2005 and 35.3% in 2015.
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Ucas criticised over fraud screening of black applicants
Labour MP David Lammy calls for greater transparency in university admissions process
The university admissions service Ucas is under pressure after an investigation revealed that more than half of all applications flagged for possible fraud are from black students.
Ucas researchers found that over a five-year period 52% of applications investigated for potential fraudulent activity were from black candidates, even though they only make up 9% of total applications.
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Jeremy Corbyn's views could drive Jewish people from UK – leader
British Jews are asking ‘Do we have a future?’ says outgoing president of board of deputies
Jeremy Corbyn holds “antisemitic views” which could drive Jewish people to leave Britain if he becomes prime minister, one of the UK’s most senior Jewish leaders has said.
Jonathan Arkush, the outgoing president of the board of deputies, said Corbyn “has views which are antisemitic, and he has problematic views”.
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Germaine Greer calls for punishment for rape to be reduced
Feminist academic tells Hay festival that ‘most rape is just lazy, careless and insensitive’
Germaine Greer has called for the lowering of punishment for rape and said society should not see it as a “spectacularly violent crime” but instead view it more as “lazy, careless and insensitive”.
She suggested that a fitting sentence for the offence might be 200 hours’ community service and perhaps an “r” tattoo on the rapist’s hand, arm or cheek.
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Duchess of Sussex and Ruth Davidson lead Vogue list of UK's most influential women
Others in the 25-strong group include singer Dua Lipa, Amal Clooney and a trio of Guardian journalists
The Duchess of Sussex appears alongside Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson and singer Dua Lipa in Vogue magazine’s inaugural guide to Britain’s 25 most influential and aspirational female figures.
Dubbed Vogue 25, the list is comprised of what the fashion publication says is “an extraordinary cast of leaders defining – and redefining – the way we live now”.
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The British countryside is being killed by herbicides and insecticides – can anything save it?
From orchids and moths to hedgehogs and toads, our wildflowers and wildlife are dying out. Making the meadows safe again is a huge challenge – but there are glimmers of hope
In June 2011 I took a long drive up the A1, the Great North Road. At Scotch Corner I turned for Barnard Castle. The villages were well kept, the countryside was green, the fields dotted with sheep. Everything was normal. Or so I thought.
Beyond Barnard Castle I took a narrow lane into part of Upper Teesdale and suddenly colours exploded along the roadside. I stopped the car and jumped out. There was a bed of orchids, hundreds of them, and behind that, billowing banks of violet, scarlet, white, yellow and cornflower blue. I had seen alpine meadows, but this took my breath away. Further into the dale I found a footpath that led me down beside a shady brook. There were more orchids of a different species and a grass snake hunting frogs in a pool. Out in the open again, there was the haunting cry of curlews overhead, then redshanks, plovers and snipe.
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Donald Trump holds prison reform summit with Kim Kardashian West
US president meets fellow reality TV star at White House to discuss sentencing guidelines
Donald Trump took time out from bashing his former attorney general Jeff Sessions and making the Roseanne Barr racism storm all about himself to meet Kim Kardashian West and discuss the justice system.
Traversing the whole gamut of notable Kims – the president is seeking to solve a nuclear crisis with a potential meeting with Kim Jong-un soon – Trump met the fellow reality TV star in the White House on Wednesday, where she is reported to have asked for Alice Marie Johnson to be pardoned. Johnson is a 63-year-old grandmother who is serving a life sentence for a first-time non-violent drug offence.
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The Babchenko stunt may end up feeding the Kremlin spin machine | Shaun Walker
While Kiev may have prevented a killing, the next time a Kremlin critic is murdered the first question will be: are they really dead?
As dramatic plot-twists go, it was top drawer: gasps all round at a press conference about a murder investigation, as the star guest turns out to be the victim himself, smirking and very much not dead.
The courageous, controversial and contrarian journalist Arkady Babchenko had not been shot in the back by an assassin, as Ukrainian government officials and gruesome leaked photographs had led everyone to believe. In fact, he had faked his own death as part of a top-secret Ukrainian security services operation to catch real would-be killers operating on Moscow’s orders.
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Rise of the ultra-cyclists: a new breed of riders go the distance
With no spectators, no bags of freebies and no medals, the 400km London-Wales-London ride provides a welcome antidote to overblown sportives
“Cycling far?” asks a woman in the bakery as a group of us queues for coffee and sausage rolls, as well as an all-important receipt to prove we passed through Tewkesbury.
Increasing numbers of cyclists are getting bored with 100-mile sportives and looking for something else
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How to have a zero waste kitchen: tips from Jamie Oliver, Tom Kerridge, Skye Gyngell and more
Restaurants have a daily battle against wasting food. We asked top chefs for their home hacks that will save you money and give your cooking a flavour boost
According to the campaigning waste charity Wrap, UK households bin 5m tonnes of edible food every year. That is 1.1m tonnes less than in 2007, a drop that, in CO2 terms, is equivalent to taking 2.2m cars off the road each year. But, clearly, there is still a lot that could be done to inspire us to use the ingredients we buy with greater diligence.
Tom Tanner, a spokesperson for the Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA), says: “It’s all very well telling people that the average UK household throws out £700 of food each year, but it can be tough playing Ready Steady Cook at home.” The SRA is attempting to help with its new One Planet Plate recipe site, a global inventory of sustainability-focused restaurant dishes complete with recipes.
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How much screen time is too much for kids? It's complicated
Parents have been advised to limit media consumption, but research suggests it’s the nature of it that matters
For many parents in the digital age, battles over screen time and devices have become a depressing part of family life, and knowing how much is too much has become a moving target.
Whether it’s three-year-olds throwing tantrums when the iPad is taken away, seven-year-olds watching YouTube all night, nine-year-olds demanding their own phones, 11-year-olds nagging to play 18-rated video games that “all their friends” are, or 14-year-olds who are never off Instagram, every stage of childhood and adolescence is now accompanied by its own delightful new parenting challenges.
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How can Star Wars get back on track after Solo's disappointing debut?
Solo: A Star Wars Story box office results are a crossroads moment for the space saga. Here is what Disney must do to move the franchise forward
When the dust finally settles on Solo: A Star Wars Story, long-term acolytes of George Lucas’s space saga may be reasonably content with it. Although this latest episode may have finally emerged, as AO Scott of the New York Times memorably put it, as “a curiously low-stakes blockbuster, in effect a filmed Wikipedia page”, its muted nature is unlikely to affect audiences for future Star Wars films. Nor will it send Alden Ehrenreich’s chances of retaining the role of Han Solo spinning into the nearest asteroid field.
As a shallow exercise in establishing Solo’s backstory, it ticks all the relevant boxes – even if it does so in workmanlike fashion. It is off screen, in areas that rarely find their way into critical reviews or fan verdicts (but that matter so much to industry watchers), that there is reason for concern.
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Belgium sheds a chocolate tear as another manufacturer sold off
Sales of historic chocolatiers to foreign firms have caused almost an existential crisis
Chocolate is not only a major economic player for Belgium, worth €2.8bn (£2.5bn) in exports a year, but one of the few cultural artefacts, along with frites (fries) and beer, which bind this complicated country of many languages.
Yet the latest takeover of a stalwart of the Belgian scene, this time by the Qatari royal family, has caused something of an existential crisis. The Flemish daily newspaper Het Nieuwsblad asked: “How Belgian is Belgian chocolate, if just about all the top players are in foreign hands?”
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Grenfell tore my family apart, but the tributes give us the strength to fight | Karim Mussilhy
Since the tragedy, we’ve had to campaign for our voices to be heard. Now we have that chance, we should not be censored
Last Tuesday, I spoke at the Grenfell inquiry about my uncle, Hesham Rahman, and it was extremely hard. I have no problems speaking in public, but the weekend before the inquiry started was tough for my family. My uncle lived on the top floor of the Grenfell Tower, in flat 204; we waited three months for his identification and he was laid to rest at the end of September.
Since then, alongside other bereaved relatives and survivors, I have been campaigning – although I’m not sure that is the right word – to have more people on the inquiry panel. We all felt very strongly that this is too big to be overseen by just one person. Previous inquiries when a single life has been lost – Stephen Lawrence, for example – have had additional panel members, so we didn’t think we were asking for much. We almost felt we were doing them a favour, because confidence in the inquiry was non-existent at that point. Now that is starting to be rebuilt.
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Industrial-scale beef production is a sign of crisis in Britain’s farming | Felicity Lawrence
Most farmers make a loss and rely on Brussels subsidies. Before it’s too late we must decide the kind of meat we want to eat
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Pens of bare earth in serried rows, stretching across fields as barren as an urban car park, packed with cattle being intensively fed – this is the vision we have of the over-industrialised, disease-prone, polluting and crueller side of American feedlot beef production. However, as the Guardian revealed this week, this has become a feature of the British landscape, in the form of concentrated animal feeding operations (Cafos).
The bucolic idyll has been rooted deep in the English psyche for centuries, nowhere more so than in the hearts of the metropolitan middle classes, who want the countryside to be their green lung away from the smoke of traffic and who expect to see cows safely grazing on green and pleasant pastureland. Many prefer to remain disconnected from the reality of the processes required to turn those cows into aseptic packages of supermarket meat or fast-food burgers at rock-bottom prices.
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Threatened by Italy and Brexit, the EU must turn the tide | Martin Kettle
We have come a long way since the Brexit referendum. With Italy in crisis, the EU needs to take a risk on real reform
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George Soros is not exactly an insurgent leader from central casting, but you certainly can’t fault the billionaire philanthropist for his frankness. “The EU is in an existential crisis,” Soros said in a speech in Paris this week, before adding: “Everything that could go wrong has gone wrong.”
With Italy compounding Europe’s woes in the wake of the Brexit vote and the rise of rightwing populism more generally, it takes nerve to choose this of all moments to launch a fightback for Europe. Yet this is precisely what Soros proposes. There’s an audacity about his approach that echoes the French general Ferdinand Foch’s message to his commander-in-chief: “My centre is giving way, my right is retreating, situation excellent, I am attacking.”
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Roseanne deserves her banishment, but we’ll lose a lot with her | Suzanne Moore
I can’t forgive her these latest awful tweets, yet she was once a rare voice that connected conservative and liberal America
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As the new king of primetime, Richard Madeley said of Roseanne Barr’s disgusting tweets that sedatives don’t make you racist. Barr, whose show has now been cancelled, left Twitter after comparing a woman of colour to an ape and then reappeared claiming that the sleeping pill Ambien had made her say these awful things. She has also said that she is being picked on while other celebrities are not.
Her excellent cast has distanced itself from her outbursts, but still she goes on. Watching this woman has for some time been like watching a car crash, and yet her talent is undeniable.
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The answer to the menopause taboo? Start with a cafe | Libby Brookes
In a bid to destroy stigma, women across Scotland have been galvanised to openly discuss symptoms and support
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For those who still think that the menopause is the punchline to a joke (albeit told by someone who has never experienced a night sweat), the advent of a men-only menopause awareness session at the Scottish parliament was the cause of some consternation. Organised by the Holyrood Women’s Network, and led by the Good Morning Britain regular Hilary Jones, last week’s Q&A aimed to educate male MSPs about the physiological challenges facing middle-aged female colleagues and staff. Critics have understandably found it easier to complain about the waste of taxpayers’ money than admit that the whole notion of women’s ageing, leaky bodies being discussed in a public place makes them feel a bit yucky.
I don’t remember much about puberty these days, aside from endless attempts to disguise sanitary products in fuschia plastic holders to avoid alerting the world to the shameful fact that I was bleeding. But I certainly don’t recall learning about the menopause during my patchy sex ed lessons. As an adult consumer, used to having my desire for hand-reared/organic/paraben-free products sold back to me with a hefty markup, it never fails to amaze me that we prize the “natural” in everything else other than the female body.
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‘Tommy Robinson’ is no martyr to freedom of speech | Owen Jones
Members of the far right are more interested in restricting civil and religious liberties than defending the right to expression
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They are the victimisers who clothe themselves in the garb of victimhood. “Free speech” is their mantra, but it is nothing more than a political ploy, a ruse, a term the far right wilfully abuse to spread hatred. The arrest and jailing for contempt of court of Stephen Yaxley-Lennon – not “Tommy Robinson”, a name he revealingly took from another football hooligan when he founded the far-right English Defence League – has quickly been mythologised by the international far right as yet more martyrdom. It is victimisation of brave truth-tellers, they screech, by an establishment at war with western culture.
Related: The Tommy Robinson case shows ‘alt-right’ tactics are here in the UK | Adam Wagner
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Danny Welbeck: ‘I’m not just a fighter, I like to give love as well’
The Arsenal forward has scored more goals for England than anyone else in Gareth Southgate’s squad and is ready to make an impact at the World Cup after missing Euro 2016
There might be quite a few people who are surprised to learn the identity of the player in Gareth Southgate’s squad who will be going to Russia for the World Cup as the leading scorer within the England setup. But here’s a clue: it is not Harry Kane. Or not yet, anyway.
Perhaps this might also be an appropriate moment to point out that Danny Welbeck – one of the players who regularly seems to get the pitchfork treatment on social media – has managed more goals in England’s colours than Jamie Vardy, Raheem Sterling and Marcus Rashford put together. Fifteen, in total, from 37 appearances, though on only 10 occasions has he has played the full 90 minutes. Kane is next in line, with 12 goals from 23 caps (13 full appearances). Nobody else is in double figures and it is worth bearing in mind that four different England managers – Southgate, Roy Hodgson, Fabio Capello and Stuart Pearce on caretaker duty – have selected Welbeck in his seven years as an international footballer. When he is fit, he tends to get the call.
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Ken Bates accused of ‘shameful’ comments over Chelsea racism scandal
• Former chairman criticises alleged victims for hiding identities
• Queries why none quit club and says ‘sniff of money is in air’
Ken Bates, the Chelsea chairman when a number of youth-team footballers claim they were racially abused by their own coaches, has been accused of making “truly shameful” comments after criticising the alleged victims for wanting to keep their identities secret and questioning why they did not report it when they were children.
Bates suggested the reason for “all these ancient coming-outs so many years later” was because “the sniff of money is in the air” and said those in question should have found other clubs if the racism they allegedly encountered at Stamford Bridge, from the age of 11 onwards, was so upsetting.
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Novak Djokovic stands tall among stuttering pretenders to Nadal crown | Kevin Mitchell
Former world No 1’s latest French Open win suggests he is in comparable shape to Alexander Zverev and Grigor Dimitrov
On a day of rapidly swirling weather and fortunes, Novak Djokovic emerged from a second perfunctory win against a qualifier to stay in the conversation about who is good enough to stop Rafael Nadal winning his 11th French Open. He could get to the quarter‑finals; once there, he might even find another gear or two, which was his trademark in his pomp.
Certainly the former champion is in shape comparable to that of younger contenders in Alexander Zverev, who took five sets to defeat the world No 60 Dusan Lajovic, and Grigor Dimitrov, who survived a tempestuous battle over four hours and 19 minutes against the American Jared Donaldson, who was reduced at one point to serving underarm.
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Jimmy Anderson defends England but Ben Stokes could miss second Test
• ‘I don’t think there is a problem. A bit of luck can turn it round’
• All-rounder a doubt for Headingley with hamstring injury
Jimmy Anderson has offered a bullish defence of England’s Test side, insisting there is “no problem” despite a run of seven defeats in 10 matches, but that confidence was deflated somewhat late on Wednesday night with the news Ben Stokes is an injury doubt with a hamstring problem.
The all-rounder has a tight left hamstring and will be assessed on Thursday before a decision is made on whether he needs a scan. Sam Curran has been drafted into the squad for Friday’s second Test as cover in what is the 19-year-old Surrey all-rounder’s first Test call-up.
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Rafael Nadal and Naomi Osaka expose surface tensions in Paris
• Court more slippery than usual, says 10-times winner Nadal
• Johanna Konta and Alison Riske defeated in doubles
The clay of Roland Garros is supposed to be mysterious, an ochre deathbed for the innocent and the ill-prepared. However, at least two players at this French Open have surprisingly divergent views on it.
Naomi Osaka, one of the sport’s unusual thinkers, says it is not clay at all – “not clay-clay” anyway, as she put it after bundling Zarina Dyas out in the second round on Wednesday.
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Cafu picks his all-time Brazil XI
The brilliant full-back picks his all-time side from an impossibly talented group of players who have represented Brazil down the years. Now you can do the same with our interactive tool
Wow, choosing the Brazil best XI of all time – that’s a tough one. There are so many brilliant players in each position, and that means some great players will miss out. My team is set up in a super offensive formation. We might concede a lot of goals, but we would score so many more. In fact, I can guarantee five goals every game!
Related: Brazil's all-time World Cup XI: create your own
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US sizes up Kim ahead of possible nuclear summit - CNN
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US sizes up Kim ahead of possible nuclear summit
CNN Washington (CNN) While Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's recent meetings with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un were billed primarily as diplomatic missions, the face-to-face encounters have also served as valuable intelligence gathering opportunities ... Mike Pompeo, top North Korean official Kim Yong Chol have dinner in New York Congress must step up sanctions law to stop American adversaries Talks Aim to Put Summit With North Korea on Track |
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US Is Poised to Impose Steel and Aluminum Tariffs on European Union - New York Times
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New York Times The United States has threatened to impose tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum from allies like the European Union, Canada and Mexico. German steel from a mill like this one in Duisburg could be hit with a 25 percent tariff as soon as Friday ... US Plans to Hit EU With Steel, Aluminum Tariffs President Trump Plans to Implement Tariffs on EU Steel and Aluminum Trump readies to hit US allies with steel, aluminum tariffs |
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After Trump was elected, Obama questioned whether his own presidency had come '10 or 20 years too early' - Business Insider
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After Trump was elected, Obama questioned whether his own presidency had come '10 or 20 years too early'
Business Insider President Barack Obama, in the days following the November 2016 election, began to question his own legacy. The aftershock of Donald Trump's surprise victory over Hillary Clinton had shaken Obama, as it did many others. At one point, America's first ... |
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Anti-Kremlin journalist’s death faked to thwart murder plot, officials say
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Judge denies Michael Cohen's request for more time to review seized materials
Fireworks in court as Trump lawyer’s legal team clashes with Stormy Daniels’ attorney Michael Avenatti
In a setback for Donald Trump, a judge denied a request by lawyers for Michael Cohen, Trump’s longtime personal attorney, in federal court on Wednesday for more time to review material seized in the FBI raid last month on Cohen’s home, hotel room and office.
Cohen’s lawyers also clashed in the courtroom with Michael Avenatti, a lawyer for Stormy Daniels, the actor and producer of pornographic films, who alleges she had an affair with Trump more than a decade ago and was paid $130,000 in hush money by Cohen, which was later reimbursed to Cohen by Trump. Avenatti is an active thorn in the side of the White House and had come to court to press for his inclusion in the proceedings.
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Harvey Weinstein indicted on rape and criminal sex act charges
The former film mogul was indicted in New York City hours after his lawyers said he wouldn’t testify before a grand jury
The former film mogul Harvey Weinstein has been indicted on rape and criminal sex act charges in New York City.
Manhattan district attorney Cyrus Vance Jr announced the indictment Wednesday and said it brings Weinstein “another step closer to accountability”.
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Trump approach risks disaster, warns architect of previous North Korea talks
Power plays and betraying trust are strategies that ‘could backfire in Asia’, says Japanese former diplomat Hitoshi Tanaka
Donald Trump’s approach to peace talks with North Korea has a high risk of “disastrous” results, according to a former senior Japanese diplomat who led breakthrough negotiations with the previous Kim Jong-il regime.
Hitoshi Tanaka urged the US to understand the importance of trust in Asian cultures as it pushes for a deal to remove Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons.
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Ambien maker responds to Roseanne Barr: 'Racism is not a known side effect'
After the comedian partly blamed her controversial tweets on taking the sedative, drug-maker Sanofi released a statement
The drug manufacturer Sanofi has clarified that one of its most popular medications, the sedative Ambien, does not cause racism. Sanofi tweeted: “While all pharmaceutical treatments have side effects, racism is not a known side effect of any Sanofi medication.”
The company’s statement came after Roseanne Barr partly blamed the drug for the series of racist tweets which led to her ABC sitcom being cancelled.
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US to hit EU with steel and aluminum tariffs, report says
Europe will be excluded from global tariff exemptions amid increasing trade friction, the Wall Street Journal reports
The Trump administration is reportedly planning to impose import tariffs on European steel and aluminum after finding no satisfaction in its effort to win trading concessions on the issue.
An announcement dropping the EU from an exemption to global tariffs of 25% on imported steel, and 10% on aluminum, could come on Thursday, according to the Wall Street Journal.
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Fed proposes changes to rule limiting risky trading on Wall Street
The Fed proposed to ease the Volcker Rule, which bars banks from high-risk activity for their own profit with depositors’ money
The Federal Reserve is proposing to ease a rule aimed at defusing the kind of risk-taking on Wall Street that helped trigger the 2008 financial meltdown.
The Fed under new leadership on Wednesday unveiled proposed changes to the Volcker Rule, which bars banks’ risky trading bets for their own profit with depositors’ money. The high-risk activity is known as proprietary trading.
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North Korean official's US arrival marks highest-level visit in 18 years
Kim Yong-chol arrives in New York City for talks with Mike Pompeo aimed at setting summit between Trump and Kim Jong-un
A senior North Korean official has arrived in New York in the highest-level official visit to the United States in 18 years, as Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un sought to salvage prospects for a high-stakes nuclear summit.
Kim Yong-chol, the former military intelligence chief and one of the North Korean leader’s closest aides, landed mid-afternoon on an Air China flight from Beijing. Associated Press journalists saw the plane taxi down the tarmac before the North’s delegation disembarked at JFK International Airport.
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Kaepernick lawyer: NFL owner testified to shunning my client due to Trump
- Player has filed grievance claiming he is being blackballed
- Attorney Mark Geragos says he has damning testimony
A lawyer for Colin Kaepernick says an NFL owner testified under oath that he changed his mind about signing the quarterback after Donald Trump said players protesting during the national anthem should be fired.
Kaepernick hired attorney Mark Geragos as he filed a grievance case claiming owners have colluded to keep him out of the league after he knelt during the national anthem to highlight racial injustice in the United States. Under the league’s Collective Bargaining Agreement teams and the NFL are forbidden from coming together to deprive a player of employment.
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Trump expresses regret over picking Sessions as attorney general
The president tweeted support for Trey Gowdy, a key Republican, and his interpretation of Trump’s exasperation with Sessions
Donald Trump expressed his regrets on Wednesday that he picked Jeff Sessions to be attorney general.
Reinvigorating his habitual public attacks since Sessions recused himself from the Russia inquiry early in the administration, Trump on Wednesday morning tweeted a quote from Trey Gowdy, the Republican congressman, questioning the attorney general’s position.
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Say hello to Justin Trudeau, the world's newest oil executive | Bill McKibben
The Canadian prime minister presents himself as a climate hero. By promising to nationalise the Kinder Morgan pipeline, he reveals his true self
In case anyone wondered, this is how the world ends: with the cutest, progressivest, boybandiest leader in the world going fully in the tank for the oil industry.
Justin Trudeau’s government announced on Tuesday that it would nationalize the Kinder Morgan pipeline running from the tar sands of Alberta to the tidewater of British Columbia. It will fork over at least $4.5bn in Canadian taxpayers’ money for the right to own a 60-year-old pipe that springs leaks regularly, and for the right to push through a second pipeline on the same route – a proposal that has provoked strong opposition.
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Roseanne's racist tweet got her fired. For Trump, it's all part of the job | Lloyd Green
Despite all the outrage, racism is a part of US politics in a way that was unthinkable when the Republicans were last in power
Since General Robert E Lee and the Confederacy surrendered more than 150 years ago, the right to vote has been extended to women and black people, two African Americans have been appointed to the supreme court, and Barack Obama won two consecutive terms as president. Time has not stood still, but the embers of race still glow red hot, and Roseanne Barr is our latest reminder.
Related: Roseanne: ABC scraps sitcom after star's 'abhorrent' tweets
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The EU helped create the Italy crisis. If it doesn't learn, worse will follow | Cas Mudde
A lack of help with the influx of refugees has turned Italians towards anti-EU populism. The EU has a few months to undo the damage
The likelihood that a populist party will head the next Italian government, formed after new elections in the autumn, is sending shockwaves through Europe. Once again, the European Union is facing a mortal threat – the status quo is under siege from the unstoppable rise of populism, and shadows of Europe’s darkest past are looming over the continent.
Commentators have been speaking of (western) Europe’s “first populist government”, while some have even gone so far as to liken the coalition between the “red” Five Star Movement (M5S) and the “brown” League that was set to take power before the intervention of president Sergio Mattarella, to the Stalin-Hitler pact of the 1930s.
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Washington Capitals beat Vegas Golden Knights to level Stanley Cup final
- Capitals come back from 1-0 down to win Game 2 of series 3-2
- Brooks Orpik scores third goal to end 220-game scoring drought
Lars Eller had a goal and set up two others to lead the Washington Capitals to a 3-2 win over the Vegas Golden Knights on Wednesday at the T-Mobile Arena and level the best-of-seven Stanley Cup Final at a game apiece.
The series between two teams bidding for a first Stanley Cup now shifts to Washington for Games 3 and 4 on Saturday and Monday.
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Serena Williams: I cried when I couldn't find my daughter's bottle
Tennis star speaks about pressures of motherhood and desire for more children
Serena Williams has powered through her first grand slam appearance since motherhood, but the tennis star has revealed details of the off-court challenges she faced immediately after giving birth.
Williams, who is married to the Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, had an emergency caesarean section and experienced life-threatening complications after childbirth, which resulted in surgery to prevent blood clots travelling to her lungs.
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'Tornado timeout': Dust devil halts Little League baseball game – video
A Little League baseball tournament in Libertyville, Illinois, was swiftly interrupted after a dust devil formed and swept across the infield. Footage, uploaded to Twitter by the Libertyville Fire Department, shows the young players stop play and wait for what they joked was a "tornado" to pass
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76ers executive allegedly attacked own players using fake Twitter accounts
- Bryan Colangelo also defended his dress sense on accounts
- President of basketball operations admits on account is his
The Philadelphia 76ers president of basketball operations, Bryan Colangelo, has become involved in a bizarre story involving fake Twitter accounts and the size of his collar.
According to The Ringer, a number of Twitter accounts could be linked to Colangelo as they followed his son and some of his son’s basketball team-mates. The Ringer also contacted the 76ers to see what would happen if it told the team about two of the five suspicious accounts. Later that day, the three accounts the Ringer hadn’t mentioned to the Sixers were switched from public to private.
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How Donald Trump is weaponising the courts for political ends
Trump is appointing judges far faster than Obama did – and the white-, male-dominated crop could be his most lasting legacy
It was a startling omission even according to the peculiar moral norms of the Trump era. When Wendy Vitter, one of the US president’s judicial nominees, was asked whether she supported the supreme court’s 1954 Brown v Board of Education decision to end racial segregation in schools – a near sacred pillar of progress for civil rights in the 20th century – she did not say yes.
“I don’t mean to be coy,” Vitter, who is up for a seat on the US district court for the eastern district of Louisiana, told her Senate confirmation hearing. “But I think I get into a difficult area when I start commenting on supreme court decisions which are correctly decided and which I may disagree with.”
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Sarah Sanders chokes up over child's question on US school shootings – video
The White House spokeswoman chokes back tears after a student reporter asks her about the Trump administration's efforts to keep children safe from school shootings. A visibly emotional Sarah Sanders says: 'I think that as a kid, and certainly as a parent, there is nothing that could be more terrifying for a kid to go to school and not feel safe.' She says President Donald Trump's school safety commission plans to meet this week to discuss the issue. Benje Choucroun, who asked the question, is a student at Marin Country day school in California
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Blood Will Tell, Part 2: Did Faulty Evidence Doom Joe Bryan?
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How an Unproven Forensic Science Became a Courtroom Staple
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This Harry Potter Uses a Bow and Arrow. Not a Wand.
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Word + Quiz: solicitude
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What’s on TV Thursday: N.B.A. Finals and ‘A Bronx Tale’
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Spain Is Next to Test Europe’s Stability as Rajoy Faces No-Confidence Vote
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Crosses Go Up in Public Offices. It’s Culture, Bavaria Says, Not Religion.
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Trump Meets With Kim. Kim Kardashian West, That Is.
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Stanley Cup Finals: Braden Holtby Bounces Back to Lift the Capitals
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Sanchez Goes the Other Way, and Severino Stays the Course, in a Yankees Win
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The Mets Get Some Help From Jason Vargas and a Few Fresh Arms
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Overlooked No More: The Soviet Icon Who Was Hanged for Killing a Czar
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In a First for Germany, Hamburg Bans Diesel Engines. On 2 Roads.
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Italy, Arkady Babchenko, Whales: Your Thursday Briefing
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The End of ‘The Americans’: Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys on the ‘Devastating’ Finale
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Andrew McCabe turned over his memo on Comey's firing to Robert Mueller - CNN
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Andrew McCabe turned over his memo on Comey's firing to Robert Mueller
CNN (CNN) Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe has turned over a memo he drafted related to the firing of his former boss, FBI Director James Comey, to the special counsel's office, according to a source familiar with the matter. The document, first ... Ex-FBI official McCabe gives memo on Comey firing to Mueller - New York Times Former FBI deputy director wrote memo detailing discussion with deputy attorney general: Source Report: McCabe Feared Rosenstein Gave Trump 'Cover' for Comey Firing |
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Trump Responds to Fury Over 'Roseanne,' but Not Her Racist Remarks - New York Times
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Trump Responds to Fury Over 'Roseanne,' but Not Her Racist Remarks
New York Times WASHINGTON — It was not the racist comment that made the president angry. It was the apology from ABC. Wading into a public outcry over remarks by the comedian Roseanne Barr, President Trump did not condemn the Twitter post about a black former ... Roseanne Barr's Ex Tom Arnold Says His Former Wife 'Wanted' Cancellation 'to Happen' John Goodman finally speaks, Roseanne Barr again tweets, in latest 'Roseanne' comments Tom Arnold says he knew 'Roseanne' reboot 'would not end well' |
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Prosecutors in Michael Cohen case piecing together shredded documents from raid - NBCNews.com
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Prosecutors in Michael Cohen case piecing together shredded documents from raid
NBCNews.com Cohen's lawyers have received most of the materials seized during the FBI raid on his hotel and office, except for the contents of a shredder. by Tom Winter, Charlie Gile and Adam Edelman / May.30.2018 / 7:27 PM ET / Updated May.30.2018 / 8:56 PM ET. Michael Avenatti Withdraws Bid To Appear Before Judge in Cohen Probe Where Avenatti's winning streak comes to an end Judge in Michael Cohen case admonishes Michael Avenatti over his 'publicity tour' |
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Harvey Weinstein indicted by New York grand jury on rape and sex assault charges - Los Angeles Times
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Harvey Weinstein indicted by New York grand jury on rape and sex assault charges
Los Angeles Times A New York grand jury indicted producer Harvey Weinstein on two counts of rape and another of a criminal sexual act Wednesday just days after he surrendered to authorities. Weinstein is charged with rape in the first degree, rape in the third degree ... Harvey Weinstein Indicted On Multiple Rape & Sex Crime Charges By Grand Jury Harvey Weinstein Indicted by New York Grand Jury Harvey Weinstein indicted by New York grand jury on rape charges |
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Merkel told Obama she felt compelled to run again to counter Trump: book - The Hill
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Merkel told Obama she felt compelled to run again to counter Trump: book
The Hill German Chancellor Angela Merkel told former President Barack Obama · Barack Hussein ObamaTrump in Nashville claims people were 'infiltrating' his campaign Break the partisan gridlock on judicial nominations Free-college programs are valuable, but ... After Trump was elected, Obama questioned whether his own presidency had come '10 or 20 years too early' |
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