Saturday, 31 August 2019
Trade war: US set to hit China with new wave of tariffs
The bruising trade war between the world's two largest economies is set to intensify.
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As Trump Escalates Trade War, U.S. and China Move Further Apart With No End in Sight
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How Much Will the Trade War Cost You by the End of the Year?
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A Very German Idea of Freedom: Nude Ping-Pong, Nude Sledding, Nude Just About Anything
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Brexit: Michel Barnier rejects demands for backstop to be axed
The EU's lead negotiator says the backstop is the "maximum flexibility" the EU can offer the UK.
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51 People Died in Mass Shootings in August Alone in the U.S.
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Defending champ Naomi Osaka ends Coco Gauff's US Open run
Coco Gauff will not match her magical Wimbledon run -- and Naomi Osaka's quest to defend her US Open title continues.
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Joshua Wong and Alex Chow: The People of Hong Kong Will Not Be Cowed by China
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Look Closely for Coco Gauff’s Homage to New York Tennis
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Ofsted inspections for top-rated schools to be reinstated
The reintroduction of inspections for "outstanding" schools follows concerns about falling standards.
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Friday, 30 August 2019
U.S. Imposes Sanctions on Wandering Iranian Oil Tanker
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La semana en imágenes
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Coco Gauff has done it again
Coco Gauff has done it again.
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8 of the world's most unusual drinks
Many travelers consider themselves to be "foodies," but what about "drinkies"?
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Hurricane Dorian strengthens to 'extremely dangerous' Category 4 storm
08/30/19 5:52 PM
Hurricane Dorian strengthens to 'extremely dangerous' Category 4 storm
08/30/19 5:52 PM
Officials temper expectations on Afghan peace deal
As US and Taliban negotiators continue to work toward a potential deal, US officials in recent days seem to be trying to assuage concerns about its impact -- and have noted that an agreement may not be reached.
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Idaho artifacts show humans came to North America via a water route, not land
Finding an ancient spearhead is already kind of amazing.
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Raymond Santana was a teen when he was wrongfully jailed with four others.
Raymond Santana was a teenager when he was wrongfully jailed along with four others.
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Air Canada fined for not using French language
A French-speaking couple say the airline violated their "linguistic rights" under Canadian law.
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Idlib ‘double tap’ air strike Russia says never was
An attack kills 39 people in Syria - Russia says it wasn't involved. BBC News Arabic investigates.
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Can you survive on foraged food?
Experts say a range of wild foods can supplement a normal diet - but can you go even further?
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The Amazon in Brazil is on fire - how bad is it?
Thousands of fires are ravaging the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. How bad are they?
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Hampshire paralysed tree surgeon returns to climbing
Callum Kilby was paralysed when a giant oak rolled over him, but a year later he's back climbing trees.
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Week in pictures: 24 - 30 August 2019
A selection of the best news photographs from around the world, taken over the past week.
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Maryam Hamdani: 'I taught myself to play taarab music online'
Maryam Mohammed Hamdani says she is the first woman to play taarab in public in Zanzibar.
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Boy's reunion with lost cat moves him to tears
Nine-year-old Edward sheds tears of joy to be with furry Leo again after a a search by pet detectives.
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American cheese: Does it deserve its bad reputation?
Plastic, orange and tasteless? Why a revolution in the US is trying to tell the world there's more to its cheese.
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Motsi Mabuse: Meet Strictly Come Dancing's newest judge
Motsi Mabuse is set to replace Dame Darcey Bussell on the Strictly Come Dancing panel this year.
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'Finding my dad 30 years after I was taken from him'
Abandoned in Sao Paulo and then adopted by a British couple, Edson thought he'd never see his father again.
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Nanjing Massacre: Denmark honours hero who rescued Chinese
Bernhard Sindberg sheltered many Chinese from the rampaging Japanese army in 1937.
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Poland still counts losses from WW2 invasion
As the world marks the 80th anniversary of the start of World War Two, Poland has reparations on its mind.
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Humour, hobbies and friendships: Your tips for staying positive
Interested in living longer? Here's advice from optimists to make sure your glass is always half full.
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Thursday, 29 August 2019
Review: Opinions Collide in the Explosive Comedy ‘Eureka Day’
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Curtis Flowers’s Conviction Tossed by Mississippi Supreme Court
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Joe Biden Dismisses Report That He Told False War Story
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Singapore is planning to build a green oasis in Dubai
There are countless superlatives you can use to describe Dubai. But "lush," "tropical," or "verdant" would not be anywhere near the top of that list.
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Lang Toi: The world's first bamboo circus show
Celebrated for its versatility, bamboo plays a huge role in daily Vietnamese life, used in everything from construction to home decor.
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Brexit: £3m fund to help UK nationals with EU forms
Support will go to UK nationals who need help applying for residency in the EU in the run-up to Brexit.
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Poor Conditions Persist for Migrant Children Detained at the Border, Democrats Say
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Trump’s Personal Assistant, Madeleine Westerhout, Steps Down
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Trump Authorizes a Space Command. Next, He Wants a Space Force.
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How do blind people enjoy the Mona Lisa?
Museums don't allow people to touch the Mona Lisa or any Van Gogh paintings. With tactile art now you can.
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Netflix's The Dark Crystal prequel: What you need to know
Netflix's prequel is here - you'll want a guide to bring you up to speed on the classic 80s fantasy.
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Quiz of the week: What fuelled Stokes' fairytale innings?
Have you been paying attention to what's been going on over the past seven days?
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Fuse ODG: 'Why we must reject narratives portraying Africans as inferior'
Ghanaian Afrobeat star Fuse ODG says Africans must reject narratives portraying them as 'inferior'.
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'I would not have kept the baby': Fighting depression in pregnancy
Where millions live without access to a psychiatrist, one innovative scheme is trying to plug the gap.
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Mexico missing: The city where 'you can feel the fear'
With gangs using private homes to dispose of bodies, the search for the missing is getting harder.
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Has President Trump's trade war cost China three million jobs?
He said that China has lost at least three million jobs - is this true?
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How playing video games could you get a better job
Gaming has long been stigmatised as the preserve of the socially inadequate, but this is changing.
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Music festivals: What can be done to stop drug deaths?
A 17-year-old's death at Leeds Festival has sparked debate about how to stop others meeting the same fate.
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Carpenter's hand reattached by surgeons after saw accident
Anthony Lelliott's hand was left hanging by skin and bone as he cut floorboards with a circular saw.
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'We live in LS Lowry's house... he might not approve of the colour scheme'
The Salford terrace where Lowry painted many of his famous works is now home to a family of six.
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Samsung’s Leader at Risk of More Prison Time After Court Rules Against Him
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Can New York City Live Without Foie Gras? We May Soon Find Out
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Wednesday, 28 August 2019
A Plague of Flies Descends on Karachi: ‘They’re Hounding People’
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Serena Williams, Pushed by a Teenager, Keeps on Rolling
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Lancashire grandmother 'had to sleep on mattress in lounge' for 10 years
Lancashire County Council told the woman in 2005 her house would be extended but it never was.
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South Korea's fertility rate falls to record low
People in South Korea are having fewer babies and that's a problem.
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News Daily: Fury over Parliament's suspension and how shops sold knives to children
Your morning briefing for 29 August 2019.
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Serena Williams, Pushed by a Teenager, Keeps on Rolling
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30 Years After Reunification, Germany Is Still Two Countries
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What’s on TV Thursday: ‘Escape Room’ and ‘Poltergeist’
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A Windswept Plain, a Sea of Oil and a Mountain of Money
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Pinterest to direct vaccine searches to health sites
The firm will direct vaccine-related searches to public health organisations to combat misinformation.
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Reality TV star blinded in one eye by champagne cork
Theo Campbell of 'The Challenge' and 'Love Island' says his eye was "split in half" due to an accident involving a champagne cork.
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Toddler dies after store display falls on her
A 2-year-old girl was killed by two temporary steel walls that fell while she was playing with siblings at a store in an Orland Park, Illinois, shopping mall.
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Cannock siblings undertake unusual career choice
The two brothers and their sister, all in their 20s, are in the funeral business together.
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2018 hurricane obliterated Hawaii reef
When coral reef ecologist Randall Kosaki and a team of scientists arrived by boat at a well-known coral reef near Hawaii this month, they had to "double-check their GPS," he told CNN.
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Atlanta hotel employees helped sex traffickers avoid police, lawsuits allege
Four young women who say they were sex trafficked are suing chains that own Atlanta-area hotels where, the women allege, they were not only forced to perform sex acts for money, but hotel staff helped their traffickers in exchange for a cut of the profits.
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The android priest that's revolutionizing Buddhism
Could an android priest re-energize interest in Buddhism?
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Puppy helps boy from Eastleigh cope with autism
Puppy Jesse is being trained to support nine-year-old Jethro, who has autism and ADHD.
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HIV harassment: Bristol man on the abuse strangers send
Aled Osborne faces abuse from strangers because of how open he is about his HIV status.
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Dementia app aims to spark chats about the disease
Virtual reality app Dementia First Hand aims to educate and raise awareness of dementia.
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Last chance for PPI claims as deadline arrives
Consumers have until 23:59 to make a claim, as the UK's biggest financial mis-selling scandal draws to a close.
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Tuesday, 27 August 2019
Costco forced to shut first China store early due to crowds
The firm's push into China comes as other foreign retailers have struggled to compete in the country.
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News Daily: Home Office ad ban and Bury FC expelled from Football League
Your morning briefing for 28 August 2019.
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China's top diplomat says Hong Kong protests are city's worst crisis since 1997
Hong Kong's ongoing protests are the city's biggest crisis in more than two decades of Chinese rule, a top Beijing official said Tuesday, following a weekend of violent clashes between protesters and police.
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What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ and the Real Oz
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Trump's strange relationship with Putin back in spotlight
President Donald Trump is setting up another obliteration of American norms by pushing his Miami golf resort as the venue for the next G7 and proposing an invitation to Russia.
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Colombia drugs: Police seize 300kg of cannabis in coffin
Police seized the drugs after inspecting the vehicle and coffin at a check-point.
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Soccer star Carli Lloyd received offers to kick in NFL
USWNT star Carli Lloyd is "seriously considering" kicking in the NFL after nailing a 55-year field goal at a Philadelphia Eagles practice last week.
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How a game of rock, paper, scissors decided a $20 million auction consignment
Handshakes have long been crucial to art world deals, but in the spring of 2005, a different gesture determined the outcome of a multimillion dollar agreement.
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Palestinian conflict: Diaries of childhood in Israeli military detention
Palestinians who were made to go through Israel's military court system as children speak out.
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This is what it looks like when an explosion creates gold in space
The first observation of a collision between neutron stars, detected in August 2017, created gravitational waves, light and heavy elements like gold and platinum. But astronomers have realized they also witnessed a kilanova, the kind of explosion that creates gold and platinum, the year before as well.
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Javid pledges spending review cash for schools, NHS and police
But the chancellor rules out a "blank cheque", promising to keep within existing spending rules.
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'Mushroom foraging saved me from my grief'
When Long Litt Woon lost her husband she was overcome by grief. She rediscovered happiness foraging in the woods.
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Sudan crisis: Activists achieve 'big win' over generals
The junta has agreed to a civilian government after months of protests against its rule.
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How fire shaped humans, and forged the modern economy
If you rule out everything made by fire, we would not be left with much of an economy at all.
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Has Kenya's plastic bag ban worked?
Plastic carrier bags were made illegal, so how has the government enforced the ban?
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Slavery: Could a new museum stop racism in London?
The group behind the idea says the government has a "moral obligation" to help fund it.
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Social workers: 'I had a parent screaming foul names at me'
Social workers say they face serious abuse in the line of duty and are calling to be better protected
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Why this woman decided to knit Trump's tweets
American artist Diana Waymar wanted to find a way of relating to the current political atmosphere. So she began knitting Mr Trump’s words.
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Maria Ressa: 'Rape and death threats won't silence me'
Award-winning journalist Maria Ressa on why arrests, rape and death threats won't silence her.
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Medical Cannabis: “I can get arrested, but I'll keep using it for my pain"
Carly Barton became the first British patient to be legally prescribed with herbal cannabis last year, but fears she will be unable to pay the cost of treatment.
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Blind University of Glasgow student 'faced reading list discrimination'
Gary Copland said he was not given accessible books, and was then penalised for reading too little.
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Plastic waste: Is it time to cut back on holiday inflatables?
One coastal charity says it collected 500 abandoned inflatables in just one village this summer.
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Monday, 26 August 2019
Trump leans into his chaotic style
President Donald Trump tried to explain his agitating approach to life, politics and the rest of the world in a flash of impatience during a blustery news conference in France.
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Amazon fires: Brazil to reject G7 offer of $22m aid
No reason is given for turning down the aid, but Brazil's president accused the G7 of colonialism.
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Yang Hengjun: Australian writer faces spying charges in China
Australia says it has serious concerns for Yang Hengjun who has been detained in Beijing since January.
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Flying a jet and firing a gun: Thailand releases rare photos of King's royal consort
Thailand's royal palace has released candid photographs of the king's newly-anointed consort, offering a rare and intimate window into the lives of the Thai royals.
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In Zachary Svajda, U.S. Men See a Glimmer of Hope (Even in Defeat)
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Your Tuesday Briefing
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Bandstands: The industry built on Victorian social engineering
How the bandstands which were created to keep the working classes away from drink supported Scotland's ironworks.
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Sex worker faces drug-related charges in death of New York chef and two others
A sex worker in New York faces drug-related charges in connection with the deaths of three men, including Cipriani Dolci chef Andrea Zamperoni.
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Lego architects and super-fans on designing perfect miniature worlds
Many architects now shaping the world's cities acknowledge a debt to Lego, the Danish toy company behind the plastic bricks that have littered bedroom floors for more than 50 years.
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Hong Kong's summer of discontent is now longer than 2014's Umbrella Movement
No one predicted this.
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A bewildering upbringing: Why Margo Perin was made to have a nose job at 13
Margo Perin was 13 when her father asked if she wanted a nose job. It soon became clear she had no choice.
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The robo racing cars accelerating driverless tech
What's the point of racing autonomous supercars against each other?
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The Kenyan school that was once a British detention camp
Camps where suspected anti-colonial fighters were brutally treated are now secondary schools.
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'Dangerous' AI offers to write fake news
An AI that allows anyone to write fake news or rewrite old jokes such as "a man walked into a bar".
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Pentagon seeking patriotic investors to fund American small drones
The Pentagon on Monday said it was seeking to recruit investors to invest in American small drones to provide an alternative to Chinese models, the first effort under a new Defense Department program aimed at linking "trusted" sources of private capital with "innovative companies critical to defense industrial base and national security."
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Isabel Toledo, designer who made Michelle Obama's 2009 inauguration dress, has died, report says
Isabel Toledo, the acclaimed Cuban-American designer best known for creating Michelle Obama's 2009 inauguration dress, has died, her husband, Ruben Toledo, told the New York Times.
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The village surviving a drought on cave water
In Indonesia's East Java province, government water trucks only deliver once or twice a month.
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Why are people in the USA living shorter lives?
White people in the US without degrees are living shorter lives due to drug abuse and alcoholism.
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Photographing America's strip clubs
François Prost has travelled from coast to coast to capture the exteriors of these establishments in the cold light of day.
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Seoul's over-65s disco 'like medicine' for seniors
A daytime party set up by the local government proves a hit in the rapidly-ageing country.
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Ministers and HS2 bosses knew railway over budget years ago
The public were not given the full picture about the true cost of the high speed railway, documents show.
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Bank of mum and dad 'one of UK's biggest mortgage lenders'
The average parental contribution for homebuyers this year is £24,100, Legal & General finds.
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Woodmill High School closed after 'complex' fire
More than 80 firefighters spend the night trying to contain the blaze at Woodmill High School in Dunfermline.
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Amazon fires: G7 leaders close to agreeing plan to help, says Macron
President Emmanuel Macron suggests G7 leaders are close to agreeing a plan to help the rainforest.
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Joe Arpaio Says He Will Run Again for Maricopa County Sheriff
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Asian Stocks Drop as the U.S.-China Trade War Worsens
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