Month: November 2019

Haas team boss Guenther Steiner admits he been astonished by Robert Kubica’s successful efforts to return to Formula 1’s grid. The 34-year-old driver has been included in Williams’ 2019 lineup alongside reigning F2 champion George Russell, realizing a dream few people actually believed was possible when the Pole set his sights on returning to F1. […]

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The Trump administration’s trade war is ravaging exports to China across the U.S. and well beyond the farm belt, new data from the U.S. Commerce Department show. More than 30 states, stretching from Florida to Alaska, suffered double-digit drops in merchandise exports to China through September. Sales to the Asian nation fell 39% in Texas, […]

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When Los Angeles’ Red Line subway was completed in 2000, it’s northernmost station appeared desolate above ground. People arriving in North Hollywood on the underground train rode up a grand escalator past tile murals to find themselves on an expanse of asphalt parking lots, where commuters could rush through free of temptation to linger over […]

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View this post on Instagram We see you, @ThierryLasry! So much fun collaborating, #BarbiexThierryLasry is here! ? #barbie #barbiestyle Click Here: United Kingdom Rugby Jerseys A post shared by Barbie® (@barbiestyle) on Nov 11, 2019 at 4:25pm PST The @BarbieStyle Instagram account has further cemented the doll’s aspirational status among millennials. The account now boasts […]

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“It’s crazy, isn’t it?” says Drew Coblitz with a laugh. The 31-year-old Philadelphia-based luxury expert and entrepreneur is the owner of Singer Vehicle Design’s latest work of art, a gloriously up-leveled and optimized 1990 Porsche 911. I’m laughing too, but mostly because of the visceral reactions his meticulously specced, inky-blue-black car is provoking in me. […]

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THE HAGUE, Netherlands —  The Dutch version of St. Nicholas arrived Saturday in the Netherlands in an annual children’s party that has become the backdrop for increasingly acrimonious confrontations between supporters and opponents of his sidekick, “Black Pete.” White people often don blackface makeup to play the character in parades across the country. Opponents say such […]

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BIHAC, Bosnia-Herzegovina  —  A prominent humanitarian group is warning that migrants trying to reach Western Europe are living in “dangerously cold and harsh conditions” in Bosnia, where hundreds have rallied amid tensions over the influx of people fleeing war and poverty. The protesters in the northwestern city of Bihac on Friday demanded the closure of […]

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MEXICO CITY —  Postelection violence causing turmoil in the South American nation of Bolivia could “spin out of control” if officials resort to the use of disproportionate force, the United Nations human rights chief said Saturday. Michelle Bachelet, the former president of Chile, issued her statement after the deadliest postelection incident to date — the killings […]

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