Sandrine
@Sandrine
430 posts
Joined on 26 Mar 2018
Sandrine
@Sandrine -
about 5 years ago
Indian slum tour becomes country's most popular tourist attraction
Indian slum tour becomes country's most popular tourist attractionA tour of one of the world’s biggest slums has been voted tourists’ most popular attraction in India, according to a travel site.The sprawling Dharavi slum in Mumbai just became the favourite tourist experi...continued
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Sandrine
@Sandrine -
about 5 years ago
A Hidden Chapter: Women of the Klan
The Ku Klux Klan has entered popular memory as a sometimes menacing, sometimes almost comical, group of angry men, clad in white robes with hooded faces, setting crosses alight, or thundering through Reconstruction-era American towns on horseback. This image, however, fai...continued
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Sandrine
@Sandrine -
about 5 years ago
Arsenal fans react as Serge Gnabry emerges as Bayern Munich Player of the Year | Sportslens
Bayern Munich midfielder Serge Gnabry has emerged as the Bundesliga giants’ Player of the Year after a brilliant individual campaign. The former Arsenal man ended the campaign with 13...continued
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Sandrine
@Sandrine -
over 5 years ago
The ingredients for an upset heightened amid England injury concerns
2:04 PM ETThe film Jaws starts with a couple going for a flirtatious moonlit swim; the film Psycho starts with a couple enjoying a lunchtime tryst; the film Friday the 13th starts with a couple stealing away to a cabin to attend to some private business.The point of all t...continued
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Sandrine
@Sandrine -
over 5 years ago
Chip stocks are tanking after 'depressing' Broadcom earnings in a bad sign for market
Broadcom led a plunge in chip stocks Friday after the chipmaker missed revenue expectations and lowered guidance for 2019 citing a "broad-based" slowdown in demand and the U.S. crackdown on Huawei.Broadcom shares lost more than 6%. Skyworks, Xilinx, Micron, Advanced Micr...continued
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Sandrine
@Sandrine -
over 5 years ago
Suspected hairline fracture puts cloud over Shikhar Dhawan's World Cup
8:50 AM ETShikhar Dhawan is likely to miss India's next two matches, against New Zealand and Pakistan, after picking up a suspected hairline fracture on his left thumb. ESPNcricinfo understands that Dhawan - who scored a century in the last match, against Australia - has ...continued
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Sandrine
@Sandrine -
over 5 years ago
US income growth is an 'insurance policy against bad GDP,' White House economic advisor Kevin...
Kevin Hassett, chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, speaks to members of the media outside the White House in Washington, D.C., April 1, 2019.Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesWhite House Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Kevin Hassett on Fr...continued
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Sandrine
@Sandrine -
over 5 years ago
Business groups are considering legal action against the White House over Mexico tariffs
President Donald Trump speaks to the press before departing from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C.Sarah Silbiger | The Washington Post | Getty ImagesU.S. business groups are considering suing the White House over the Trump administration's new tariffs ...continued
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Sandrine
@Sandrine -
over 5 years ago
Tony Cascarino says Unai Emery should be sacked if Petr Cech starts the Europa League final
Arsenal face Chelsea in the Europa League final next Wednesday, and the clash presents them with the last chance of qualifying for next season’s Champions League having missed out on t...continued
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Sandrine
@Sandrine -
over 5 years ago
Trump says he won't do an infrastructure bill while Democrats continue to investigate him
President Donald Trump speaks about Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election in the Rose Garden at the White House May 22, 2019 in Washington, DC.Chip Somodevilla | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump abruptly walked out of...continued
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Sandrine
@Sandrine -
over 5 years ago
House Judiciary Chair Jerrold Nadler threatens to go to court to force ex-White House counsel Don...
House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., on Tuesday threatened to go to court to get former White House counsel Don McGahn to testify before his committee. "Let me be clear: This committee will hear Mr. McGahn's testimony, even if we have to go to court to secure ...continued
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Sandrine
@Sandrine -
over 5 years ago
Simmons to step down as Afghanistan coach after World Cup
11:09 AM ETPhil Simmons will step down as Afghanistan coach after the World Cup. The former West Indies opener, who was appointed to the position in December 2017, said the time is right for him to move on as the target he was given - of helping Afghanistan reach the Worl...continued
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Sandrine
@Sandrine -
over 5 years ago
Republicans say their goal is to stop abortions. Their policies say otherwise.
In the 46 years since the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Roe v. Wade, perhaps no single month has witnessed more aggressive legislative threats to reproductive rights than the one we’re in right now. In just the last few weeks, Georgia and Alabama passed sweepi...continued
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Sandrine
@Sandrine -
over 5 years ago
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and IRS chief expected to ignore subpoena deadline for Trump's...
Secretary of Treasury Steve Mnuchin testifies at the U.S. Capitol on May 15, 2019 in Washington, DC.Anna Moneymaker | Getty ImagesTreasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig are expected to defy congressional subpoenas requesting years of Preside...continued
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Sandrine
@Sandrine -
over 5 years ago
Best Google Home speakers and Nest Hubs: The best way to get Google Assistant in your home from £49
The Google Home series is Google’s answer to the Amazon Echo and in many ways, it’s far better. Unlike Amazon Echo, Google's robot butler won't try to force its parent company’s services down your throat. And like Amazon’s Alexa, Google Assistant can also be found in oth...continued
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Sandrine
@Sandrine -
over 5 years ago
Mark Wood steps up to make World Cup case
12:55 PM ETSo now it's Mark Wood's turn to try and impress.He's watched from the sidelines as all the other seamers contending for that World Cup squad have, to greater or lesser extents, taken their chance. He's seen Jofra Archer cement his place at The Oval, David Wille...continued
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Sandrine
@Sandrine -
over 5 years ago
A quick look at the transcript disproves Republicans’ new smear of Rashida Tlaib
Republicans have focused their bad faith criticism on a different woman of color in Congress this week. In the newest round of outrage, Republican lawmakers are arguing that Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), one of the first Muslim women elected to Congress, said she gets a sens...continued
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Sandrine
@Sandrine -
over 5 years ago
Grassley questions whether Trump actually understands the impact of tariffs on US farmers
As President Donald Trump continues to pursue an escalating trade war with China, it’s unclear whether he fully understands what the consequences might be for Americans, particularly U.S. farmers. Now, it appears the Senate’s longest-serving Republican — and the third in ...continued
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Sandrine
@Sandrine -
over 5 years ago
America hasn’t elected an unmarried president since WWI. Is that about to change?
There are 22 people running for president right now but only one has to answer questions about his “boo”: Sen. Cory Booker. Booker has tried to stick to his preferred talking points: his vision for criminal justice reform, his desire to unify the country while running on ...continued
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