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Tory leadership contest: Javid says 'No, no, no' to second referendum

The Tory leadership candidate also said he would not call a general election or revoke Article 50. from BBC News - Home https://bbc.in/2wwHaHr

The Week in Arts: Idris Elba Revives Luther; Margaret Thatcher Sees the Queen

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By THE NEW YORK TIMES from NYT Arts https://nyti.ms/2HMAaga

Frank Lucas: Man who inspired American Gangster dies aged 88

Frank Lucas, played on-screen by Denzel Washington, was known for peddling heroin in Harlem. from BBC News - Home https://bbc.in/2wy46pY

Girl and Tonic blogger: 'Giving up booze helped me buy my house'

A blogger who spent £1,000 a month going out says changing her lifestyle has given her "clarity". from BBC News - Home https://bbc.in/2I8761w

Alexander Wang: Spring 2020

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By Unknown Author from NYT Fashion https://nyti.ms/2Xlfe59

What’s on TV Saturday: ‘Ask Dr. Ruth’ and ‘Bad Times at the El Royale’

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By JACLYN PEISER from NYT Arts https://nyti.ms/2Z16Yb2

Hells Angels Euro Run: Thirty-four arrested at anniversary event

The event marks the 50th anniversary of the creation of the first Hells Angels biker club in the UK. from BBC News - Home https://bbc.in/2Z18ji8

On Politics: The Biggest Stories of the Week

By ISABELLA GRULLÓN PAZ from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2Z5VnaJ

Fox News Breaking News Alert

Fox News Breaking News Alert Death toll in Virginia Beach shooting now 12, plus shooting suspect: police 05/31/19 7:08 PM

Deaths of indigenous women 'a Canadian genocide', leaked report says

Leaked national report describes possibly thousands of deaths of indigenous women as genocide. from BBC News - Home https://bbc.in/2QDIbGO

Hungary boat crash: Strong currents hamper rescue efforts

South Korea vows to continue the hunt for survivors as rescuers struggle in the fast-flowing waters. from BBC News - Home https://bbc.in/2JQ1wnD

MacKenzie Bezos: Novelist and Amazon shareholder

What do we know about the novelist who is the third-richest woman in the world? from BBC News - Home https://bbc.in/2XkRCO3

What is the least valuable British coin ever?

Is the current 1p piece the least valuable British coin since the currency was unified in 1707? from BBC News - Home https://bbc.in/2wCczIp

Tiananmen 30 years on - China's great act of 'forgettance'

Older people are not allowed to remember; the younger generation aren't even allowed to know. from BBC News - Home https://bbc.in/2ELPojr

UK's Chagos Islands descendants feel like 'lost nation'

Evicted from their homeland, Chagos Islands families living in the UK are divided by immigration law. from BBC News - Home https://bbc.in/2XkRDBB

Venezuela crisis: What happened to uprising against Maduro?

A beleaguered people say they had hopes their misery would end but now they go back to one thing - survival. from BBC News - Home https://bbc.in/30XMxgV

Sayyida Salme: The tragic life of Zanzibar's rebel princess

Sayyida Salme is a little known 19th Century princess who fled Zanzibar after scandalising the royals. from BBC News - Home https://bbc.in/2ELHoil

Week in pictures: 25-31 May 2019

A selection of the best news photographs from around the world, taken over the past week. from BBC News - Home https://bbc.in/2W0SOEN

The woman fighting back against India's rape culture

When a man tried to rape Usha Vishwakarma she decided to fight back by setting up self-defence classes for women and girls. from BBC News - Home https://bbc.in/2YY2stJ

Champions League final: Visiting Sadio Mane's hometown

BBC Africa's Babacar Diarra visits Sadio Mane's hometown in Senegal. from BBC News - Home https://bbc.in/2ELLZ4i

Educated and 'estranged': Getting through uni without the bank of mum and dad

When student finance doesn’t stretch and you have no parents for help – how do you make it through your degree? from BBC News - Home https://bbc.in/2QBBMw1

Ex-Chelsea manager Conte appointed Inter Milan boss

Former Chelsea boss Antonio Conte is appointed Inter Milan manager, replacing the sacked Luciano Spalletti. from BBC News - Home https://bbc.in/2ELt7T7

Pope Francis Goes to Romania to Warn of Populism’s Dangers

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By JASON HOROWITZ and KIT GILLET from NYT World https://nyti.ms/2QJbt7j

On Politics: Trump to Hit Mexico With Tariffs

By Unknown Author from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/30T8kq9

National Spelling Bee, at a Loss for Words, Crowns 8 Co-Champions

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By DANIEL VICTOR from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2W2u5jt

My Husband Wore Really Tight Shorts to the Eclipse Party

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By KERRY EGAN from NYT Style https://nyti.ms/2I8c7au

What Comes After Angela Merkel?

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By ANNA SAUERBREY from NYT Opinion https://nyti.ms/2wtQV9p

Word + Quiz: bon mot

By THE LEARNING NETWORK from NYT The Learning Network https://nyti.ms/2Kggd2M

What’s on TV Friday: ‘Deadwood: The Movie’ and ‘When They See Us’

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By GABE COHN from NYT Arts https://nyti.ms/2YYJG5n

Las principales noticias del viernes

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By Por MARINA FRANCO from NYT Universal https://nyti.ms/2JNRaF3

South Korean Daily Says That Kim Jong-un Executed and Purged Top Nuclear Negotiators

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By CHOE SANG-HUN from NYT World https://nyti.ms/2W5GaUV

New Documents Show Power Games Behind China’s Tiananmen Crackdown

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By CHRIS BUCKLEY from NYT World https://nyti.ms/2WFApSA

Authorities Subpoena Information on Andrew Gillum’s 2018 Campaign

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By STEPHANIE SAUL from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2WdcYAk

Quotation of the Day: As Climate Change Hastens the Melting of Everest’s Ice, Bodies Emerge

By Unknown Author from NYT Today’s Paper https://nyti.ms/2WwuP4z

Review: ‘Frankie and Johnny’ Were Lovers. Then Came Morning.

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By JESSE GREEN from NYT Theater https://nyti.ms/30VnB9Q

Fresh Faces Surge to Top at the U.S. Women’s Open

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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT Sports https://nyti.ms/2ELl74j

Hank Haney Is Suspended From His Radio Show Over Remarks About Women’s Golf

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By KAREN CROUSE from NYT Sports https://nyti.ms/2Qy4gqo

Corrections: May 31, 2019

By Unknown Author from NYT Corrections https://nyti.ms/2HLFNLx

Tariffs, Mr. Trump’s Miracle Cure

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By THE EDITORIAL BOARD from NYT Opinion https://nyti.ms/2VZqsLf

Head of Lettuce

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By DEB AMLEN from NYT Crosswords & Games https://nyti.ms/2KfqHQ7

Hungary, Trump Tariffs, Merkel: Your Friday Briefing

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By MELINA DELKIC from NYT Briefing https://nyti.ms/2wtM1t1

Documents Suggest Prosecutors Quickly Changed Mind on Jussie Smollett Case

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By JULIA JACOBS from NYT Arts https://nyti.ms/2wqywdF

24/7 Surveillance with Shocking Rewards and Punishments: Could China's Big Brother System Come to USA?

It's like an Orwellian Big Brother nightmare. The Chinese Communist Party is using advanced technology to secure government control over the lives of nearly everyone in the society by establishing a system of social credits based on each person's perceived behaviors and attitudes.   from CBNNews.com http://bit.ly/2YUlrW4

'I Thought We Were Going to Die': US Missionaries Ambushed, Saved by Mysterious Man on Motorcycle

These American missionaries were ambushed by an armed gang firing machine guns at them in Haiti. One missionary was shot and was bleeding out, but then a mysterious man showed up. from CBNNews.com http://bit.ly/2YRjdXm

How to Be a Principal Ballerina at 41

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By RIVKA GALCHEN from NYT Magazine https://nyti.ms/2Wzn1z9

How Kelli O’Hara Gets Ready for Broadway, Night After Night

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By TAFFY BRODESSER-AKNER from NYT Magazine https://nyti.ms/2YYgBqR

This Performer Has to Master 14 Parts at Once, and Let Go of His Ego

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By SCOTT HELLER from NYT Magazine https://nyti.ms/2IdPqBw

Narendra Modi to Begin Second Term as India’s Prime Minister in Grand Ceremony

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By MUJIB MASHAL from NYT World https://nyti.ms/2JLi6Fm

In This ‘Death of a Salesman,’ Willy Loman Is Black

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By MATT WOLF from NYT Theater https://nyti.ms/2HM1riU

Why Violence Is Up in Pockets of Brooklyn

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By AZI PAYBARAH from NYT New York https://nyti.ms/2QBtODc

Your Thursday Briefing

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By INYOUNG KANG and CHRIS STANFORD from NYT Briefing https://nyti.ms/2WuOuSt

You Make the Call: Leaving Williamsburg for Better Value in Brooklyn

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By JOYCE COHEN from NYT Real Estate https://nyti.ms/2XgUHP4

‘Why Are So Many of Our Girls Dying?’ Canada Grapples With Violence Against Indigenous Women

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By DAN BILEFSKY from NYT World https://nyti.ms/2ELlqMG

Four Years After Beau Biden’s Death, His Father Bonds With Voters in Pain

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By KATIE GLUECK from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/30SWMTD

The Fight Is Still Happening for the Rest of Us

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By RYAN SCHUESSLER from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2JKZg15

36 Hours in Bend, Ore. (and Environs)

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By DAVE SEMINARA from NYT Travel https://nyti.ms/2wzaKMl

Deadwood Has Drawn Fortune-Seekers Since 1876. HBO Is Only the Latest.

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By RICHARD RUBIN from NYT Travel https://nyti.ms/2JOdWN0

Airlines’ Gift to New Parents: Loyalty Status

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By ELAINE GLUSAC from NYT Travel https://nyti.ms/30MGLP0

As Everest Melts, Bodies Are Emerging From the Ice

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By BHADRA SHARMA and KAI SCHULTZ from NYT Sports https://nyti.ms/2W0dUDj

Adam Silver Says the N.B.A Is Flying, and He Is Sort of Right

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By KEVIN DRAPER from NYT Sports https://nyti.ms/2VZTgDs

Does the N.B.A. Peak During the Finals or Free Agency?

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By MARC STEIN from NYT Reader Center https://nyti.ms/2QA6KV3

The United States of Socialism?

By Unknown Author from NYT Opinion https://nyti.ms/2WEER41

Perk for the Ultrarich: Buy an $85 Million Apartment, Get a Trip to Space

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By JAMES BARRON from NYT New York https://nyti.ms/2YUtX7x

‘The Fall of the American Empire’ Review: A Satirical Take on the Crime Story

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By GLENN KENNY from NYT Movies https://nyti.ms/2WesFHv

I’m a Veteran Without PTSD. I Used to Think Something Was Wrong With Me.

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By MELISSA THOMAS from NYT Magazine https://nyti.ms/2IcRzgL

What Truck Drivers Think About Autonomous Trucking

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By WENDY MACNAUGHTON from NYT Business https://nyti.ms/2Ke9Ahm

What the Bond Market Is Trying to Tell Us: (Worry)

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By MATT PHILLIPS and STEPHEN GROCER from NYT Business https://nyti.ms/2XfF6zo

The Central Park Five: ‘We Were Just Baby Boys’

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By AISHA HARRIS from NYT Arts https://nyti.ms/2XfLKFG

How a City in Fear Brutalized the Central Park Five

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By JIM DWYER from NYT Arts https://nyti.ms/2IbRIBl

In Turkey, Keeping Alive a Language of Whistles

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By MALIN FEZEHAI from NYT Arts https://nyti.ms/2WflUFi