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ALEX BRUMMER: US hurdle to G7 targets on tax and climate change

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Hopes of a giant step forward on climate change at the Cornwall G7 proved optimistic. US politics has a nasty habit of getting in the way, as it has over setting a new global minimum tax of 15 per cent. Among specific proposals to cut collective carbon emissions in half by 2030 was a pledge … Read more

Moment university track and field star clears a 5ft 1in hurdle – and makes it look easy 

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Defying gravity! Moment university track and field star clears a 5ft 1in hurdle – and makes it look easy 22-year-old Emmanuel ‘Ray Ray’ Wells Jr was filmed leaping over a 61-inch hurdle The Washington State University track and field star made the jump look easy Earlier this year Wells Jr leaped a 55-inch hurdle but … Read more

Government’s controversial Internal Markets bill passes first Commons hurdle

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The controversial Internal Markets bill has passed its first two House of Commons hurdles this evening as the Labour bid to get it thrown out failed – despite fears over it breaking international law and tearing up parts of the Brexit deal.  The ayes in favour of the Opposition’s amendment amounted to 213 votes, compared … Read more