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Customers will no longer be stung with a surcharge when using a card to pay in a small shop or booking concert tickets or travel online, according to new regulations based on an EU directive. This will apply to both in-store and online payments and includes American Express and other payment methods including Apple Pay from Saturday, …
During a White House discussion on immigration policy, President Trump asked congressional lawmakers why the U.S. should accept immigrants from "shithole countries," according to two people briefed on the meeting. (Mark Wilson / Getty Images) From the moment he launched his candidacy by attacking Mexican immigrants as criminals, President Trump has returned time and again …
In an off-the-cuff comment with legislators gathered in the Oval Office on Thursday to discuss immigration, President Trump laid bare his world vision. There are wealthy white countries such as Norway, which are welcome to send immigrants to the United States. Then there are what the president called “shithole countries” — Haiti and all the …
There’s a million things to love about Hamilton, the musical that has opened in London to reviews as glowing as those that greeted its debut on Broadway. The lyrics are so ingenious, so intricate and dexterous, that the show’s creator, Lin-Manuel Miranda, has a claim to be among the most exciting writers, in any medium, in the …
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