Dominic Calvert-Lewin sparks Everton’s late demolition of Crystal Palace
Everton left it late, very late, to record their third consecutive Premier League win under Marco Silva and leave Crystal Palace with an all-too-familiar sense
Trump promise to leave nuclear deal could be bargaining move, Corker says
- Senator: INF exit could be gambit like threat to scrap Nafta
- Russia laments ‘blackmail to forcefully get certain concessions’
Amid rising alarm over Donald Trump’s announced withdrawal from a key nuclear weapons treaty with Russia, the Republican chair of the Senate foreign relations committee said he hoped it was “just a move” to achieve a new deal, in the way the president threatened then renegotiated the Nafta trade agreement.
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Trump was ‘playful’ in praising assault on Guardian reporter, Ben Sasse says
- Nebraska senator: ‘People kind of tune most of it out’
- Sasse is author of book aiming to ‘heal’ political divide
Donald Trump was being “playful” when he praised a Montana congressman who assaulted a Guardian reporter, said a Republican senator whose new book sets out to “heal” America’s glaring political divide.
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What will help you get into Harvard? Super-rich parents with a chequebook and pen | Arwa Mahdawi
The university’s policy on affirmative action is on trial – but it is the evidence of links between offers of acceptance and donations that is most damning
Want a place at Harvard? Persuade your parents to give the university a nice gift. A new building, perhaps, or a million dollars for a fellowship. That sort of thing.
It has long been understood that you can, to some extent, buy your way into many of the US’s prestigious universities. There are certainly plenty of examples of people with more money than sense being admitted to elite educational institutions. Jared Kushner, for example, got into Harvard despite having a mediocre academic record. To be fair, this may have had nothing to do with his father pledging $2.5m (£1.9m) to the university shortly before he was accepted. Perhaps the admissions office just had a hunch that this was the genius who was finally going to bring peace to the Middle East.
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LeBron James’s home LA Lakers debut marred by brawl and ejections
- Chris Paul claims Rajon Rondo spat during confrontation
- Houston Rockets beat Lakers 124-115 in stormy game
Once the fists started flying late in the fourth quarter, LeBron James’ home debut with the Los Angeles Lakers was relegated to the undercard.
A sprawling fight that included the normally mild-mannered Chris Paul and Brandon Ingram stole part of the spotlight on LeBron’s official landing on the West Coast. The Houston Rockets stole the rest with a gritty victory.
Jamal Khashoggi’s death: western countries condemn Saudi explanation
UK says Riyadh’s version of events lacks credibility while France calls for ‘full light to be shed’Western governments have rejected the official Saudi Arabian explanation
Catalonia’s independence struggle has hit Barcelona’s reputation, says Valls
Mayoral candidate says push for independence has left Catalonia looking inward Manuel Valls has warned that the Catalan independence movement’s “failed” attempts to bring about
2020 vision: Democratic presidential hopefuls flock to early voting states
Biden spars with Trump in Nevada, Booker and Harris are in South Carolina. The White House race is already crowded
It’s a crisp fall weekend and more than a half-dozen prominent Democrats are in states that hold early primaries. Former vice-president Joe Biden is in Nevada. Two senators, Cory Booker and Kamala Harris, are in South Carolina. The former Virginia governor Terry McAuliffe is in New Hampshire and Colorado governor John Hickenlooper is in Iowa. It is October 2018. The 2020 presidential campaign is on.
Related: John James: ‘Battle-tested, ready to lead’ … and a black American for Trump
Actor Selma Blair reveals that she has multiple sclerosis
MS diagnosis came in August but Hollywood star has lived with symptoms for yearsThe American actor Selma Blair has been praised for speaking candidly about