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FLIGHTS come with the big perk of being able to make the most of duty-free shopping at the airport. This week the UK government announced new duty-free rules coming into play in 2021.

1. Waitrose to close four more supermarkets, putting 124 jobs at risk  The Guardian
2. 34 jobs at risk as Waitrose to close store on Shrewsbury's Pride Hill  shropshirestar.com
3. Waitrose to sell Wolverhampton store to Tesco as four branches close  The Grocer
4. Wolverhampton Waitrose store to be turned into a Tesco  expressandstar.com
5. Waitrose to close four UK stores with 124 jobs at risk - see if your local is affected  Mirror Online
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The Delhi University's St Stephen's College has released its first cut-off list for undergraduate courses, with the highest cut-off being announced at 99.25 per cent for BA (Hons) Economics for students coming from the commerce background.

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Blyncsy wants states using Apple and Google technology to pay it $1 per resident. It may not win, but the patent tussle could deter others from adopting apps.

Microsoft's Game Pass Ultimate cloud-enabled gaming service launched (formerly called Project xCloud). Here's how to check it out.

A new four-part documentary about the ill-fated Challenger mission highlights the risk of putting bureaucracy before science in human spaceflight

As always, our tech advice columnist is here to help.

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This sucks.

One of the many trial balloons floated in this shortened season is the expansion of the postseason. After a shortened season, 16 teams will make the playoffs in an effort to recoup some losses for MLB ownership.

For a farce of a year, expanded playoffs are fine. If the season is going to be stupid and silly, it should be the most stupid and the most silly. However, if Rob Manfred gets his way, the expanded postseason will stick around in perpetuity. Читать дальше...

Pete Souza photographs President Barack Obama in 2013 as he greets family members of the victims and survivors of the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Pete Souza on authenticity, his new documentary, and recording the presidency for history.

The announcement follows the firm's plans to close John lewis stores in Croydon, Swindon, Tamworth, Newbury, Heathrow, London St Pancras, Birmingham and Watford

“Let’s go OVER THERE!” | Minda Haas Kuhlmann

Be excellent to each other.

Tom Holland! Robert Pattinson! Sebastian Stan! Riley Keough! The Devil All the Time’s cast list is more exciting than the film itself, a 138-minute slog through the grim and violent lives of various individuals in mid-20th century rural Ohio. "Some people are born just so they could be buried," one character intones toward the end, voicing what could easily be the motto of the film.

The tale of "forced hysterectomies" at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Georgia was certain to create a firestorm.

Now that he’s dependent on me, I fantasize about running away all the time.

The opposition expected that the government would not recognize Alexander Lukashenko as the legitimate president of Belarus