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Founded in 1889, Royal Birkdale has a rich history of hosting The Open. This tournament will mark the 11th time since 1954 that the course has hosted The Open, with the most recent occasion coming in 2017.Royal Birkdale built three new holes — welcoming the rebuilt seventh hole and new 14th and 15th holes — that are additions to the course this summer ahead of The Open. Located along the Irish Sea in Southport, the course will be a beauty for golfers and spectators as well as viewers tuning in via broadcast. Winds off the shoreline can be a major…

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Arriving in Tepoztlán — the mountainous Pueblo Mágico about 90 minutes south of the heart of Mexico City’s Coyoacán neighborhood — evokes a surrealistic reverence for Mexico’s natural splendor. Cradled in the Sacred Valley of Tepoztlán, after crossing into the state of Morelos, you’ll make a sweeping, winding descent into the forest-encircled town. A natural amphitheater is formed by the surrounding Sierra de Tepoztlán and Chichinautzin mountain range, while Tepoztlán’s cobblestoned roads and lazy plazas underscore the small town’s relaxing rhythms. A spiritualist getaway The Pueblo Mágico of Tepoztlán is a remarkable place to visit under any circumstances. But if…

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Taylor Farms has expanded a voluntary recall of iceberg lettuce that was distributed to 27 states after federal health officials linked the lettuce from its supplier in central Mexico to the spread of an “explosive diarrhea” parasite. Earlier this week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) linked shredded iceberg lettuce from a single…

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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.This article is an on-site version of our Unhedged: Chart of the Week newsletter. You sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every Saturday, or explore all FT newslettersGood morning. Chip stocks are more volatile relative to the broader market than at any point in more than 30 years. This week’s chart compares how much semiconductor stocks, represented by the Philadelphia Semiconductor index (Sox), move day to day with moves in the S&P 500. The ratio shows how much larger the…

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“Truly one of the most special things I’ve ever had the opportunity to do,” singer says of shooting visual at same California prison that Johnny Cash performed at Six decades after Johnny Cash performed for inmates at San Quentin, Jelly Roll continues that legacy and visits the northern California prison for his new video “Hands Up.” The singer, who has been open about his own time spent behind bars, called shooting the “Hands Up” video, “Truly one of the most special things I’ve ever had the opportunity to do.” The singer reiterated, “These are not actors. This is not a…

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Key events‘Insane’: Liberal senator on Hanson comments on trans rightsEarlier, the Liberal senator Andrew Bragg, was asked on Insiders about a speech made by Pauline Hanson at this week’s CPAC summit in the UK, in which she said Australia’s stance on transgender rights was “stupid”.In another speech at the conference, Bragg’s Coalition colleague, Bridget McKenzie, claimed that Australians were not being consulted on the issue.Asked about Hanson’s comments, Bragg said, “I think we have to be sensible about these things”. double quotation markThe reality is that if you want to have a free and fair society, then you don’t go…

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One of the few monuments honoring an Arab-American in the United States is the subject of a new participatory art project that turns the decades-old sculpture of a slain Palestinian-American icon into an expansive, living artwork.Outside the public library in Santa Ana stands a memorial statue to Alex Odeh, a Palestinian-American poet, civil rights leader, and scholar who was assassinated in 1985. Created by Algerian-American artist Khalil Bendib in 1994, it depicts Odeh holding a book in one hand and a dove in the other, symbolizing his work as a peace activist. The bronze statue has been vandalized several times over…

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Saka scored a hat-trick for England against France in the tournament’s third-place playoff on Saturday. Luke Hales/Getty ImagesBukayo Saka “would have loved” to have played more for England at the World Cup and insists he was fit to do so.The Arsenal winger scored a hat-trick in England’s final game of the tournament, a 6-4 win over France in Saturday’s third-place playoff in Miami.Saka started at Hard Rock Stadium, three days after head coach Thomas Tuchel opted not to use him from the bench in the 2-1 semi-final defeat by Argentina.The 24-year-old was rotated by Tuchel as he managed an Achilles…

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July 13 to July 17 in Mexico was a week that swung wildly between the serious and the mildly absurd. Fittingly, the week’s biggest bilateral dust-ups both involved, one way or another, potentially “deadly connections” between Mexico and the U.S. On Tuesday, DEA Administrator Terry Cole’s claimed at a Florida conference that the Mexican government and cartel networks are “one … [and] the same,” an assertion that Mexico’s Security Cabinet flatly rejected, calling the remarks baseless and unfounded. Later in the week, Mexico’s Health Ministry issued a formal travel advisory warning citizens about a rapidly growing cross-border cyclosporiasis outbreak, the…

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