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Rashford 1, Johnson 0: Soccer star wins U-turn on free meals

by Associated Press
| June 19, 2020 12:03 AM

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson made an abrupt about-face Tuesday and agreed to keep funding meals for poor students over the summer holidays after young soccer star Marcus Rashford demanded that his government not forget the needs of hungry children.

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