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Facebook, Tiktok, Twitter tackle coronavirus fake news
Platforms are increasing efforts to block false information as the outbreak spreads a…
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Iowa caucuses: A guide to the first US state to vote
The 2020 election is about to begin so here’s an unconventional guide to the first US…
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Christopher Hasson: White supremacist Coast Guard officer jailed for 13 years
Christopher Hasson, a former lieutenant, was arrested last year after stockpiling wea…
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Black and in the police: 'I've been called a traitor'
Here's how black police officers are dealing with the stigma, like Love Island…
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Lina Ben Mhenni: The woman who blogged Tunisia's revolution
"Freedom, better education and health: that's all we wanted," one of Li…
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Kashmir avalanche: 'My baby's toy torch saved me from death'
Shakila was buried for hours under deep snow in Kashmir, hoping her daughter was aliv…
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Australia fires: How a unique slug species survived
The bright pink species is only found in a small habitat in Australia, experts say. F…
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Amazon rainforest: The 90-year-old trying to stop destruction
Newsnight was given rare access to a once-in-a-generation meeting of indigenous group…
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Kobe Bryant helicopter firm was not allowed to fly in fog
Island Express Helicopters was restricted to flying in clear conditions, officials sa…
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Could you handle the most remote campsite on earth?
Take a look inside an Antarctic campsite and find out how they survive. February 01, …
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Huduma Namba: Kenya court halts biometric ID over data fears
Judges says data protection laws need to be enacted to safeguard a wealth of sensitiv…
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Russia's use of facial recognition challenged in court
Moscow is rapidly expanding its use of live facial recognition technology. via BBC N…
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Coronavirus: Worldwide cases surpass Sars outbreak in 2003
The number of worldwide cases of the new coronavirus surpasses that of a similar outb…
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Deaf woman, 60, rows Atlantic Ocean in world first
Mo O'Brien also sets a world record as part of the fastest female trio to make th…
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Family removed from flight for body odour suing airline
The Adler family claim American Airlines staff made comments about their Orthodox Jew…
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Russia may drop murder charge in Khachaturyan sisters case
Three young women are accused of killing their father after years of domestic abuse. …
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Amazon: Christmas sales soar as other retailers struggle
Sales were up 20% over the festive season in sharp contrast to weakness at other reta…
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Belgium euthanasia: Three doctors cleared in landmark trial
Tine Nys's family had argued that her request to die back in 2010 should never ha…
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Plastic pollution: 'Hidden' chemicals build up in seabirds
Chemicals in plastics can build up in seabirds at levels thousands of times higher th…
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Brexit: Europeans look to uncertain future as UK leaves EU
Europeans from across the EU share their thoughts about what will change in their rel…
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Michel Barnier: 'We are weaker than if we were together'
EU's chief negotiator says his thoughts are with millions of people who are sad a…
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Hostage-taker in India shot dead at fake children’s party
Indian police kill a man who arranged a birthday party for his daughter, then took 20…
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Australia fires: State of emergency declared for Canberra region
Huge bushfires are raging near Canberra in the worst threat to the region since 2003,…
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Wilbur Ross says Coronavirus could boost US jobs
US commerce secretary Wilbur Ross says firms may bring production back to the US in r…
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Censorship claims emerge as TikTok gets political in India
A TikTok influencer says his videos on Hindu-Muslim unity have triggered censorship o…
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Trump impeachment: All eyes on moderate Republicans in witnesses battle
Moderate Republican senators are expected to announce their decisions in key witnesse…
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Making beautiful colours without toxic chemicals
Dyeing clothes uses a lot of water and chemicals, but new tech is drawing on nature f…
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Shane Fitzsimmons: 'Tireless' fire chief steering Australians through disaster
Fire chief Shane Fitzsimmons has worked tirelessly and "masterfully" to sav…
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Claudia Andujar: A glimpse of Yanomami life in the jungle
A gallery of Claudia Andujar's photographs of Yanomami tribespeople January 31, 2…
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Iowa caucuses: Nine unusual things about the Democratic race
Democrats are deciding who they want to take on Trump - and it can be a noisy, chaoti…
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Censorship claims emerge as TikTok gets political in India
A TikTok influencer says his videos on Hindu-Muslim unity have triggered censorship o…
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Making beautiful colours without toxic chemicals
Dyeing clothes uses a lot of water and chemicals, but new tech is drawing on nature f…
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Coronavirus: Why are we catching more diseases from animals?
Climate change is shifting our relationship with the animal kingdom and helping disea…
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Facebook: Privacy scandals take toll on profits
The firm recorded its first annual decline in profits in at least five years in 2019.…
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Most children sleep with mobile phone beside bed
The devices are "dominating" the lives of young people, says research. via…
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Weapon-spotting tech tested by Las Vegas casino
Sensors can be placed discretely in a building's entrance or turnstile creating a…
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Australia fires: Footage shows speed fires can spread
The newly released footage from New South Wales shows how quickly a bushfire can spre…
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Facebook: Privacy scandals take toll on profits
The firm recorded its first annual decline in profits in at least five years in 2019.…
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Coronavirus Wuhan diary: Living alone in a city gone quiet
Loneliness, emptiness, and hyper-hygiene - one woman describes life in a city gone qu…
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Sex Education: 'I wish I knew sex could be fun growing up'
The cast of Sex Education tell us why they wish the show had existed years ago. Janua…
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Lungs 'magically' heal damage from smoking
The effect has even been seen in people who had smoked for 40 years. January 29, 2020…
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Kobe Bryant: Vanessa breaks silence on husband's death
Vanessa makes her first comments after Sunday's crash that also killed one of the…
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Brexit: Tears and Auld Lang Syne as MEPs back terms
There were emotional moments as members of the European Parliament backed the terms o…
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Coronavirus: Technology giants join China shutdown
Google, Microsoft, and Amazon among the global companies taking action as the deadly …
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Coronavirus: Scientists race to develop a vaccine
US researchers are already working on a vaccine against the new virus that has emerge…
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US-Mexico border: 'Longest ever' smuggling tunnel discovered
The tunnel had rail track, drainage and air ventilation systems, and stretched for 4,…
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Transgender flag and women in tuxedos among new emojis
The list of symbols to be released later this year offers more options to represent g…
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Я/МЫ: Why are Russians using this symbol?
The phrase means "it's all of us" and is being used to rally support ag…
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Venezuela crisis forced José abroad to access HIV drugs
José Tovar is an HIV-positive refugee, forced to choose between staying in Venezuela …
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Coronavirus: Death toll rises as virus spreads to every Chinese region
With one of the 7,711 confirmed cases reported in Tibet, the virus is now in every re…
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