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Critics say Google rules put profits over privacy
Privacy campaigners have called Google’s new rules on tracking people online “a blatant disregard for user privacy.” Changes which come in on Sunday permit so-called “fingerprinting”, which allows online advertisers to collect more data about users including their IP addresses and information about their devices. Google says this data is already widely used by other…
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How ‘Montoya, por favor!’ broke the internet
Telecinco (Mediaset España) Clips of Jose Carlos Montoya’s spiralling meltdown at watching his girlfriend Anita cheat have gone viral wordwide Reality TV gold has a new three-word definition: “Montoya, por favor!” If you’ve been anywhere near social media over the past fortnight, you’ll know the raw drama setting the internet ablaze this award season hasn’t…
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Crested cranes: Uganda’s disappearing national bird
Wycliffe Muia BBC News, Mbarara Getty Images With its distinctive golden crown, red throat pouch and slender black legs, the crested crane is beloved in Uganda – featuring on the East African nation’s flag and coat of arms. All the country’s national sports teams are also nicknamed after the iconic bird, but in recent years…
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Pudding debate splits island nation
Gemma Handy Reporter, St John’s, Antigua Gemma Handy Novella Payne uses traditional recipes learnt from her grandmother It is not cricket or politics that triggers the most ardent debate in Antigua and Barbuda. It is the ingredients of a beloved national dish. The question of whether “ducana” – a sweet potato and coconut dumpling –…
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‘They were ordered to take their backpacks and leave’
Nafiseh Kohnavard Middle East correspondent, BBC World Service Reporting fromReporting from Syria BBC After years of military expansion, everything Iran was trying to build in Syria is in ruins Mouldy half-finished food on bunk beds, discarded military uniforms and abandoned weapons – these are the remnants of an abrupt retreat from this base that once…
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Dinosaur teeth found in French customs check near Italy border
French customs Three of the teeth belonged to a Mosasaurus, a large aquatic reptile French customs officers have found nine dinosaur teeth during a routine check near the Italian border. The discovery was made as the officers inspected a Spanish lorry on the A8 motorway on 28 January, officials say. They spotted the apparent fossils…
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Discordant Trump team statements on Ukraine leaves allies anxious
Tom Bateman State Department Correspondent Reuters Mechanical problems forced Marco Rubio’s plane to briefly return to Washington earlier this week A cracked windscreen forced US Secretary of State Marco Rubio into a rapid U-turn as his plane, en route to the Munich Security Conference, had to turn back an hour into the flight. America’s top…
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European leaders set to hold emergency summit on Ukraine
European leaders are set to gather for an emergency summit on the war in Ukraine as concerns grow over Donald Trump’s interventions on the peace process. Sir Keir Starmer, who is expected to attend the summit in Paris, said it was a “once-in-a-generation moment for our national security” and it was clear Europe must take…
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Fifteen people killed in crush, reports say
A crush at New Delhi Railway Station has left at least 15 people dead and 10 injured. Dr Ritu Saxena, deputy medical superintendent of Lok Nayak Hospital in New Delhi, confirmed the numbers to BBC Hindi after thousands of people reportedly crammed into the railway station on Saturday evening. Reuters news agency reported that three…
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Villach knife attack leave teenager dead and four wouded
A teenager has died and four people have been wounded in a knife attack in Austria. It happened around 16:00 local time (15:00 GMT) near the main square of Villach, a southern town close to the border with Italy and Slovenia. The victim was 14 years old and the suspect is a Syrian asylum seeker,…
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