Friday 30 November 2018

Rwandan Women Paddle Into the Male World of Fishing

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TEDWomen: Vibrations offer new way to track elephants

A technique used to study earthquakes have been adapted to track elephants in the wild.

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ISIS Official Known for Caging Foes Is Captured by Iraq

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Canada Faces a New Challenge as a Century of Automaking Ends

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Space Odyssey helps launch first 8K TV channel

The classic film will be broadcast in super-high definition 8K on a new TV channel in Japan.

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Brexit: Minister resigns over Theresa May's 'naive' deal

Sam Gyimah says a row about the EU's Galileo sat-nav system shows any deal will be "EU first".

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Dodging Friends, Chased by Legal Troubles, Trump Navigates G20

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Ukraine, on a War Footing, Looks Westward for Help

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Pontius Pilate’s Name Is Found on 2,000-Year-Old Ring

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The Man Who Brought Weimar into Germans’ Living Rooms

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Google staff pledge cash to striking workmates

The cash would be used to support any staff striking over Google's work on a search engine for China.

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Health secretary Matt Hancock accused of breaking ethics rules

Labour demands an ethics probe after health secretary talks about "GP at Hand" app in an interview.

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Trade Pact Is Signed, but U.S.-Canada Rift Remains

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Marriott hack hits 500 million guests

Marriott says details of up to 500 million guests may have been accessed in a database breach.

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Tesco and VW plan free electric car charging points

Customers can leave electric cars to charge while shopping, under a partnership with Volkswagen.

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Floyd Mayweather and DJ Khaled pay SEC cryptocurrency penalties

The regulator says the celebrities did not tell followers they had been paid to promote some investments.

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Ex-Autonomy boss Mike Lynch charged with fraud in the US

Founder of UK software giant is charged with fraud seven years after the firm's sale to Hewlett-Packard.

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MeToo founder Tarana Burke: Campaign now 'unrecognisable'

Tarana Burke first used the phrase 12 years ago before it became a global movement last year.

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Starbucks to block porn on free wi-fi in US

The coffee chain says watching porn has always been banned, but it will now block access to content.

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Thursday 29 November 2018

As Measles Surges, ‘Decades of Progress’ Are in Jeopardy

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Australia’s ‘Hollowed Out’ Politics, Explained

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Orban and His Allies Cement Control of Hungary’s News Media

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Smart meter fitting slows as deadline looms

Fewer smart meters are being fitted despite the government insisting all homes will have one by 2020.

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Carphone Warehouse faces Black Friday backlash

Problems with credit checks led some customers to be wrongly refused smartphone contracts.

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Facebook's UK political ad rules kick in

Facebook starts to enforce its tighter political advertising rules in the UK following a delay.

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Raids mounted on fake Indian tech support centres

Microsoft complained to local police, who arrested more than 50 people in call centres.

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Nintendo smashes its rules for gaming vloggers

The gaming giant will now let players share videos on YouTube, Twitch and others.

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Salome Zurabishvili Wins Georgia Presidential Runoff

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Wednesday 28 November 2018

Serkis on Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle special effects

Andy Serkis has directed the new movie Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle using motion capture effects.

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What happened when sextortion scammers targeted a BBC Trending reporter?

Investigating cyber criminals who use your password to threaten to expose you on social media

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Border Agents Fired Tear Gas Into Mexico. Was it Legal?

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A War Hostel? ‘It Is Insane to Want to Sleep There’

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Brazil Backs Out of Hosting 2019 Climate Change Meeting

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One Planet York: 'Ethical hacker' exposed council app flaw

A developer proved phone numbers and encrypted passwords of One Planet York users could be found on the app.

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U.K. Government Markets Its Brexit Plan as Least Bad Option

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Huawei: Why has UK not blocked Chinese firm's 5G kit?

New Zealand's bar on the company's 5G kit raises questions about why the UK seems less concerned.

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Bullying Video Prompts Outrage and Refugee Support in Britain

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At Least a Dozen Civilians Killed in Afghan and U.S. Operation

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Escaped Militant Leader, 21, Is Shot Dead in Kashmir

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Massage app exposes 'sex pest' clients

Urban Massage left thousands of customer records exposed, including complaints about its clients.

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