Saturday 30 November 2019

Wealthy Businessman Charged in Murder Case That Rocked Malta

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Dutch Police Arrest Suspect in Stabbing of Three Teens

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Iraqi Prime Minister Resigns in Deepening Political Crisis

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Albania Quake Rescues End With Toll at 51

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Facebook bows to Singapore's 'fake news' law with post 'correction'

It is the first time the social media giant has added a correction to a post under the new law.

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For Filipino Seafarers, a Lonely Life Celebrated in Song

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Spain’s Leftist Outsiders Are on the Verge of Getting Inside

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Friday 29 November 2019

Apple to take 'deeper look' at disputed borders

The review comes after the tech giant was criticised for maps showing Crimea as Russian territory.

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Sham news sites make big bucks from fake views

Websites that copy news stories from legitimate sites are making money from Google and Amazon ads.

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The Best Movies and TV Shows New on Netflix Canada in December

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Goo Hara and the trauma of South Korea's spy cam victims

Goo Hara's death shows it's often the victims of spy cams who are punished the most.

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Rise of comic book piracy 'a real problem'

Comic book creators search for ways to combat the rise of illegal digital sharing of their work.

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London Bridge Shooting as Police Respond to Stabbing

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Iraq Prime Minister Says He Will Resign Amid Protests

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Spying tools website taken down after UK raids

International police have arrested 14 people who may have sold or used the cyber-spying tools.

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Two K-Pop Stars Sentenced to Prison for Rape

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Two K-Pop Stars Sentenced to Prison for Rape

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Beloved Berlin Currywurst Stand Delivers a Bite of History

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What happens inside a fridge recycling plant

What happens to your old fridge when it's time to replace it, the BBC's Dougal Shaw reports.

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Deadline for UK drone registration approaches

Drone owners in the UK must register them by the end of Friday or face a £1,000 fine.

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General election 2019: BBC complains to Tories over Facebook advert

BBC lawyers ask the Tories to stop running a Facebook advert using edited footage of its reporters.

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Thursday 28 November 2019

Hong Kong Police End 2-Week Campus Siege

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Suddenly, the Chinese Threat to Australia Seems Very Real

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7 Killed in Plane Crash in Ontario

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Jet suit man flies off Royal Navy ship and other news

BBC Click's Lara Lewington looks at some of the week's best technology news stories.

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Amazon: What does 'peak season' mean for employees?

The technology company is resisting calls for its staff to join unions, but do they need to?

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How to make phone batteries that last longer

A breakthrough in battery technology would be an engineering triumph and spur to other technologies.

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Teaching children to build satellites in school

South African start-up XinaBox is teaching children to build satellites using a modular chip.

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Twitter: 'My boyfriend died but I still like to read his tweets'

Adam Parker says it's "good news" that Twitter is going to create a way to memorialise accounts.

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Apple removes designer Ive from leadership page

The former design head is deleted from Apple's web page, ending speculation about his departure date.

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Netflix 'reactivated' users without permission

Some former Netflix customers are being charged subscription fees, months after closing their accounts.

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In Albania, a Race to Save Lives on Ground That Keeps Shaking

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NATO Offers Trump a Budget Bonbon as Summit Nears

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Blocked TikToker: I don't believe app's explanation for device ban

The maker of a video about China's abuse of the Uighurs rejects TikTok's explanation for blocking her.

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Police Commander Not Guilty in Hillsborough Soccer Disaster

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Ebola Response Workers Are Killed in Congo

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Chess champion Garry Kasparov condemns Apple's Crimea map change

Ukrainian politicians and bloggers are also outraged after the firm shows it as a Russian territory.

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Roadside Bomb Kills 13 People on Their Way to Afghan Wedding

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North Korea Launches 2 Projectiles, South Says

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Pegasus: India may cite WhatsApp breach to store data locally

India is reportedly citing a major WhatsApp breach to make a further case for data localisation.

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Feroza Aziz: I'm not scared of TikTok

TikTok has apologised to Feroza Aziz who was blocked after criticising China's treatment of Uighurs.

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General election 2019: Why we all see politics differently on social media

Why our digital life means political campaigners target us in ways we might not realise.

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Wednesday 27 November 2019

TikTok apologises and reinstates banned US teen

Chinese-owned TikTok has apologised to a US teenager who posted a video criticising China's treatment of Muslims.

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German murderer wins 'right to be forgotten'

The man was convicted of murder but has won the right to have his name removed from search results.

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Where the Nurse Prescribes Heroin

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Dresden Museum Partly Reopens After Jewelry Heist

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Bangladesh Sentences 7 to Death Over 2016 Bakery Attack

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Go master quits because AI 'cannot be defeated'

Lee Se-dol retires from the game of Go after conceding that computers "cannot be defeated".

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Apple changes Crimea map to meet Russian demands

Apple Maps now shows Crimea - annexed from Ukraine in 2014 - as part of Russia, when viewed there.

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How a cake company pioneered the office computer

How the Lyons catering company pioneered LEO, the first electronic office system

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Albania Searches for Survivors After Fearsome Quake

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‘Evo Morales Is Like a Father to Us’

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