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Facebook steps up fight against vaccine misinformation
Social media giant Facebook says it will remove groups and pages that spread misinformation about vaccinations on its site. It’s the latest step Facebook and others are taking to stem the tide of misinformation on social media sites. Facebook says it will take its cue from global health organizations, such as the World Health Organization…
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Here’s why that Momo Challenge face creeps you out
Reportedly created by Japanese company Link Factory, Momo has become a celebrity in the last week for all the wrong reasons. The face at the center of the eponymous Momo Challenge hoax is something of an avian-human hybrid and, undoubtedly, creepy. That creepiness factor is, in part, responsible for the virality of the challenge, which, according to…
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Michael Cohen: Ex-lawyer tells Congress Trump directed lies
US President Donald Trump’s ex-lawyer Michael Cohen has claimed Trump wanted him to lie about a property deal in Moscow amid his election campaign. In congressional testimony, Cohen said Trump directed covert plans for the skyscraper, even while he denied having any business in Russia. He also said Trump knew about a leak of hacked…
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Prince Philip, 97, gives up driving licence
The Duke of Edinburgh is to voluntarily give up his driving licence, Buckingham Palace has said. It comes after the 97-year-old duke apologised over a car crash near the Sandringham estate in Norfolk, in which his Land Rover Freelander landed on its side after a collision with a Kia. Two days later Norfolk Police gave…
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Trump’s White House reportedly launches manhunt for leaker who released his private schedule
The leak of President Donald Trump’s private schedule dating back to the 2018 November midterm elections sparked a manhunt for the individual responsible for its release, according to Politico report published Friday. The White House tapped into the services of the IT office and is believed to have made progress in its search, people familiar with the…
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The Queen to be relocated in case of Brexit unrest – media
British officials have revived Cold War emergency plans to relocate the royal family should there be riots in London if Britain suffers a disruptive departure from the European Union next month, two Sunday newspapers reported. “These emergency evacuation plans have been in existence since the Cold War, but have now been repurposed in the event…
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Prince Philip unhurt in crash while driving
The Duke of Edinburgh has been involved in a car crash while driving near the Queen’s Sandringham estate, Buckingham Palace has said. Prince Philip, 97, was not injured in the accident, which happened as he drove a Land Rover out of a driveway onto the A149 shortly before 15:00 GMT. The other car involved was…
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British PM’s Brexit deal rejected by MPs
Prime Minister Theresa May has lost an MPs’ vote on her Brexit deal by 230 votes – the largest defeat for a sitting government in history. MPs voted by 432 votes to 202 to reject the deal, which sets out the terms of Britain’s exit from the EU on 29 March. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn…
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Ministers plead with MPs to back Theresa May’s deal
The U.K. government has made a fresh plea to MPs to get behind Theresa May’s Brexit deal in Tuesday’s crucial Commons vote. No 10 says it is alarmed by reports MPs plan to take control of Brexit if Mrs May’s deal is voted down, although a leading Tory rebel denies such a move. And Labour…
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I won’t compromise on wall, says Trump
President Donald Trump has refused to compromise on his demand for a wall to be built on the Mexican border, the cause of a partial government shutdown. He said he did not think he would have to reduce the $5.6 billion in funds he was demanding and repeated a threat to declare a national emergency.…
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Bangladesh opposition demand new vote
Bangladesh’s opposition has condemned what it has called a “farcical” election and demanded a new vote. Early results show Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s party in the lead, and she is likely to win a large majority. But there have been claims of vote-rigging, and a BBC correspondent saw filled ballot boxes at a polling centre…