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Meghan to receive £1 in damages after privacy case
BBC News 05 Jan 2022
The Duchess of Sussex will receive £1 in damages from Associated Newspapers after the Mail on Sunday was found to have invaded her privacy. The nominal sum was set out in court documents which formally confirm the newspaper has accepted defeat. The Mail on Sunday published a handwritten letter the duchess sent to her father Thomas Markle in 2018 ... .
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Asteroid the size of two Empire State Buildings approaching Earth
Russia Today 05 Jan 2022
It’s going to be the first flyby of a large space rock in 2022, according to NASA. A massive asteroid from NASA’s ‘potentially hazardous’ list that is two and a half times the height of New York’s Empire State Building is set to pass Earth later this month ... .
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13 killed, including 7 children, in house fire in Philadelphia, officials say
The Los Angeles Times 05 Jan 2022
PHILADELPHIA — . A large house fire in Philadelphia early Wednesday killed 13 people, including seven children, and sent two people to hospitals, fire officials said. Officials said at a news conference later in the morning that there were four smoke detectors in the building but that none were operating ... Advertisement ... World & Nation ... 6.
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Kazakhstan protests - live
The Independent 05 Jan 2022
Kazakhstan government resigns after violent fuel protests. Kazakhstan's presidential residence has been engulfed in flames and armed protesters have stormed another government building, as protests in the central Asian country turned violent amid anger at a rise in fuel prices ... Show latest update. 1641406090.
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Japanese Prime Minister Orders Analysis of Potential North Korean Missile Launch
Urdu Point 05 Jan 2022
Earlier in the day, the Japanese Coast Guard and the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff said they had observed an unknown projectile, presumed to be a ballistic missile fired by North Korea in the direction of the Sea of Japan ... ....
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Taliban orders shop owners to ‘cut off heads’ of mannequins
Al Jazeera 05 Jan 2022
The Taliban has ordered shop owners in western Afghanistan to cut off the heads of mannequins, insisting the life-sized figures violate Islamic law, according to a report. A video clip showing men sawing the plastic heads off female dummies went viral on social media, the AFP news agency reported on Wednesday ... pic.twitter.com/CUBA6fSE74 ... .
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Sydney faces ‘extreme marine heatwave’
The Independent 05 Jan 2022photo: AP / Evan Vucci, File
Trauma and discord as America commemorates Jan. 6 insurrection
Gulf News 05 Jan 2022
The image from that day, Jan. 6, 2021, shocked America to its core, as indeed it did the rest of the world — the image being that of a mob of several thousand insurrectionists, many attired like latter-day sans-culottes, storming the US Capitol soon after former president Donald Trump had urged them in a rally that morning to “fight like hell” ... .
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India police make arrests in online ‘auction’ of Muslim women
Al Jazeera 05 Jan 2022
Police in India say they have arrested three suspects in an investigation into an online app that shared pictures of more than a hundred Muslim women for an “auction” in another case of hatred towards the minority community ... The app was called “Bulli Bai”, a derogatory term to describe Muslim women ... Official ... .
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German watchdog puts Google under closer antitrust scrutiny
The Siasat Daily 05 Jan 2022
London. Germany’s antitrust watchdog paved the way Wednesday for extra scrutiny of Google by designating it a company of paramount significance,” the first to get that label since regulators got more power to curb abusive practices by big digital companies ... Also Read. Google raises salaries of top brass after refusing to hike workers’ pay.
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The EU's weak response to Russian aggression plays into Putin's hands
The Spectator 05 Jan 2022
The European Union’s top diplomat Josep Borrell is in Ukraine today. His mission? To show solidarity with Kiev in the face of Russian aggression. But the visit is too little too late. Former Soviet states, such as Ukraine, have grown used to the lofty rhetoric and empty gestures of their EU ... It set a dangerous precedent ... Make no mistake, he says ... .
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George Floyd’s 4-year-old niece shot while sleeping in Houston home
New York Post 05 Jan 2022
George Floyd’s 4-year-old niece, Arianna, was shot while sleeping in her bed Saturday after a gunman opened fire on her home, Houston police said. The girl was shot in torso and is in stable condition after an emergency surgery, police said. The bullet punctured her lung and liver and also broke three ribs, ABC 13 Houston said ... ....
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What is intuitive eating and is it a diet? Experts explain
Yahoo Daily News 05 Jan 2022
Experts explain what intuitive eating is, and how it isn't about weight loss or dieting. (Photo. Getty Creative). There's a good chance that your holiday dinner conversations this year included chatter about the latest trendy diet ... It can be insidious ... The concept of intuitive eating was coined by dietitians Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch ... TRENDING ... .
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The Military Is The Reason Why the Amish Have Their Distinctive Beards
War History Online 05 Jan 2022
The Amish are a group of traditionalist Christian church fellowships most notable for their relatively “old-fashioned” style of life. As part of living out what they believe to be God’s word, Amish men famously sport long beards. Today, bearded men aren’t unusual ... Amish man, September 1950. (Photo Credit ... Ulysses S ... (Photo Credit.
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PM Modi trapped on flyover in 'security breach'
BBC News 05 Jan 2022
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi found himself stuck on a flyover for up to 20 minutes in what is being seen as a security breach of his convoy. Mr Modi was on his way to a memorial in the northern state of Punjab when the route was blocked by protesting farmers ... It got stuck some 30km (18 miles) from the memorial ... You might also be interested in..