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Europe
CIA-owned encryption company jeopardised Swiss neutrality: report
Investigators concluded that Swiss authorities were aware of, and at times complicit in, an elaborate espionage operation by American and German intelligence.
- by Greg Miller and Peter F. Mueller
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Extremism
Delete all: Macron demands terror messages be wiped within an hour
French President Emmanuel Macron has condemned the misuse of Europe's asylum system by those bent on crime or terrorism.
- by Henry Samuel
Sexism
'Woman' gets a rewrite in Oxford Dictionary after online sexism campaign
The lexicographers have agreed to label synonyms such as bitch as offensive and overhauled definitions to include same-sex relationships.
- by N'Dea Yancey-Bragg
US votes 2020
Trump's name spotted in Johnson's Biden congratulations
Keen-eyed political observers noticed an unusual feature in a tweet from British PM Boris Johnson congratulating US President-elect Joe Biden.
Coronavirus pandemic
Coronavirus vaccine leader began with a wild cancer research idea
More than 25 years ago, two German doctors had an idea: to harness the immune system to attack not viruses, but cancer cells.
- by Naomi Kresge
Catholic church
Report into disgraced ex-cardinal shows failings by popes, top clerics
The Vatican report says disgraced ex-US cardinal Theodore McCarrick was allowed to rise through the Catholic ranks despite repeated allegations of sexual misconduct.
- by Philip Pullella
World politics
Ex-Tory PM John Major attacks Boris Johnson for 'wretched betrayal'
Warning complacency and nostalgia was a route to national decline, Major urged Britons not to view the country through rose-tinted glasses.
- by Bevan Shields
Royal family
Questions over famous Princess Diana interview prompt fresh BBC probe
The tell-all 'three of us in this marriage' interview was viewed by millions, rocked the royal family and propelled little-known Martin Bashir to stardom.
- by Bevan Shields
Courts
'Building a house of cards in a wind tunnel': Judge throws out huge BHP dam disaster class action
A High Court judge said hearing the case – the largest class action in British history – would "lead to utter chaos".
- by Bevan Shields
Coronavirus pandemic
Calls to isolate some UK COVID-19 patients over fears of 'mink virus'
Every hospital in Britain has been ordered to isolate suspected "mink virus" patients.
- by Bill Gardner and Laura Donnelly
US votes 2020
Putin is quiet on Biden victory, hinting at tense years ahead
The early signs indicate that Putin is preparing for a deeply adversarial relationship with America's next president.
- by Anton Troianovski and Andrew E. Kramer