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Apple chief executive Tim Cook has called for the retraction of a story alleging Chinese infiltration in its and other major firms' infrastructure. Bloomberg’s Businessweek published a story which said malicious chips were built into…
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At least 59 people have been killed and dozens more injured by a train running into a crowd near Amritsar in India's northern Punjab state. The victims were standing on the railway tracks watching celebrations for Dusshera, a Hindu…
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At least 33 people have been infected with the deadly Ebola virus in the past week, 24 of which have since passed away, the health ministry of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) said. According to the ministry, the cases were…
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Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi entered Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul on October 2 to obtain a document certifying he divorced his ex-wife so he could remarry. He has not been seen since. Turkish sources have told media outlets…
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Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has said that some of the soldiers who entered the grounds of his office last week had wanted to kill him. At the time, he defused the situation by ordering them to do press-ups and joining in. Mr…
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Time is up for sexual predators in the aid sector, Britain’s development minister said on Thursday, as she announced new measures to clamp down on sexual abuse and exploitation after a series of scandals. Penny Mordaunt said it was a…
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The former president and CEO of USA Gymnastics has been arrested for tampering with evidence in relation to the Larry Nassar sexual abuse scandal. Steve Penny had been indicted by a grand jury for allegedly removing documents from a…
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Students have been left with horrific injuries after a nail bomb went off at a college in Crimea and a gunman opened fire with a rifle. The death toll rose to 20 on Thursday when a teenage girl died of her wounds aboard an emergency…
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The UK's transition out of the EU could be extended by "a matter of months" to ensure there is no visible border in Northern Ireland, Theresa May has said. The prime minister said this was a new idea that had emerged in negotiations and…
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A former Nigerian pharmaceuticals executive who was implicated in a BBC investigation into the illegal sale of addictive opioids has been arrested. Chukwunonye Madubuike was detained west of Lagos, close to the border with Benin, police…
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