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Texas officials try to blame frozen wind turbines for catastrophic power outages

People wit to fill propane tanks in Houston, Texas Credit: AP Officials in Texas last night attempted to blame frozen wind turbines for catastrophic...

Редактор18.02.2021

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‘Kidnapped’ Hotel Rwanda hero on trial for terrorism charges

Paul Rusesabagina (R) is escorted in handcuffs into a courtroom in Kigali Credit: CLEMENT UWIRINGIYIMANA /REUTERS Staunch Rwandan government critic Paul Rusesabagina, best known for...

Редактор18.02.2021

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Pharaoh killed in ‘execution ceremony’, hi-tech study concludes

A hi-tech study has offered new clues about the killing of a pharaoh who ruled Egypt 3,600 years ago, according to the country’s antiquities...

Редактор18.02.2021

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Barcelona to ban smoking on four of its beaches

Barcelona is banning smoking on four of the city’s most popular beaches as part of its clean air policy. The ban complements moves to...

Редактор18.02.2021

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From Nelly to Doug: nicknames emerge for growing list of Covid variants

Each day seemingly unveils a fresh variant of the virus that causes Covid-19. These variants – may be worthy of concern or simply stoke...

Редактор18.02.2021

Общество

‘No way they’ll back out’: tensions rise amid Ethiopia opposition hunger strike

For two hours the doctors had waited outside the gates of Kaliti prison in Addis Ababa. Bekele Gerba, a leading Ethiopian opposition figure from...

Редактор18.02.2021

Технологии

Why are Samsung’s emojis different from everyone else?

It’s a tricky life, being an emoji designer. Unicode, the consortium that controls the key standard used to digitally encode writing, picks which emojis...

Редактор18.02.2021

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Neo-Nazi once worked for US Department of Homeland Security

Neo-Nazi Rinaldo Nazzaro Credit: Social media The founder of a US-based neo-Nazi group worked for the US Department of Homeland Security from 2004-6, the...

Редактор17.02.2021

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Russia balks at European court ruling demanding Navalny’s release

Alexei Navalny spent weeks in a coma after a near-fatal poisoning in Siberia last summer Credit: AP/AP Russia’s justice ministry on Wednesday refused to...

Редактор17.02.2021

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AstraZeneca vaccine unpopular in Europe amid concerns over efficacy and side effects

Police officers wait in line to receive the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccination in Italy Credit: Simona Granati /Corbis News The Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus is running into public...

Редактор17.02.2021

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Hotel Rwanda dissident goes on trial accused of terrorism and murder

The businessman whose role in saving more than 1,000 lives inspired the film Hotel Rwanda has gone on trial in Kigali. Paul Rusesabagina faces...

Редактор17.02.2021

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England’s poorest areas hit by Covid ‘perfect storm’ – leaked report

A “perfect storm” of low wages, cramped housing and failures of the £22bn test-and-trace scheme has led to “stubbornly high” coronavirus rates in England’s...

Редактор17.02.2021