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India summons Canada envoy as row deepens over Trudeau’s protest remarks

India has summoned the Canadian ambassador to protest at comments by Justin Trudeau on recent mass protests by farmers in the country. Indian officials...

Редактор05.12.2020

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Covid infection rates fall across most of England, Northern Ireland and Scotland

The percentage of people testing positive for coronavirus is falling across almost all of England, as well as in Northern Ireland and Scotland, as...

Редактор05.12.2020

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Former Austrian minister sentenced to eight years in prison in €1bn corruption trial

Karl-Heinz Grasser (centre) flanked by his lawyers Credit: HELMUT FOHRINGER/AFP A former Austrian finance minister was sentenced to eight years in prison on Friday...

Редактор05.12.2020

Технологии

How did the Enigma machine work?

Like all the best cryptography, the Enigma machine is simple to describe, but infuriating to break. Straddling the border between mechanical and electrical, Enigma...

Редактор04.12.2020

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Experts question claimed accuracy of Covid-19 saliva tests

Saliva tests for Covid-19, which are being introduced for NHS workers as part of the government’s mass testing programme, pick up only 13% of...

Редактор04.12.2020

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German drivers let off parking fines with tickets that read ‘Ho ho ho…that was close!’

One of the new parking tickets Credit: Social media Drivers in a small town in western Germany have been finding unusual parking tickets slipped...

Редактор04.12.2020

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China creating ‘biologically enhanced soldiers’, claims US intelligence chief

John Ratcliffe oversees America's intelligence agencies Credit: Alex Wong /Getty China is conducting "human testing" to create "biologically enhanced soldiers," the head of US intelligence...

Редактор04.12.2020

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Ethiopia Airlines accused of ethnic profiling over civil war with Tigray

Ethiopian Airlines has moved to ban or place on leave those who are part of the ethnic Tigrayan minority Staff at Africa’s largest airline...

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Teenage inventor named TIME magazine’s ‘Kid of the Year’

Gitanjali's cyber-bullying app uses AI to detect abusive language patterns Credit: PA A teenage scientist whose inventions include an app capable of detecting and...

Редактор04.12.2020

Новости США

‘Move with urgency’: Joe Biden’s economic team in their own words

Play Video 1:42 ‘Help is on the way,’ says Joe Biden as he announces new economic team – video Joe Biden’s incoming economic team...

Редактор04.12.2020

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Florida newspaper investigation finds state government misled public on Covid as cases rose

Florida this week became the third US state to record a million coronavirus cases and yet the public there has been misled by state...

Редактор04.12.2020

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France security law incompatible with human rights, say UN experts

UN experts have urged France to completely revise a proposed new security law, deeming it “incompatible” with international law and human rights. Five independent...

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Breakthrough in Qatar dispute after ‘fruitful’ talks to end conflict

A breakthrough in the three-and-a-half-year dispute between Qatar and its neighbouring Gulf states appears to have been achieved following what were described as “fruitful”...

Редактор04.12.2020

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Muslims in Sri Lanka ‘denied justice’ over forced cremations of Covid victims

Muslim and Christian families in Sri Lanka whose relatives were cremated during the coronavirus pandemic in violation of their religious beliefs say they have...

Редактор04.12.2020