PRINCESS DIANA INTERVIEW SCANDAL: BBC RELEASES 3,000 EMAILS

Wed 31 January 2024: Around 3,000 internal emails from the BBC regarding the controversy surrounding Princess Diana’s 1995 interview have been made public. On December of last year, a judge ordered the release of the emails. After being accused of using deceit to get an interview with the late Princess, journalist Martin Bashir cited ‘professional jealousy’, as well as his background and ethnicity. LONDON POLICE RULE OUT NEW INVESTIGATION INTO PRINCESS DIANA INTERVIEW The investigative journalist Andy Webb put in the freedom of information (FoI) […]

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AMERICANS ARE HOMELESS AT RECORD LEVELS AS RENTS RISE ACROSS THE COUNTRY

Wed 31 January 2024: A growing number of Americans are ending up homeless as soaring rents in recent years squeeze their budgets. According to a January 25 report from Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies, roughly 653,000 people reported experiencing homelessness in January of 2023, up roughly 12% from the same time a year prior and 48% […]

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EDITING MEMORIES, SPYING ON OUR BODIES, NORMALISING WEIRD GOGGLES: APPLE’S NEW VISION PRO HAS BIG AMBITIONS

Wed 31 January 2024: Apple Vision Pro is a mixed-reality headset – which the company hopes is a “revolutionary spatial computer that transforms how people work, collaborate, connect, relive memories, and enjoy entertainment” – that begins shipping to the public (in the United States) later this week. Critics have doubted the appeal of the face-worn computer, which “seamlessly […]

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FARMERS CONTINUE PROTESTS ACROSS EUROPE AGAINST EU’S AGRICULTURAL POLICIES

Wed 31 January 2024: Farmers across Europe continued Tuesday to protest the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and environmental rules. Farmers carrying Italian flags and banners blocked motorways with their tractors in numerous locations in central and northern Italy as well as Sardinia, as reported by public broadcaster, Rai News. In Belgium, public broadcaster VRT […]

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CANADA DROPS EXPORT CONTROLS FOR TURKIYE, INCLUDING DRONE TECHNOLOGY

Tue 30 January 2024: Canada said on Monday that it has dropped export controls to Turkiye for certain types of weapons, including drone optical technology, according to a notice posted online. The government said that from now on it would review all exports on a case-by-case basis. The North American country suspended drone technology sales […]

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MUSK’S NEURALINK IMPLANTS A BRAIN CHIP IN A HUMAN FOR THE FIRST TIME

Tue 30 January 2024: Elon Musk, a tech tycoon, has claimed that his Neuralink company has successfully implanted one of its wireless brain chips in a human. The billionaire also revealed he hoped the product – called ‘Telepathy’ – will eventually allow users with disabilities like Stephen Hawking to “communicate faster than an auctioneer”. “Initial […]

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EU FORMS PORT ALLIANCE AGAINST DRUG TRAFFICKING

Mon 29 January 2024: The European Ports Alliance Public Private Partnership was introduced by the European Commission on last week Wednesday with the goal of uniting all parties involved in defending ports against drug trafficking and criminal infiltration, Xinhua reported. The alliance was established in cooperation with the EU Anti-Crime Agency, member states, ports authorities, […]

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WESTERN COUNTRIES URGE KOSOVO TO POSTPONE DECISION TO REPLACE SERBIAN DINAR WITH EURO

Mon 29 January 2024: Five Western nations urged Kosovo on Sunday to suspend its decision to replace the local currency, the Serbian dinar, with the euro as of Feb. 1, fearing tensions between Pristina and Belgrade. The embassies of the Quint countries (the US, France, Italy, Germany and the UK) published a joint statement regarding […]

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UK GOVERNMENT TO BAN DISPOSABLE VAPES TO PROTECT CHILDREN’S HEALTH

Mon 29 January 2024: As part of a national initiative to reduce youth vaping, ministers plan to outlaw disposable vaping devices. Disposable vapes will be banned in the UK as part of ambitious government plans to tackle the rise in youth vaping and protect children’s health, the Prime Minister has announced today [Monday 29 January] […]

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ANNUAL SALES OF NOKIA DECLINED BY 8 PERCENT ‘AMID SLOWDOWN IN CONSUMER SPENDING’

Sun 28 January 2024: Nokia, the Finnish telecoms company, reported sales for 2023 of 22.3 billion euros (24.2 billion U.S. dollars), an 8 percent year-over-year fall. According to the company, net revenues in the fourth quarter (Q4) decreased by 21% year over year to 5.7 billion euros. Although profitability exceeded analysts’ expectations, Nokia’s stock rose […]

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