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A NEW WAVE OF WEARABLE DEVICES WILL COLLECT A MOUNTAIN ON INFORMATION ON US – WE NEED TO GET WISE ABOUT THE PRIVACY IMPLICATIONS

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Wed 15 May 2024: Web and mobile services try to understand the desires and goals of users by analysing how they interact with their platforms. Smartphones, for instance, capture online data from users at a large scale and low cost. Policymakers have reacted by enforcing mechanisms to mitigate the risks inherent in tech companies storing and processing their citizens’ […]

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WILDFIRES SPREADING NEAR CANADA’S ALBERTA OIL PATCH, PROMPT EVACUATION ORDERS

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Wed 15 May 2024: Authorities in the Canadian province of Alberta have issued evacuation orders for neighbourhoods in Fort McMurray, as a growing wildfire nears the community at the heart of Canada’s tar sands region. The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo on Tuesday afternoon gave residents of the Abasand, Beacon Hill, Prairie Creek and Grayling […]

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WILDFIRES GROW ‘DRAMATICALLY’ IN WESTERN CANADA, FORCING THOUSANDS TO EVACUATE

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Mon 13 May 2024: Thousands of people in Canada’s westernmost province of British Columbia (BC) have been evacuated from their homes as authorities warn that a enormous wildfire continues to grow. In a video shared online late on Sunday, Cliff Chapman of the BC Wildfire Service said the Parker Lake Wildfire has exhibited “fast growth and high […]

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OIL PRICES UP OVER INVESTOR PROFIT-TAKING, SUPPLY UNCERTAINTIES

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Mon 13 May 2024: Oil prices increased on Monday amid moderate investor profit-taking, supply uncertainties from tensions in the Middle East, and the possibility of the OPEC+ group’s extended supply cuts. International benchmark Brent crude traded at $83.09 per barrel at 11.22 a.m. local time (0822 GMT), an increase of 0.36% from the closing price […]

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PUTIN TO REMOVE DEFENCE MINISTER SHOIGU AS MOSCOW LOOKING FOR “CUTTING-EDGE IDEAS”

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Mon 13 May 2024: Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to remove Sergei Shoigu as defence minister as part of a cabinet reshuffle, making him secretary of the Security Council instead. Andrei Belousov, a former deputy prime minister who specialises in economics, will become the new defence minister, the Kremlin said on Sunday.The shake-up comes as Putin begins […]

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FOURTH INDIAN SUSPECT ARRESTED IN CANADA IN CONNECTION WITH NIJJAR’S MURDER

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Sun 12 May 2024: A fourth Indian national has been arrested by Canadian authorities in connection with the killing of Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada.  Amardeep Singh, 22, a resident of Brampton, Surrey, and Abbotsford areas of Canada, has been charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder, PTI news agency reported. […]

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UKRAINE LOSES FOUR MORE VILLAGES IN A NEW RUSSIA OFFENSIVE AMID DELAYED MILITARY AID

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Sun 12 May 2024: Russian forces have taken four more villages in a two-day old offensive in Ukraine’s Kharkivregion, the defence ministry said Sunday. Russia claimed Saturday that it had taken six Ukrainian villages, including five in Kharkiv. The ministry said the Russian forces had “advanced deeply into the enemy defences” to take the new villages. Delayed […]

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UKRAINIAN AIR FORCE WILL RECEIVE ITS FIRST F-16 JETS IN JUNE OR JULY- MILITARY SOURCE

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Sat 11 May 2024: Kyiv expects to receive its first F-16 fighter jets from its Western allies in June-July, a high-ranking Ukrainian military source said on Friday. Ukraine has sought U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets to help it counter Russia’s air superiority for more than two years of war. The source did not say which country […]

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RUSSIA COULD OPEN NEW FRONT AS UKRAINE REMAINS WEAPONS-POOR, SAY OFFICIALS

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Fri 10 May 2024: Russian forces continued to exploit a window of opportunity to make small, tactical gains during the past week, as Ukraine began to receive parcels of long-delayed US military aid for the first time in weeks. Ukraine also reported that Russia was building up worrying numbers of troops on its northern border, and […]

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