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Group including Olympians to begin legal action against British Gymnastics
AOL 26 Feb 2021
An independent review commissioned by UK Sport and Sport England and led by Anne Whyte QC to look into complaints of mistreatment within the sport is currently under way ... “This is not and has never been about a few bad apples, this is about decades of systemic abuse, encouraged and covered up by those at the top ... .
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TikTok owner ByteDance to pay US privacy settlement
Belfast Telegraph 26 Feb 2021
TikTok’s Chinese parent company ByteDance has agreed to pay 92 million dollars (£65.72 million) in a settlement to US users who are part of a class-action lawsuit alleging the video-sharing app failed to gain their consent to collect data in violation of a strict Illinois privacy law ... PA. / ... .
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US conducts air strikes against Iranian-backed militia facilities in Syria: Pentagon
DNA India 26 Feb 2021
President Joe Biden on Thursday directed U.S. military airstrikes in eastern Syria against facilities belonging to what the Pentagon said were Iran-backed militia, in a calibrated response to rocket attacks against U.S. targets in Iraq ... A U.S ... strike ... efforts to coax Iran back into a negotiation about both sides resuming compliance with the agreement ... .
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Boeing 777 makes emergency landing in Moscow
Manila Standard Today 26 Feb 2021
A Boeing 777 airliner on Friday made an emergency landing in Moscow with engine problems, the operating airline said, days after another model rained down engine debris over the United States ... The airline said the unscheduled landing went ahead without incident and that no one was injured ... .
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Toxic British Press Was Destroying My Mental Health, Says Prince Harry
Yahoo Daily News 26 Feb 2021
So I did what any husband and what any father would do is like, I need to get my family out of here.” Before they moved to California, the couple had complained about the British tabloids’ treatment of Meghan, whose father is white and mother is African-American, some of which they said amounted to bullying or racism.
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Falling sperm counts 'threaten human survival', expert warns
The Guardian 26 Feb 2021photo: AP / Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved
Myanmar military junta annuls November poll results
La Prensa Latina 26 Feb 2021
Yangon, Myanmar, Feb 26 (efe-epa).- Myanmar’s military junta-appointed poll body on Friday invalidated the results of general elections held in November. Deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party had won the elections by a landslide ... The meeting was held in the country’s capital Naypyidaw ... EFE-EPA.
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Jose Mourinho: Tottenham boss says pressure to keep his job 'like oxygen' to him
BBC News 26 Feb 2021
Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho says he lives and breathes for pressure. The Portuguese's future at Spurs has come under scrutiny, with a run of five defeats in six Premier League games leaving them ninth in the table ... "The problem is if you don't have pressure," he said. "It comes like oxygen, it is our life." ... It's a football country ... .
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Biden heads to Texas to see storm damage, visit food bank
Las Vegas Sun 26 Feb 2021photo: AP / Shakh Aivazov
Thousands rally in Georgia after opposition chief's arrest
Urdu Point 26 Feb 2021
Thousands of anti-government protesters rallied in the Georgian capital Friday to demand early elections after the arrest of a top opposition leader ... Protesters marched through the city's main street, led by the leaders of all of Georgia's opposition parties waving Georgian, EU, and US flags, before staging a rally outside parliament ... ....
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Algerian protesters march for a second time this week
Yahoo Daily News 26 Feb 2021
Thousands of people demonstrated in central Algiers on Friday for a second time this week, confirming the resumption of street protests that had been in abeyance for nearly a year because of the coronavirus pandemic ... "We are still able to achieve all our goals," said Farida Rechichi, a 25-year old student at the Algiers law faculty ... TRENDING ... .
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Trudeau slammed for abstaining from Parliament’s meeting on Uyghur rights
The Siasat Daily 26 Feb 2021
Washington. While lauding the Canadian Parliament’s recognition of the Uyghur genocide, the US-based Campaign For Uyghurs (CFU) has slammed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Cabinet for abstaining during the meeting of House of Commons on the matter ... Also Read. Joe Biden’s comments on Uyghurs invite criticism ... Also Read ... .
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NASA shares incredible pic of our neighbouring planet. Can you guess which one?
Hindustan Times 26 Feb 2021
“How incredible,” wrote an Instagram user while commenting on the post. PUBLISHED ON FEB 26, 2021 11.19 AM IST ... These images usually excite, amaze, and educate people - often all at once. Just like this recent Insta share which showcases our neighbouring planet Venus' nightside ... In the next few lines they described about the picture in detail.
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Pakistan passes ‘historic’ bill banning corporal punishment of children
The Guardian 26 Feb 2021
Ban on violence against children will only apply in Islamabad, but campaigners hope rest of the country will follow suit Pakistan has passed a bill banning corporal punishment for children in a move described as “historic” by rights activists ... “It is historic for Pakistan to pass a bill consensually for the wellbeing of children ... .
