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TikTok could face £27m fine for failing to protect children’s privacy
The Observer 26 Sep 2022
TikTok is facing the prospect of a £27m fine for failing to protect the privacy of children, the UK’s data watchdog has said. An investigation conducted by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) found the video-sharing app may have breached data protection law between May 2018 and July 2020 ... He said the ICO had several ongoing investigations ... .
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Arizona woman smuggled hundreds of illegal immigrants across border for 15K each: police
New York Post 26 Sep 2022photo: White House / Erin Scott
Psaki : If midterms are a ‘referendum’ on Biden, Democrats are doomed
New York Post 26 Sep 2022
Former White House press secretary Jen Psaki bluntly admitted that if the November midterm elections are a “referendum” on President Biden, the Democrats will lose. Psaki, who left the White House in May to take a job at MSNBC, said if the midterms focus on the “most extreme” party, mentioning Republican Georgia Rep ... Gov ... ....
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Cuba Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage in New Family Code
Voa News 27 Sep 2022
Cubans have voted in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage in a groundbreaking national referendum, the country's National Electoral Council announced Monday. Voters in Sunday’s referendum approved a new 100-page family code ... On Monday, President Miguel Díaz-Canel celebrated the measure's passage, tweeting, "Love is now the law." ... .
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Denmark reports leak in Russian Nord Stream 2 offshore gas pipeline
Anadolu Agency 27 Sep 2022
Danish authorities reported a gas leak Monday from the defunct Nord Stream 2 pipeline close to the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea, according to Interfax news agency ... The coast services have set up a 5-nautical-mile security zone as a security measure," Interfax reported ... .
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Bam! NASA spacecraft crashes into asteroid in defense test
Moosejaw Today 27 Sep 2022
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA spacecraft rammed an asteroid at blistering speed Monday in an unprecedented dress rehearsal for the day a killer rock menaces Earth ... Scientists expected the impact to carve out a crater, hurl streams of rocks and dirt into space and, most importantly, alter the asteroid’s orbit ... Monday’s target ... ___ ... .
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Why Shanghai Cooperation Organisation is the next big thing
Gulf News 26 Sep 2022
What began as a small regional political, economic and security bloc back in 1996 with five members — the Shanghai Five — is now the world’s largest organisation with more than 30 per cent of the globe’s GDP. And yet the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is rarely in the news unlike ASEAN, the GCC, the EU and Opec ... 16, 2022 ... AP ... Read more ... .
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Japan honours assassinated Abe at controversial funeral
Manila Bulletin 27 Sep 2022
TOKYO, Japan – Thousands of Japanese and foreign dignitaries gather in Tokyo on Tuesday to honour assassinated former prime minister Shinzo Abe, at a rare state funeral that has sparked controversy and protest ... The ceremony for Abe, held at the Nippon Budokan in central Tokyo, is expected to cost at least 1.7 billion yen (12 million USD) ... .
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Russia gives citizenship to ex-NSA contractor Edward Snowden
Star Tribune 26 Sep 2022
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Gunman opens fire at draft office in Russia amid backlash to Putin’s mobilisation
Yahoo Daily News 26 Sep 2022
A gunman has been held for opening fire at a draft office and injuring one senior official in Russia’s Irkutsk region, officials said ... The draft office head was in hospital in a critical condition after being shot, said the local governor of the Irkutsk region Igor Kobzev. “There was an emergency in the area today ... ....
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Amid Russia-Ukraine war escalation, US warns Putin of ‘catastrophic’ consequences over nuclear weapons
DNA India 26 Sep 2022
The United States would respond decisively to any Russian use of nuclear weapons against Ukraine and has spelled out to Moscow the "catastrophic consequences" it would face, U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said on Sunday ... "If Russia crosses this line, there will be catastrophic consequences for Russia ... U.S ... .
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Starmer to quote Blair in calling Labour ‘political wing of the British people’
ITV 27 Sep 2022photo: AP / Ng Han Guan
China becomes ‘hothouse’ of intrigue ahead of crucial Communist party congress
The Observer 26 Sep 2022
Purges of senior officials and unfounded rumours of military coups in Beijing have fed into feverish speculation ahead of a key meeting of China’s ruling party next month, when president Xi Jinping is expected to be granted an unprecedented third term ... China ready for ‘fight’ over international action on Xinjiang human rights abuses. Read more ... .
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Gareth Southgate encouraged by England players taking responsibility
Belfast Telegraph 27 Sep 2022
Gareth Southgate was encouraged by the way England’s players took responsibility and handled the pressure as a challenging camp ended with a morale-boosting 3-3 draw against Germany ahead of the World Cup ... We need your consent to load this Social Media content ... Please review their details and accept them to load the content ... Enter email address ... PA. / ... .