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Critics say new Google rules put profits over privacy

Privacy campaigners have called Google’s new rules on tracking people online “a blatant disregard for user privacy.” Changes which come in on Sunday...

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A driver plows into a demonstration in Munich, injuring 30 people

BERLIN (AP) — A driver drove a car into a labor union demonstration in central Munich on Thursday, injuring 30 people including children,...

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Fifty countries affected by USAID freeze, says WHO

Programmes to tackle HIV, polio, mpox and bird flu have been affected by the freeze on tens of billions of dollars of overseas...

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Former USAID leaders speak out against Trump’s attempt to dismantle agency

A group of former administrators of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) joined on Wednesday to issue a sharp rebuke of the...

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US committed to ‘buying and owning’ Gaza, Trump says

United States President Donald Trump has reiterated his controversial proposal to take control of Gaza, saying he is committed to “buying and owning”...

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More than 150 female inmates raped and burned to death during Goma jailbreak in DRC, UN says

More than 150 female prisoners were raped and burned to death during a jailbreak last week when fleeing male inmates set fire to...

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Google joins firms dropping diversity recruitment goals

Google has become the latest big US firm to scrap its goals to recruit more workers from underrepresented groups, BBC News understands. The...

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USAID places staff on leave, recalls personnel overseas

The administration of United States President Donald Trump has ordered nearly all directly-hired staff of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) to...