Image copyright Getty Images Volvo is recalling almost 70,000 cars in the UK over concerns that they could catch fire. It is part of a global recall of more than half a million diesel vehicles that suffer from a fault. The Swedish carmaker said that “in very rare cases” a piece of plastic fitted as […]
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Adam Peaty became the first man to win a third 100-meter breaststroke title at the world swimming championships on Monday night. A Canadian teenager grabbed a share of the spotlight by upsetting Swedish star Sarah Sjostrom in the women’s 100 breast. Peaty claimed the title in 57.14 seconds, a night after he became the first
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Image caption Jeremy Vine has seen his BBC salary drop from more than £700,000 to £290,000 Jeremy Vine has revealed he chose to take a pay cut after learning his female BBC colleagues were paid far less than him. The presenter said he was “appalled” to discover the gap between his salary and that of
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Credit-reporting company Equifax Inc will pay up to a record $650 million to settle U.S. federal and state probes into a massive 2017 data breach of personal information, authorities said on Monday. The largest-ever settlement for a data breach draws to a close multiple probes into Equifax by the Federal Trade Commission,
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Equifax will pay up to $700 million to settle with the Federal Trade Commission and others over a 2017 data breach that exposed Social Security numbers and other private information of nearly 150 million people. The proposed settlement with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, if approved by the federal district court Northern District of Georgia,
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A Tour de France jam-packed with unexpected plot twists is saving its biggest surprise for last. With six riders within reach of the podium heading into the toughest final stages in the Alps, the race that resumes Tuesday after the final off-day is tantalizingly poised. Furious racing over the first 2,500 kilometers (1,500 miles) through
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption FGM is banned in England, Wales and Northern Ireland but persists in some communities Primary schools in England should start teaching pupils about female genital mutilation when a new curriculum is introduced next year, campaigners say. Secondary school pupils are to be taught about FGM from 2020. But experts
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When Disney started developing “The Lion King” in 1988, it soon became clear that faith in the project was limited. Most of the studio’s animators eventually opted to work on “Pocahontas” instead, believing it to be the more promising endeavor. Executives and artists alike were convinced that the Jamestown story, which seemed traditional by comparison
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Image copyright Getty Images The UK’s telecom regulator has said Three is the only major UK mobile network to have “refused” to automatically cut its customers’ monthly charge at the end of their contract’s lock-in period. As a result, Ofcom said, the firm’s subscribers would “overpay” unless they took action to change to another deal.
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The European Space Agency (Esa) is researching technologies based on 3D printing to see how materials found on the lunar surface could be made into products to help with habitation on the Moon. Dusty powdered rock found on the Moon’s surface could be made into construction materials, explains the Esa’s James Carpenter. BBC Click finds
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