Image caption Menpaw Mro lost his daughter to malaria A ground-breaking study in Bangladesh has found that using data from mobile phone networks to track the movement of people across the country can help predict where outbreaks of diseases such as malaria are likely to occur, enabling health authorities to take preventative measures. Every year, […]
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Clooney directs, produces and stars in the new adaptation of Catch 22 Until now, George Clooney has been a silver fox who has largely stuck to the silver screen. Despite originally making his name in the 1990s medical drama ER, the last two decades have seen him stick to
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YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki apologized to the LGBTQ community at a tech conference Monday after the company came under fire for not taking action against homophobic content on its video-sharing platform. “I know that the decision we made was very hurtful to the LGBTQ community, and that wasn’t our intention at all,” Wojcicki said at Vox
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After the US pulled out of the international nuclear agreement with Iran, Tehran said it will not negotiate another deal with Washington. There has been a deterioration in relations between the US and Iran since April, when the US ended sanctions exemptions, effectively banning all Iranian oil exports. Iran has threatened that if its oil
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LONDON — A Huawei executive defended the company’s security practices in the face of tough questioning from members of the British Parliament on Monday, as the Chinese technology giant seeks to contain an American-led effort to ban it around the world. John Suffolk, Huawei’s global cybersecurity and privacy officer, appeared at a hearing in the
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Former NFL player Kellen Winslow Jr. has been convicted of raping a 58-year-old homeless woman last year north of San Diego. A jury returned the verdict Monday in San Diego Superior Court in Vista but was continuing to deliberate on two more counts of rape involving a hitchhiker and an unconscious teenage girl. The jury
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WASHINGTON — The Mexican foreign minister said Monday that no secret immigration deal existed between his country and the United States, directly contradicting President Trump’s claim on Twitter that a “fully signed and documented” agreement would soon be revealed. Marcelo Ebrard, Mexico’s top diplomat, said at a news conference in Mexico City that there was
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The Democratic Republic of Congo faces many challenges, not least the Ebola outbreak in the east, and a government struggling to assert itself after delayed elections. Meanwhile, on the margins of society, almost ignored, have come regular reports of prisoners dying in jails. In the town of Mbanza Ngungu in Kongo Central Province, at least
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The Latest on the NASCAR Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway (all times EDT): 6:55 p.m. Austin Dillon won the second stage of Monday’s NASCAR Cup Series race, taking advantage of a cycle of pit stops in the final few laps. Pole winner Joey Logano has led 110 laps of this 200-lap, 400-mile race
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WASHINGTON — The Justice Department, after weeks of tense negotiations, has agreed to provide Congress with key evidence collected by Robert S. Mueller III that House Judiciary Committee members said could shed light on possible obstruction of justice and abuse of power by President Trump, the House Judiciary Committee said on Monday. The exact scope
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