Image copyright Reuters Facebook and similar apps and websites can be ordered to take down illegal posts worldwide after a landmark ruling from the EU’s highest court. Platforms may also have to seek out similar examples of the illegal content and remove them, instead of waiting for each to be reported. One expert said it […]
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HONG KONG — There’s no sign to mark it. But when travelers from Hong Kong cross into Shenzhen in mainland China, they reach a digital cut-off point. On the Hong Kong side, the internet is open and unfettered. On the China side, connections wither behind filters and censors that block foreign websites and scrub social
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When St. Moritz hosts the sliding events at the 2020 Youth Winter Olympics, it could be an audition for a bigger event. The high-end resort’s Olympia track will stage bobsled, luge and skeleton races in January for the youth games centered in Lausanne, a 425-kilometer (265-mile) trip across to western Switzerland. Closer to St. Moritz,
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LONDON — In the shadow of a noisy, turbulent Brexit, another epic transformation is underway in Britain. A leading industrial power that built itself on coal and colonialism, Britain is now trying to pivot away from the fossil fuels that powered the industrial age. The government has set a legally binding target to reach net-zero
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The Latest on Brexit and British politics (all times local): 12:20 p.m. Sweden’s European affairs minister says he is cautiously positive about the “concrete proposal” for a Brexit deal British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has submitted. Johnson’s proposal for a compromise withdrawal agreement has received mixed reviews from the European Union’s other member nations. But
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Image copyright Family Handout Image caption Tafida Raqeeb suffered a traumatic brain injury in February and has been on life support ever since The parents of a brain-damaged girl will be allowed to take her abroad to continue her treatment, the High Court has ruled. Five-year-old Tafida Raqeeb has been on life support at the
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President Donald Trump has had a rollercoaster couple of days, and there’s no way the comedians of late-night television were going to let it pass without comment. Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers and Trevor Noah all had a take on what Meyers called Trump’s “impeachment meltdown” Wednesday, which saw him swearing in tweets, raging at reporters and making
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Image copyright Getty Images Uber is testing new ground with an app to put casual workers in touch with employers, as it faces an increasingly tough climate for its core ride-hailing business. Uber Works will allow cooks, cleaners, bar staff and warehouse workers to compare and sign up for shifts. The app, which launches on
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Debbie Osborne eased into a seat inside Herb Brooks Arena and stared out at her 17-year-old daughter, Kayle, as a hockey game between the United States and Canada featuring girls under age 18 was set to get under way. A single mother who has a full-time job in the Canadian capital of Ottawa, Osborne had
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Others have proposed sending a monthly check to parents for any caregiving needs, as Canada, Australia and most European countries do (or, in Mr. Yang’s case, sending a check to every American). Six of the senators running for president support the idea: Michael Bennet, Kamala Harris, Amy Klobuchar, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Mr. Booker.
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