Image copyright Google Image caption Google has changed how shopping results appear so shoppers can now see goods from price comparison sites as well as its own results Google’s appeal against a huge fine imposed by the European Commission over its alleged abuse of power in promoting its own shopping comparison service will be heard […]
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For as long as BBC journalist Simon O’Leary can remember, he has always known he is gay. But as a child the idea terrified him, and he experienced suicidal thoughts. Now, he has returned to Dublin to reflect on growing up there. Ireland has since seen the legalisation of same-sex marriage and has had its
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Regulators failed to hold Southwest Airlines to account for not meeting safety standards, putting as many as 17 million passengers at risk on tens of thousands of flights, a federal watchdog said in a report on Tuesday. The report found that the Federal Aviation Administration had allowed Southwest to routinely provide inaccurate data to pilots
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A horse died on the training track at Santa Anita last weekend, the sixth death at the track since last December February 12, 2020, 1:21 AM 1 min read ARCADIA, Calif. — A horse died on the training track at Santa Anita last weekend, the sixth death at the track since late December. A 6-year-old
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Senator Michael Bennet of Colorado, who campaigned for president on a promise to fix a broken Washington, ended his bid for the Democratic nomination on Tuesday after a dismal showing in the New Hampshire primary. Mr. Bennet had staked all his hopes on New Hampshire, holding 50 town hall events there in the 10 weeks
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A federal watchdog is faulting safety regulators for letting Southwest Airlines continue to carry passengers on planes with unconfirmed maintenance histories By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer February 12, 2020, 12:44 AM 4 min read DALLAS — Southwest Airlines continues to fly airplanes with safety concerns while federal officials do a poor job overseeing the
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionWild swimmer Josh Pike has a 1,000 day cold water dip plan “When the sky is clear and the sun rises, it is beautiful, and I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else in the world.” For the last year, while most of us were curled up in
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Title changes are for the birds, apparently. Following a less-than-optimal showing at the box office on its opening weekend, the new Warner Bros. superhero movie, “Birds of Prey,” has changed its title, according to a number of outlets. Rather than the original title, “Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn),” theaters such
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Image copyright Karen Ward Image caption Karen Ward says she is now feeling less pressure over retirement Her day job is working on staff pensions, but Karen Ward admits she became a little bit complacent about her own retirement plans. The 58-year-old, who has worked at insurer Aviva for 39 years, said she needed a
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Refugees at Za’atari camp in Jordan and a team of scientists from Sheffield in the UK are working together to create a way to grow fresh food in old mattress foam. The foam works as a substrate in place of soil in a system called hydroponics, solving two problems in one: recycling the old mattresses
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