BBC Click’s Soila Apparicio looks at some of the best technology news stories of the week including: Cathay Pacific Airways is fined £500,000 ($646,000) by the Information Commissioner’s Office for failing to protect customers’ personal data Bafta Game Award nominations are announced with Death Stranding and Control in the lead Robots come together to cooperate […]
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Tokyo organizers are downsizing the arrival ceremony for the Olympic torch on March 20 and will not send 140 children to Greece to give the flame a send off By MARI YAMAGUCHI and STEPHEN WADE Associated Press March 6, 2020, 9:50 AM 3 min read TOKYO — Tokyo organizers are downsizing the arrival ceremony for
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Dr. Birx also created a program known as DREAMS, a public-private partnership to reduce rates of H.I.V. among adolescent girls and young women. That demographic accounts for 74 percent of new H.I.V. infections among adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa, where the disease is most prevalent. She was particularly outraged at the high rates of infections resulting
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SAN FRANCISCO — Coronavirus test results were expected Friday for some passengers and crew aboard a cruise ship held off the California coast. The Grand Princess lay at anchor near San Francisco on Thursday after a traveler from a previous voyage died of the disease and at least four others became infected. While the more
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President Donald Trump is expected to sign an $8.3 billion measure to help tackle the coronavirus outbreak By ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press March 6, 2020, 9:34 AM 5 min read WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is expected to sign an $8.3 billion measure to help tackle the coronavirus outbreak. The legislation would provide federal public
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Image copyright PA Media Image caption Sir Billy has just opened an exhibition of his art and sculptures Comedian Sir Billy Connolly has said he is “finished with stand-up” because Parkinson’s disease has “made my brain work differently”. The 77-year-old Scot, who revealed his diagnosis in 2013, told Sky News that fans would not see
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Image copyright Chami Akmeemana Image caption Mongolian herding dates back well before the time of Genghis Khan Mongolia’s vast grasslands cover about three-quarters of the country, where nomadic herdsmen have maintained traditions stretching back centuries. But this world is changing – fast. About 70% of this once verdant land has now been damaged, mostly due
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Tokyo Olympic organizers have finally held a test event March 6, 2020, 9:04 AM 2 min read TOKYO — Despite the spreading virus, Tokyo Olympic organizers have finally held a test event. The recent outbreak of the coronavirus has forced them to rearrange or postpone several. But they allowed a sport climbing event on Friday
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WASHINGTON — Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, is trying to revive a broad overhaul of the nation’s immigration system, anticipating that a looming Supreme Court ruling on an Obama-era program that protects young, undocumented immigrants could give the nettlesome issue new life. Mr. Trump and Mr. Kushner met with Republican senators at
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SAN FRANCISCO — Coronavirus test results were expected Friday for some passengers and crew aboard a cruise ship held off the California coast. The Grand Princess lay at anchor near San Francisco on Thursday after a traveler from a previous voyage died of the disease and at least four others became infected. While the more
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