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Wed, 10 Mar 2021 20:23:43 GMT
Russia slows down Twitter over 'banned content'
The US company is accused of failing to remove 3,000 posts relating to suicide, drugs and pornography.

Wed, 10 Mar 2021 19:32:39 GMT
Stutthof Camp: Holocaust guard Harry S found unfit to stand trial at 96
The court says there is a "high degree of probability" Harry S is guilty and he must pay legal fees.

Wed, 10 Mar 2021 22:51:48 GMT
Audio cassette tape inventor Lou Ottens dies aged 94
The Dutch engineer's invention transformed the way people listened to music in the 20th Century.

Wed, 10 Mar 2021 16:30:02 GMT
Russia blames Google outage on data centre fire
The fire in the French city of Strasbourg destroyed one data centre and damaged another.

Wed, 10 Mar 2021 16:32:15 GMT
Norilsk Nickel: Mining firm pays record $2bn fine over Arctic oil spill
The spill happened last May and saw some 21,000 tonnes of oil pour into rivers in northern Russia.

Wed, 10 Mar 2021 15:43:28 GMT
Covid-19: UK hasn't banned export of vaccines, says PM
Boris Johnson "corrects" the European Council president over claims about the government's stance.

Wed, 10 Mar 2021 23:57:24 GMT
Paris St-Germain v Barcelona (5-2 on aggregate)
Paris St-Germain held off a spirited Barcelona side to reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League with a 5-2 win on aggregate.

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 03:23:00 GMT
Brexit: NI official being sent to US amid UK-EU tensions
US president Joe Biden has previously expressed concerns about the situation in Ireland after Brexit.

Wed, 10 Mar 2021 12:34:18 GMT
Covid wave intensifies in Central Europe
Intensive care cases climb in the Czech Republic as infections in Hungary reach a new high.

Wed, 10 Mar 2021 16:42:02 GMT
Champions League: Steve Parish says reformed 36-team tournament would be 'devastating' for English football
Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish says the proposed Champions League reforms would have "a devastating effect" on English football.

Wed, 10 Mar 2021 19:49:34 GMT
Leo Varadkar apologises for 'no Sinn Féin Protestants' claim
The Fine Gael leader was challenged after saying Sinn Féin had no Protestants as senior politicians.

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 23:59:29 GMT
Bialowieza: Poland to resume logging in primeval forest
Bialowieza forest is at the centre of a long-running row between environmentalists and the government.

Wed, 10 Mar 2021 01:13:17 GMT
Why a white poet did not translate Amanda Gorman
When a white Dutch author was chosen to translate Gorman's work the decision was swiftly reversed.

Wed, 10 Mar 2021 00:28:58 GMT
Fake heiress Anna Sorokin: 'Crime pays, in a way'
Con woman Anna Sorokin, aka Anna Delvey, tells the BBC she has been misrepresented by the media.

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 00:27:49 GMT
Shops return to rural Sweden but are now staff-free
In Sweden shops with no staff are popular in rural locations that have lost their local shops.

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 07:09:31 GMT
Hervin Ongenda: Striker who was supposed to be first superstar of PSG's Qatar era
Hervin Ongenda was supposed to be the first PSG superstar of the Qatari-ownership era but after a bright start is now playing in Romania.

Sat, 06 Mar 2021 00:06:43 GMT
Coronavirus: Europe in vaccine race to save summer
Waiting for a jab and vaccine passport, EU citizens are impatient to get their lives back.

Fri, 05 Mar 2021 11:19:34 GMT
Virtual Berlin Film Festival: What are the highlights?
Talking Movies looks at some of the films unveiled in the virtual phase of the festival.

Mon, 08 Mar 2021 00:00:22 GMT
The ballerina dancing on ice for a real ‘swan lake’
Ilmira Bagrautinova from the world-renowned Mariinsky Theatre danced in -15C to save a natural beauty spot.

Mon, 08 Mar 2021 00:00:21 GMT
Covid-19: The Kiribati sailors stranded 8,000 miles from home
Covid border closures mean hundreds of thousands of sailors are being prevented from returning home.

Sun, 07 Mar 2021 00:00:24 GMT
US bombers deployed to Arctic skies from Norway base
The US has deployed long-range bomber planes to Norway, in a move seen as a message to Russia.

Sat, 06 Mar 2021 17:32:41 GMT
Pope Francis holds first mass in Iraq
He was met by groups of people outside of Baghdad's Saint Joseph Cathedral.

Sat, 06 Mar 2021 15:05:38 GMT
Pope: 'We cannot be silent when terrorism abuses religion'
Pope Francis raised the plight of Iraq's Christian minority during a historic first-time visit to the country.

Thu, 04 Mar 2021 19:44:56 GMT
Coronavirus: Hairdressers reopen in the Netherlands
Hairdressers in the Netherlands have reopened after being shut since December.



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