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Search resumes for missing UK toddler in Portugal

24-05-2023 LISBON/ ALGARVE: Portuguese police will resume searching for Madeleine McCann, the toddler from the United Kingdom (UK) who disappeared in the country’s Algarve region in 2007, following a request from German authorities. Portugal’s Judicial Police released a statement on Monday confirming local media reports that they would conduct the …

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24-05-2023 KYIV: Ukraine’s foreign minister has begun a tour of African countries, stepping up wartime Kyiv’s diplomatic push to challenge Russian influence in the Global South and cement the vision laid out by Ukraine as the only path to peace. Top diplomat Dmytro Kuleba said on Tuesday his main priority …

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School dormitory blaze kills 20 in Guyana

23-05-2023 GEORGETOWN: At least 20 people have been killed and several others injured in a “horrific” school dormitory fire in the South American country of Guyana, officials said on Monday. “It is with great sadness that we bring to you a heart-wrenching update on the fire at the dormitory at …

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‘Climate change causes 2m deaths in 50 years’

23-05-2023 UNITED NATIONS: Extreme weather has caused the deaths of 2 million people and $4.3 trillion in economic damage over the past half a century, a report by the United Nations finds. According to the new figures published on Monday from the UN’s World Meteorological Organization (WMO), 11,778 weather-related disasters …

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Facebook fined €1.2bn for mishandling users’ data

23-05-2023 NEW YORK: Facebook’s owner, Meta, has been fined €1.2bn (£1bn) for mishandling people’s data when transferring it between Europe and the United States. Issued by Ireland’s Data Protection Commission, it is the largest fine imposed under the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation privacy law. GDPR rules require companies to …

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