France - Outrage over Muslim gender ban in French grocery store - A Muslim-owned grocery store in the southeastern French city of Bordeaux has prompted outrage after putting up a sign imposing male and female-only days for customers. (france24.com)
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Doctors have voted overwhelmingly to urge the UK Government to remove health and social care services (the NHS) from a controversial trade agreement between the EU and United States (TTIP) | Doctors warned the deal would open up the health service to privatisation by US firms (belfasttelegraph.co.uk)
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GCHQ and NSA broke antivirus software so that they could spy on people, leaks indicate (independent.co.uk)
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Isis 'crucifies children for not fasting during Ramadan' in Syria - The extremist group's religious police force is reportedly brutally enforcing fasting for the Muslim holy month in its territories (independent.co.uk)
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Conditions So Bad at London Prison, Staff Doesn't Bother Cleaning Bloodstained Cells and Beds (theguardian.com)
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Huge solar storm hits Earth: power grid and GPS could be disrupted, but auroras might be seen (independent.co.uk)
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One of world's most used weedkillers 'possibly' causes cancer, World Health Organisation says (independent.co.uk)
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New Zealand scientists voice concern over gagging on climate change. "When 40 percent of scientists say they are being gagged and can't speak out on issues of public importance, it's clear evident something is wrong," Labor science and innovation spokesperson David Cunliffe said in a statement. (globalpost.com)
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Medical technology that could eliminate need for animal testing wins design award | ‘Revolutionary’ Organs-on-Chips could change the way pharmaceutical trials are conducted(independent.co.uk)
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To thwart and extract hacks from anti-virus software companies, the spy agencies reverse engineered software, intercepted email and spied on web traffic. Kaspersky Lab was a major target. The result was potentially a gold mine of exploits. (firstlook.org)
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China aims to challenge U.S. air dominance: Pentagon - China "quickly closing the technological gaps," developing radar-evading aircraft, advanced reconnaissance planes, sophisticated missiles and top-notch electronic warfare equipment (reuters.com)
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Commercial fisherman catches a 6.5 Metre, 3 Tonne Basking Shark; Instead of selling the fins for profit, donates the whole specimen to Melbourne Museum. (news.com.au)
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Officer who tazed and killed Polish immigrant in Vancouver airport sentenced to 30 months for perjury and collusion (cbc.ca)
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World Health Organization: The insecticide lindane, once widely used in agriculture and to treat human lice and scabies, causes cancer and has been specifically linked to non-Hodgkin lymphoma (reuters.com)
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The mighty lion, reclusive cave crabs and the world's rarest sea lion are among nearly 23,000 species at risk of dying out, a top conservation body warned (france24.com)
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UN panel to review handling of alleged child abuse by French troops | The United Nations (UN) has appointed an independent panel to review the organization's handling of allegations of child sexual abuse by French soldiers. The troops reportedly bought sex from children as young as nine. (dw.com)
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