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China wants to give all of its citizens a score – and their rating could affect every area of their lives: The Communist Party wants to encourage good behaviour by marking all its people using online data. Those who fall short will be denied basic freedoms like loans or travel (independent.co.uk)
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French riot police have clashed with migrants just hours before the planned clearance of the 'jungle' refugee camp in Calais (news.sky.com)
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Behind Soft PaywallIceland, a land of Vikings, braces for a Pirate Party takeover (washingtonpost.com)
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Chinese police detain person, who posted a video of violent protests in china, for spreading rumors of labor unrest (reuters.com)
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Laws restricting refugees' rights in Sweden spark backlash as thousands take to the streets: ...child asylum seekers have to prove their age and refugees do not have permanent right to remain (independent.co.uk)
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Spain aiming for 100 per cent renewable energy: "Enough wind energy is being generated in Spain to power more than 29 million homes every day, according to one of the country's biggest renewable energy companies." (abc.net.au)
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Oil prices fell early on Monday as Iraq said it wanted to be exempt from any deal by producer cartel OPEC to cut production to prop up the market, and as U.S. drillers stepped up work. (reuters.com)
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Chinese gang kidnaps and cripples children, forces them to beg on streets of Malaysia (shanghaiist.com)
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Hungary's Orban rejects 'Sovietization' by Brussels, defends nation state -- "As heirs to 1956 we cannot allow Europe to cut the roots that made it great and helped us survive the Soviet suppression. There is no free Europe without nation states and thousands of years of wisdom from Christianity." (reuters.com)
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Pictures of young Saudi female models posing in front of the pavilion of a luxurious car company at a local show went viral on social media, prompting punitive action by the authorities. (ifpnews.com)
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