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Group including Olympians to begin legal action against British Gymnastics
AOL 26 Feb 2021
An independent review commissioned by UK Sport and Sport England and led by Anne Whyte QC to look into complaints of mistreatment within the sport is currently under way ... “This is just the beginning of the sweeping changes that we are demanding, and the justice that we will fight for.”. Gymnasts for Change campaign director Claire Heafford said ... .
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TikTok owner ByteDance to pay US privacy settlement
Belfast Telegraph 26 Feb 2021
TikTok’s Chinese parent company ByteDance has agreed to pay 92 million dollars (£65.72 million) in a settlement to US users who are part of a class-action lawsuit alleging the video-sharing app failed to gain their consent to collect data in violation of a strict Illinois privacy law ... PA. / ... .
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Cyprus urged to drop 'satanic' Eurovision entry
Gulf News 27 Feb 2021
Nicosia. Cyprus was under pressure Friday to withdraw its Eurovision Song Contest entry, after an anonymous caller threatened to "burn down" national broadcaster CyBC and an association of religion teachers blasted the tune ... Police are said to be investigating the incident ... .
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School children abducted in Nigeria’s Niger state released, governor says
Metro USA 27 Feb 2021photo: AP
Myanmar police fire rubber bullets on protesters as UN envoy pleads for action against junta
The New Arab 27 Feb 2021
Myanmar police fired rubber bullets to disperse protesters in Yangon on Saturday. Myanmar police fired rubber bullets to disperse protesters in Yangon on Saturday, after the country's ambassador to the United Nations broke ranks to make an emotional plea for action against the military junta ... Live rounds have been used in isolated cases ... ....
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‘I’ll never shut up’: LeBron James hits back at Ibrahimovic after ‘politics’ remarks
Indian Express 27 Feb 2021
Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James on Friday fired back at Zlatan Ibrahimovic and vowed to never stay silent about social causes after he was criticised by the AC Milan forward for sticking his nose into politics ... “I will never shut up about things that are wrong ... “I speak from a very educated mind ... Sunil Gavaskar Interview ... Advertisement ... Photos ... .
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Biden Says U.S. Air Strike In Syria A Warning To Tehran
Beijing News 27 Feb 2021
U.S. President Joe Biden says the air strike against an Iran-backed militia in eastern Syria should be seen by Tehran as a warning against any further aggressive actions. 'You can't act with impunity,' he told reporters on February 26 when asked what the message was from the air strikes announced a day earlier ... The U.S ... and other troops ... attack ... The U.S.
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Spanish report calls for killing of more than 850 cattle on pariah ship
Straits Times 27 Feb 2021
More than 850 cows that spent months aboard a ship wandering across the Mediterranean are not fit for transport anymore and should be killed, according to a confidential report by Spanish government veterinarians seen by Reuters ... The beasts were rejected by several countries over fears they had bovine bluetongue virus ... More on this topic. � ....
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Electricity needed to mine bitcoin is more than used by 'entire countries'
The Guardian 27 Feb 2021
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![President of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Organising Committee Seiko Hashimoto speaks during the opening remarks session of the press briefing on operation and media coverage of Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch Relay in Tokyo on February 25, 2021. - (Photo by Behrouz MEHRI / POOL / AFP) /// [EXTERNAL]President of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Organising Committee Seiko Hashimoto speaks during the opening remarks session of the press briefing on operation and media coverage of Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch Relay in Tokyo on February 25, 2021. AFP/Behrouz MEHRI](http://ecdn6.wn.com/ph/img/99/a4/fdf93c9fc2be490d034d4973e566-medium.jpg "President of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Organising Committee Seiko Hashimoto speaks during the opening remarks session of the press briefing on operation and media coverage of Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch Relay in Tokyo on February 25, 2021. - (Photo by Behrouz MEHRI / POOL / AFP) /// [EXTERNAL]President of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Organising Committee Seiko Hashimoto speaks during the opening remarks session of the press briefing on operation and media coverage of Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch Relay in Tokyo on February 25, 2021. AFP/Behrouz MEHRI")
Olympics will be held with fans in stands, says Hashimoto
Asahi News 27 Feb 2021
Seiko Hashimoto, dismissing fears about the COVID-19 pandemic, said the delayed Tokyo Olympics would go ahead as planned in July, adding that she did not contemplate the events being held without spectators in the stands ... 26, about a week after she was formally named the new head of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee ... .
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Bangladeshi writer, detained over social media posts, dies in jail
Indian Express 27 Feb 2021
Written by Julfikar Ali Manik and Mujib Mashal. A Bangladeshi writer who was detained for nearly a year over social media posts that were critical of the country’s government has died in jail, officials and family members said Friday, raising alarms about the country’s crackdown on dissent ... Critics say it has been used to stifle dissent ... Tags ... Feb 27 ... .
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Dissident leader Ferrer arrested in Cuba: supporter
Urdu Point 27 Feb 2021
Leading Cuban dissident Jose Daniel Ferrer was arrested on Friday at his home in Santiago de Cuba, one of his supporters said ... Ferrer, one of the most recognizable dissidents who has chosen to stay in Cuba rather than go into exile, had been under house arrest ... ....
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Saudi crown prince 'approved' Khashoggi murder operation: US intel report
ABC7 26 Feb 2021
The Office of Director of National Intelligence on Friday released its highly anticipated report on the murder of Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi, making public the U.S. intelligence community's assessment that Saudi Arabia's crown prince approved an operation to capture or kill him ... pressure ... That means the now public U.S ... U.S ... .
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US House passes historic public lands bill pledging to protect nearly 3m acres
The Guardian 27 Feb 2021photo: AP / Khalid Mohammed
Five Iraqi protesters die in clashes with police in Nasiriyah
The National 27 Feb 2021
Security forces in southern Iraq have been accused of using lethal force against protesters, with five killed and over 100 injured in recent days. Among the fatalities, most died from bullet wounds, a hospital source said, adding that about 120 protesters were wounded ... Read More ... Iraqi Christians prepare for the Pope's visit - in pictures ... .
