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What Airbnb really does to a neighbourhood
Does an influx of temporary rentals have a positive or negative effect on the surrounding area? from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2C1oGVg
Reality Check: What are the tariffs on trade with Africa?
UK Prime Minister Theresa May is setting out a plan for future trade and investment relationships with African countries. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2POb823
Age: 43. Hobby: Lego. Rise of the middle-aged toy fans
From Lego to model railways, the popularity and spending on toys and games is rising among adults. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2BY1oQ9
'Rewards don't improve school attendance'
Harvard researchers find that rewards for good attendance do not reduce absenteeism. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2BVLJ3z
Trump threatens to pull US out of World Trade Organization
The US president says he will abandon the global trade body "if they don't shape up". from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2PMYsse
Australia abuse inquiry: Catholic Church rejects call to overhaul confession
Catholic leaders in Australia say priests should not be forced to break the seal of confession. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2METYWM
Astronauts tackle air leak on International Space Station
A "micro-fracture" from a possible collision with a rock fragment sets off alerts on the ISS. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2N6ClOU
UN 'alarmed' by reports of China's mass detention of Uighurs
The UN says credible reports suggest that up to a million Muslim Uighurs are held in detention camps. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2PUJJf9
Gérard Depardieu: French actor accused of rape
French actor Gérard Depardieu is accused of rape and sexual assault - accusations he denies. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2wsF4c5
John McCain: Sarah Palin 'excluded from his funeral'
A "stay-away message" was reportedly conveyed to Sarah Palin via McCain family intermediaries. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2PSPrhA
Bobi Wine: Uganda's pop star MP 're-arrested at airport'
A young MP facing treason charges is allegedly detained while attempting to board a plane. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2wuUg8p
Argentina raises rates as peso plummets
Central bank raises benchmark interest rate in an effort to stabilise the country's financial crisis. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2LAbd6h
Florida sheriff backs Uber driver who killed 'goofball'
"This is a justifiable homicide all day long," says a Florida sheriff about the shooting. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2C0VU6Z
Hayabusa-2: Japan sets date for spacecraft's asteroid touchdown
Japan's space agency sets dates for its plan to explore the surface of an asteroid with robots. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2PhwP9M
Macron: French 'Gauls' resistant to change, unlike 'Lutheran' Danes
The French president causes an outcry as he pokes fun at attitudes to his economic reforms. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2N27JOt
Stéphane Pauwels arrest: Football presenter charged over armed robbery
One of Belgium's top football TV presenters is charged with being an accomplice to an armed robbery. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2NytToH
McCain and Biden's long friendship
The Arizona senator and the former vice-president shared a decades-long friendship. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2opOXms
The power of 'pink money' in India
Some businesses in India have found that catering to the LGBT community makes financial sense. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2PkzZJE
Colorado police tell handcuffed journalist: 'Act like a lady'
Susan Greene was arrested as she used her phone to record police detaining an African American. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2Pkjaii
The first cyclist to 'Everest' on Everest
JJ Zhou took on a fiendish cycling challenge on the world's highest mountain. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2NC2pyG
Why a plane is dropping trout into a lake from above
A mountain lake is being re-stocked with trout from the air by the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2PPH2LJ
Tablet bends 'like ancient scroll'
A Canadian university has developed a tablet with a flexible screen that can rolled up. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2NyuA1l
How Eto'o helped homeless ex-Cameroon captain
Cameroon's Norbert Owona, homeless for two years, thanks Samuel Eto'o for promising him a new house. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2PRs5bR
Kanye West finally answers Jimmy Kimmel's Donald Trump question
The rap star also apologises for saying slavery "sounds like a choice". from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2wt5evr
Why were there so many serial killers in the 1980s?
One historian suggests in a new book that the ravages of World War Two might have contributed. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2Pm5AL3
Why Australia is talking about a French au pair
A minister's decision to personally intervene in a visa case is attracting national attention. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2or6hqZ
Movie madness: Why Chinese cinemas are empty but full
Chinese government investigators say certain investment companies are faking box office results. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2wv3oKd
Iosif Kobzon: Russians mourn 'Soviet Sinatra'
Iosif Kobzon was the soundtrack to the lives of many Russians but had a controversial career. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2LHKRPL
Why India activist arrests have kicked up a storm
The issue has heated up online and people are staging protest rallies against the arrests. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2LDapxu
New Zealand spinner Morna Nielsen retires from all forms of cricket
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Teddy Bridgewater of New Orleans Saints says he doesn't mind waiting a year to grow under Drew Brees
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Jason Heyward of Chicago Cubs injures hamstring, out at least next two games
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Boston Red Sox not sure when David Price will pitch next after being hit
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Houston Rockets trade Ryan Anderson, De'Anthony Melton to Phoenix Suns
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Devon Walker has No. 18 retired by Tulane Green Wave athletic program
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NFL, NFLPA unlikely to reach national anthem resolution by Week 1 of regular season
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'Abortion Is Self-Care': Shocking Billboard Targets Black Women for Abortions
A new billboard along a Dallas highway encourages African-American women to choose abortion. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2op3TB8
Pro-Life Group's Videos Expose Stericycle's History of Helping Dispose of Aborted Baby Parts
The pro-life group Created Equal says it now has sworn testimony and audio recordings from several former drivers who say the medical waste company Stericycle continues to receive, transport and dispose of aborted children. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2wzqNJF
'We Are His Disciples...by Our Love for One Another': Christine Caine Urges Christians to Stop Being Dysfunctional
Best-selling Christian author Christine Caine is calling on all Christians to get real and be authentic in their relationships in her new book. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2wsgiIT
Trump Cites Evidence of Google, Twitter Censoring Him: Can He Break the Anti-Conservative Blockade?
It's not clear what President Trump can do to stop big tech's social media censorship of conservatives, but it's also clear that he's not letting up. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2C0kMM6
Multiple Violent Attacks Against Believers Reveal Just How Dangerous it is For Pakistani Christians
Two recent attacks against Christians in Pakistan emphasize the worsening conditions for believers in the predominately Muslim country. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2N17qDI
Nigerian Schoolgirl Who Refuses to Denounce Jesus Begs for Freedom
A Nigerian Christian schoolgirl who remains in captivity because she refuses to denounce Christ is calling on her government to fight for her release. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2PRlOgn
Catholic bishops in Australia reject compulsory abuse reporting, defying new laws
The Catholic church in Australia said on Friday it would oppose laws forcing priests to report child abuse when they learn about it in the confessional, setting the stage for a showdown between the country's biggest religion and the government. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2MCG5bE
Portugal seduces parched investors with water: plenty of it
As wildfires scorched California yet again this summer, Jose Dariush Leal da Costa, a Bay Area native with Portuguese roots, was harvesting his first almonds in a sun-drenched, watery oasis in southern Portugal. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2wtck2W
Taiwan's last African ally holds out despite overtures by China
While China meets African leaders at a major summit in Beijing next week, the king of eSwatini, self-ruled Taiwan's last remaining ally on the continent, will be hosting thousands of people at a traditional Reed Dance ceremony. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2osJ085
Kremlin says Putin, Trump could hold talks three times this year: Izvestiya
Kremlin said on Friday it did not rule out the possibility that Russian President Vladimir Putin could hold talks with U.S. President Donald Trump at three summits due to take place in 2018, including those in Singapore, France and Argentina. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2wBTN4H
Cambodian court jails Australian filmmaker for six years for espionage
A Cambodian court jailed an Australian filmmaker for six years on Friday after finding him guilty of espionage for flying a drone over an opposition party rally. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2PQwMCR
Japan's military seeks record spending to reinforce North Korea missile defenses
Japan's military wants record spending next year to help pay for major upgrades to defenses designed to shoot down North Korean ballistic missiles that Tokyo sees as a continued threat despite Pyongyang's promise to abandon nuclear weapons. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2wtqctN
New Zealand PM Ardern has two ministers step aside
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has had to strip one minister of her portfolio and had another step aside in less than a week, capping off a month of challenges for the popular premier since her return from maternity leave. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2PQSu9V
Duterte says Philippines better off run by dictator if he were not around
President Rodrigo Duterte has said graft and illicit drugs were so entrenched in the Philippines that if he were not around, it would be better off run by a dictator such as late strongman Ferdinand Marcos. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2N1Tl96
Thrill-seeking runners take sport - and spending - to rural China
At dawn, high on the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau, a Buddhist monk in saffron robes chants blessings over limber athletes preparing to run 100 kilometers across sand dunes, rivers and ravines. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2PTk1HR
Trump tweets are 'messages from some alternative universe': China Daily
Twitter comments by U.S. President Donald Trump accusing China of hacking former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's email server are an attempt to cast China as a "scapegoat", the official China Daily said in an editorial Friday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2PR9yMU
Australian police charge Sri Lankan with terror plotting
Australia has arrested and charged a Sri Lankan man with planning a terror attack after finding "symbolic locations within Sydney" listed as possible targets in his notebook, police said on Friday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2NyUDFL
Tablet bends 'like ancient scroll'
A Canadian university has developed a tablet with a flexible screen that can rolled up. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2NyuA1l
8K TVs unveiled by Samsung and LG at Ifa tech show
The world's two bestselling television-makers are showing off rival 8K screens at the Ifa tech show in Berlin. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2N54SVg
New York renamed 'Jewtropolis' in map hack
Snapchat's mapping software appears to have been hacked in what it calls an act of vandalism. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2N9GiCN
Acer unveils new gaming cockpit and other tech news
BBC Click's LJ Rich looks at some of the week's best technology stories. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2wsVrFs
Celebgate hacker jailed over Jennifer Lawrence hack
Hollywood star Jennifer Lawrence was targeted in the hack, for which three others have already been jailed. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2C1QRTR
Google says Trump's bias claims are 'not true'
Claims Google did not promote President Trump's State of the Union address are denied by the search giant. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2PNKMxc
Gay dating app Grindr to sell shares
Kunlun Group, the Chinese owner of Grindr, plans to sell shares in the dating app. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2LzbxCh
Dyson gears up for electric car testing
Plans are unveiled for a 10-mile test track in Wiltshire to test the electric vehicle being developed by Dyson. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2N0RvFC
Emails while commuting 'should count as work'
Wider access to wi-fi on trains and the use of mobile phones has extended the working day, a study says. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2NuuXtD
Bye bye loneliness
How internet-connected robots are helping combat the scourge of isolation and loneliness. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2MGfoCX
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U.S. army sergeant in Hawaii admits supporting Islamic State
A U.S. Army sergeant stationed in Hawaii will serve 25 years in prison after admitting he attempted to provide material support to the Islamic State militant group, federal prosecutors said. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2MHf9aE
Brazil centrist Alckmin attacks far-right election rival in anti-gun ad
Brazil's business-friendly presidential candidate Geraldo Alckmin unveiled a campaign ad against gun violence on Thursday that targeted his far-right pro-gun adversary Jair Bolsonaro. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2NAdK1W