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Sydney in five hours? Virgin gives first look at supersonic jet project

The plane would be able to hit Mach 3 but would be an exclusive affair - with just a handful of passengers.

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Facebook fights order to globally block accounts linked to Brazilian election meddling

Facebook has branded a legal order to globally block a number of Brazilian accounts linked to the spread of political disinformation targeting the country’s 2018 election as “extreme̶

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Israel’s Netanyahu rails at media over protests against him

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday railed at swelling protests against his rule, saying they were egged on by a biased media that distorts facts and ch

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Feature: Thousands rally in Berlin against coronavirus restrictions

Despite the rising number of confirmed infection cases, about 17,000 people turned up here on Saturday rallying against social distancing rules meant to curb the coronavirus pandemic, which was late

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Twitter finally bans former KKK leader, David Duke

Twitter has confirmed it has permanently banned the account of David Duke, former leader of white supremacist hate group the Ku Klux Klan.Duke had operated freely on its platform for years — am

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Racism in Poland's schools is going unopposed, say activists

Polish nationalists march on the country's independence day, the march has become, in part, one of Europe's biggest gathering of nationalists. /VCG/Rafał Nowakowski Intolerance of minorities

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Rumor Buster: Is metal strip in medical masks 5G antenna?

A video posted on Facebook claiming that the metal strip in medical masks serves as a 5G antenna has drawn widespread attention. But it is now time for rumor spreaders to wake up. "The antenna k

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Bolsonaro challenges court ruling that blocks his supporters' accounts

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has challenged a Supreme Court order that blocked several of his supporters' profiles on social networks amid an ongoing fake news investigation, the right-wing

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Facebook, Twitter remove accounts of supporters of Brazil's Bolsonaro

Facebook and Twitter took down the accounts of several high-profile supporters of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro following a Supreme Court order, a move that underlines the tricky territory the s

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Erdogan attends first prayers at Hagia Sophia since mosque conversion

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan led Muslim prayers at Istanbul's Hagia Sophia on Friday. /Mustafa Kamaci/Turkish Presidential Press Service/AFP Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at

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QAnon: The bizarre pro-Trump conspiracy theory growing ahead of the US election

It has been described as a right-wing conspiracy theory, an emerging religious movement, and even as a domestic terrorism threat in one FBI bulletin - but what exactly is QAnon?Put simply, QAnon is a

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Military helicopter with 5 people crashes in northern Philippines

A military helicopter carrying five people crashed on Thursday evening while taking off in a military camp in the northern Philippines, the Philippine Air Force (PAF)

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White House executive offices close cafeterias after employee tests positive for coronavirus

Two White House executive offices closed their cafeterias on Wednesday after an employee tested positive for COVID-19. The eatery of the Eisenhower Executive Office Bu

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Twitter cracks down on QAnon conspiracy theory, banning 7,000 accounts

Twitter announced Tuesday that many accounts spreading the pervasive right-wing conspiracy theory known as QAnon would no longer be welcome on its platform.Citing concerns about “offline harm,&#

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Italexit! Popular senator launches party to take Italy out of EU

A well-known Italian senator is set to launch a political movement with a mission to take Italy out of the European Union, seeking to capitalise on anti-Brussels sentim

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Insults, slammed fists: EU virus summit goes into 4th day

Weary and bleary, European Union leaders were gearing up Monday for a fourth day of fighting over an unprecedented 1.85 trillion-euro ($2.1 trillion) EU budget and coro

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Polish opposition party challenges presidential election results

Poland's main opposition party filed an official protest with the Supreme Court on Thursday over what it describes as large-scale irregularities in last week's presidential election, in which conserv