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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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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 conducts air strikes against Iranian-backed militia facilities in Syria: Pentagon
DNA India 26 Feb 2021
President Joe Biden on Thursday directed U.S. military airstrikes in eastern Syria against facilities belonging to what the Pentagon said were Iran-backed militia, in a calibrated response to rocket attacks against U.S. targets in Iraq ... 15 attack that wounded Americans. "At President (Joe) Biden’s direction, U.S ... A U.S ... strike ... In the Feb ... .
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L’Alternative newspaper suspended, director harassed in Togo
CPJ 26 Feb 2021
New York, February 26, 2021 — Togolese authorities should immediately reverse the suspension of the L’Alternative newspaper and ensure journalists in the country can work free of harassment and intimidation, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today ... Ayité told CPJ he has also faced legal harassment in recent months ... Koffi TSOLENYANU.”.
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Boeing 777 makes emergency landing in Moscow
Manila Standard Today 26 Feb 2021
A Boeing 777 airliner on Friday made an emergency landing in Moscow with engine problems, the operating airline said, days after another model rained down engine debris over the United States ... The airline said the unscheduled landing went ahead without incident and that no one was injured ... .
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Algerian protesters march for a second time this week
Yahoo Daily News 26 Feb 2021
Thousands of people demonstrated in central Algiers on Friday for a second time this week, confirming the resumption of street protests that had been in abeyance for nearly a year because of the coronavirus pandemic ... "We are still able to achieve all our goals," said Farida Rechichi, a 25-year old student at the Algiers law faculty ... TRENDING ... .
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Biden heads to Texas to see storm damage, visit food bank
Las Vegas Sun 26 Feb 2021
President Joe Biden headed to Texas Friday on his first trip to a major disaster site since he took office a little over a month ago. The president’s empathy will be on full display as he and his wife, Jill, survey damage caused by severe winter weather and encourage people to get their coronavirus shots ... Greg Abbott ... Cornyn's plans were unclear ... .
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End of state of emergency expected Feb. 28 for 6 prefectures
Asahi News 26 Feb 2021
The government is moving toward an early lifting of the COVID-19 state of emergency for six prefectures on Feb. 28, but the four Tokyo-area prefectures will have to wait until the March 7 deadline. The government’s panel of experts on the health crisis will be asked its opinion about the matter on Feb. 26 ... would receive 20,000 yen a day.
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Myanmar military junta annuls November poll results
La Prensa Latina 26 Feb 2021
Yangon, Myanmar, Feb 26 (efe-epa).- Myanmar’s military junta-appointed poll body on Friday invalidated the results of general elections held in November. Deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party had won the elections by a landslide ... The meeting was held in the country’s capital Naypyidaw ... EFE-EPA.
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Rwanda Paid for Flight That Brought Hotel Rwanda 'Hero' to Kigali
Voa News 27 Feb 2021
Rwandan Justice Minister Johnston Busingye said in an interview broadcast Friday that Kigali had paid for the plane that brought the hero of the hit movie Hotel Rwanda to his home country to be arrested and tried ... and Belgium, where he was naturalized ... .
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Falling sperm counts 'threaten human survival', expert warns
The Guardian 26 Feb 2021photo: AP / Daniel Leal-Olivas
Toxic British Press Was Destroying My Mental Health, Says Prince Harry
Yahoo Daily News 26 Feb 2021
Britain’s Prince Harry has said he stepped back from his royal duties because the “toxic” British press had been destroying his mental health, adding he had not walked away from public service ... “It was never walking away ... “We all know what the British press could be like, and it was destroying my mental health, I was like this is toxic ... TRENDING ... .
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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 ... .
