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Canada: ‘Time theft’ woman ordered to pay damages to her former employer after tracking software exposed ‘serious misconduct’ | World News
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A women in Canada has been ordered by a civil tribunal to pay damages to her former employer for “time theft” after she was caught claiming for unworked hours by tracking software. Karlee Besse, who was a home-based company accountant in British Columbia, initially argued she had been wrongfully sacked and sought $5,000 (£3,056) compensation…
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Elon Musk breaks world record for largest loss of personal fortune in history | World News
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Elon Musk has earned a place in the Guinness World Records for the largest ever loss of personal wealth after Tesla stock plummeted. The Twitter and Tesla chief executive – who was overtaken as the world’s richest man in December – has lost about £153bn ($182bn) since November 2021, according to estimates by Forbes. Oher…
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Lionel Messi’s World Cup photo beats egg to be most-liked picture on Instagram ever | World News
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He shoots, he scores… again. Lionel Messi has taken the lead for the most-liked post ever on Instagram, with a photo of him lifting the World Cup. Winning the golden trophy just wasn’t enough for the Argentinian star, after his side beat France in a historic World Cup final on Sunday. His subsequent post on…
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Meta accused of enabling hateful Ethiopia conflict posts in lawsuit | World News
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Meta has been accused of enabling violent and hateful posts from Ethiopia to flourish on Facebook in a new lawsuit. Filed in Kenya, the suit claims the social media giant’s actions have inflamed the country’s civil war between the government and rebellious forces from the northern Tigray region, which has seen thousands of people killed…
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Breakthrough nuclear fusion experiment could ‘revolutionise the world’ with clean energy | Science & Tech News
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US scientists have carried out the first ever nuclear fusion experiment to achieve a net energy gain, paving the way for a “clean energy source that could revolutionise the world”. During a landmark news briefing at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, officials revealed the successful fusion experiment had taken place last week. As…
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Is this how we’ll watch the next World Cup? | Science & Tech News
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How have you been watching the World Cup? In the living room? At your local? Given the kick-off times in Qatar, you may have had some on in the office. And with the sheer number of matches on each day, it’s likely you caught a fair few of them on your phone; watching live or…
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Royal Navy helps dig out world’s most remote post office in Antarctic after 4m deluge of snow | World News
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Royal Navy sailors came to the aid of four women who have taken up jobs at an isolated Antarctic scientific base – after heavy snowfall buried some of the buildings. Clare Ballantyne, Mairi Hilton, Natalie Corbett and Lucy Bruzzone beat a record number of applicants to become the team responsible for managing historic site Port…
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‘Zombie virus’ discovered after being trapped in Siberian permafrost for nearly 50,000 years | World News
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Scientists have revived a number of “zombie viruses” which have been trapped in Siberian permafrost for thousands of years – including one which is nearly 50,000 years old. The 13 new viruses were identified by scientists who looked at samples of permafrost collected from the Russian province. One of the viruses had remained infectious after…
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What’s being done about ‘murder-for-hire’ sites on the dark web, and how dangerous are they? | World News
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At some point in our lives most of us have done something to upset someone. That person might have responded by politely asking you not to do it again, or they may have decided life is too short and simply let it go. If you’re lucky they won’t have responded by paying a hitman thousands…
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Measles now an ‘imminent’ global threat due to pandemic, say WHO and CDC | World News
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There is now an “imminent threat” of measles spreading in every region of the world, the World Health Organisation and the US public health agency has said. In a joint report, the health organisations said there had been a fall in vaccines against measles and less surveillance of the disease during the COVID pandemic. Measles…