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Death toll in Kerch college shooting climbs to 20 people

The death toll in the Kerch college shooting has reached 20 people, deputy head of city administration Dilyaver Melgaziyev told TASS today. “Twenty people died. The last car brought to the morgue the bodies not of three, but four people. They found another body,” he said.   Bodies of all people killed in the Kerch college shooting have been identified, ...

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Brexit: UK ‘may consider longer transition period’

Brexit-backing MPs have reacted angrily to the idea that the UK’s transition out of the EU could be extended for another year, to the end of 2021. No. 10 refused to rule out an extension after a summit of EU leaders in Brussels failed to make progress.   The move could buy the two sides more time to come up ...

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Trump launches process to quit 144-year-old postal treaty

The US has announced plans to withdraw from a 144-year-old postal treaty, which the White House says lets China ship goods at unfairly low prices. The United Nations treaty sets lower international rates for packages from certain countries, a move originally designed to support poorer nations.   But the US says the discounts put American businesses at a disadvantage.   ...

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Facebook to launch a camera-equipped set-top box with video calling: Report

Social networking giant Facebook is developing a camera-equipped set-top box for TVs that would support functionalities like video-calling, a media report said.   Internally codenamed “Ripley”, the device would use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to automatically detect and follow people as they move through the frame during a video call, news website Cheddar reported on Tuesday.  Apart from facilitating video-chat, the ...

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Vigil at St Paul’s: Altab Ali remembered

Ansar Ahmed Ullah: A Service of Hope and Remembrance was held at St Paul’s Cathedral to remember victims and all of those affected by hate crime hate crime on Sunday 14 October. The purpose of the event was to remember those whose lives have been taken away or abused by hate crime and to renew commitment to be vigilant and ...

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Mo Farah brings Olympic dream to Tower Hamlets children

John Biggs, Mayor of Tower Hamlets joined Olympian hero Sir Mo Farah and Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London today at Cubitt Town Primary School to support the participation of all London schools in The Daily Mile. The Daily Mile began in 2012, the year of the Olympics, as an idea to tackle children’s lack of physical fitness. Today Tower Hamlets leads ...

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Race and disability hate crime round table event

To mark Black History Month, Tower Hamlets based organisation for disable people ‘Real’ organised Race and Disability Hate Crime Round Table event on 11 October at Jack Dash House, Isle of Dogs. Speakers from race hate crime organisations informed disable people about their services and how they make themselves accessible to disabled people. Presentations were made were made by Andy ...

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3 Myanmar journalists in court over story gov’t calls false

Yangon, Oct 17 : Three detained journalists appeared in a Myanmar court on Wednesday to face charges filed against them by the Yangon city government, which alleges a story they published was false. An increasing number of journalists have been arrested and jailed for their work under Myanmar’s civilian government, led by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, ...

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Brexit: ‘Expectations low’ as PM heads to Brussels

Theresa May will urge other EU leaders to give ground on the issue of the Irish border when she addresses them at a summit in Brussels later. Brexit talks are deadlocked over the border, but the EU says it’s up to the UK to bring new ideas to the table.   BBC political correspondent Iain Watson says Mrs May will ...

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At least 30 killed by Hurricane Michael, according to estimates

Hurricane Michael killed at least 30 people in four states, as the storm made its way through the southeastern United States last week, new local estimates showed Tuesday. Twelve bodies were recovered in Bay County, Florida, Sheriff Tommy Ford told local media, bringing the death toll up to 20 in that state.   The powerful Category 4 storm, which originally ...

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