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Your Hourly COVID-19 News Feed - Drill Down by Source: All BBC Hacker News
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| 2023-02-27 |
Twitter reportedly lays off 200 more employees The cuts account for about 10% of Twitter's remaining 2,000 workers, down from 7,500 in 2022. |
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| 2023-02-26 |
Madonna's older brother Anthony Ciccone dies aged 66 The star's older brother had struggled with alcoholism and was reportedly homeless for many years. |
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| 2023-02-25 |
Singapore's rave scene offers freedom in a straight-laced city A revived post-Covid party scene offers space to unwind in the socially conservative city-state. |
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| 2023-02-24 |
TikTok under investigation by Canadian privacy authorities The investigation into the video-sharing platform will have a particular focus on younger users. |
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| 2023-02-23 |
Oscars 2023: Crisis team in place for ceremony, after the Will Smith slap The unit has "run many scenarios" in the wake of Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at last year's show. |
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| 2023-02-21 |
North Korea food crisis looms behind displays of military prowess The country's top officials will meet at the end of February to discuss "pressing" farming issues. |
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| 2023-02-21 |
Trinidad carnival revellers defy crime: 'If we unite, we can put up a fight' The annual party is back in Trinidad and Tobago post-Covid but it comes amid rising gang violence. |
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| 2023-02-19 |
Ghana President Nana Akufo-Addo's cathedral plan stalls amid economic crisis Ghana is seeking a $3bn loan from the IMF but the president is pushing ahead with a huge new cathedral. |
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| 2023-02-17 |
Taiwan finds crash site of suspected Chinese weather balloon The balloon crashed on an island and Taiwan says there is no cause to "jump to conclusions". |
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| 2023-02-17 |
Biden healthy, vigorous and fit for job, says doctor The US president is widely expected to soon announce he will seek a second term in the White House. |
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| 2023-02-16 |
Senator Fetterman checks into hospital with depression Democrat John Fetterman has faced depression "off and on throughout his life" his office said. |
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| 2023-02-16 |
Beirut banks attacked as Lebanon financial crisis deepens Demonstrators lit fires and smashed windows over ongoing cash withdrawal restrictions. |
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| 2023-02-16 |
Hospitals overwhelmed by Aleppo quake victims Wards cannot take in new casualties, nor can homeless patients be discharged, the BBC finds. |
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| 2023-02-15 |
Peru's Machu Picchu reopens as protests shift to capital The popular Inca site was closed three weeks ago when anti-government protesters cut off access routes. |
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| 2023-02-15 |
First UN aid convoy enters quake-hit Syria via new crossing The UN says 11 lorries have driven through a reopened border crossing into rebel-held north-west Syria. |
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| 2023-02-14 |
Oscars class photo: 10 things we spotted This year marks the triumphant return of the Academy's annual yearbook photo after a pandemic-induced hiatus. |
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| 2023-02-13 |
Israel judicial reform plans draw mass protests outside parliament Critics say the government will have too much power, as a constitutional crisis divides the country. |
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| 2023-02-11 |
Grieving a daughter's Covid death in Wuhan - while being surveilled Yang Min has demanded "justice" for her daughter, who died of Covid in China three years ago. |
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| 2023-02-11 |
Crisis upon crisis: Why it's hard to get help to Syria after earthquake Little foreign aid has arrived in the country - and promises of better access may not change much. |
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| 2023-02-11 |
John Tory: Toronto mayor quits after affair with ex-staffer during pandemic John Tory said the relationship was "a serious error in judgement" after it was revealed by a newspaper. |
