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‘Looks like profiling’: UK National Crime Agency caught targeting anti-gun Facebook ad to users interested in hip-hop & gaming

In a social-media advertising campaign this month, the National Crime Agency warned Facebook users that it’s “illegal to possess most…

3 years ago

India’s space agency to build homegrown alternative to Google Maps, after country introduces ‘own’ Twitter & WhatsApp

The new project was announced by the Indian Space Research Organisation and MapmyIndia late on Friday. The two have not…

3 years ago

‘We should be prepared it will remain with us’: EU health agency chief says Covid-19 might NEVER be eradicated

"It seems very well adapted to humans, so we should be prepared that it will remain with us," Andrea Ammon,…

3 years ago

Global food prices soar to 6-year high, UN agency says

The FAO said that its food price index marked a 4.3 percent increase from December, reaching its highest level since…

3 years ago

Woman suspected of killing 19-yo Harry Dunn worked for ‘US intelligence agency’, court told as Biden rules out extradition to UK

A Virginia court was told that Anne Sacoolas worked for US intelligence when she fatally collided with Dunn on his…

3 years ago

Russian space agency boss attacks US proposal to militarize Moon after Pentagon suggests using Defense Department to protect bases

His comments came after an article from the Wall Street Journal revealed that the Pentagon plans to protect NASA bases…

3 years ago

Being on Parler & Gab apparently cost New York literary agency employee her job… after one Twitter complaint

Colleen Oefelein, an associate literary agent with the New York City-based Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency, was sacked after her…

3 years ago

Swedish health agency investigates after 1,000 people receive Moderna vaccine kept at too low a temperature

A total of 2,100 doses of the US-made vaccine that were kept too cold in transit have been delivered to…

3 years ago

US to resume WHO funding under Biden, UN agency chief hails move as a ‘good day for global health’

On his first day in office, new US President Joe Biden said he would reverse his predecessor’s decision to pull…

3 years ago

DOJ internal watchdog opens review into agency’s handling of Capitol riot, will assess if there are ‘weaknesses’ in policies

In a statement on Friday, DOJ Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz announced that his office will be “initiating a review…

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