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Pressure is increasing on Israel to explain its relationship with Pegasus spyware
Yahoo Daily News 02 Aug 2021
Nicosia [Cyprus], August 2 (ANI). Diplomatic pressure is increasing on the state of Israel to give convincing explanations on the nature of its relationship with the NSO Pegasus spyware system, following the revelations of an international investigative report by a team of 80 journalists working for 17 media organizations in ten countries ... Ziv adds ... .
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EU sends help to Turkey as wildfire toll reaches eight
RTE 02 Aug 2021
The European Union has sent help to Turkey and volunteers joined firefighters in battling a week of violent blazes that have killed eight people and put pressure on President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ... The government has also disclosed that it had no firefighting planes in its inventory and had to rely on foreign help to battle the flames ... .
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American star Simone Biles to return for balance beam finals
Journal Tribune 02 Aug 2021photo: AP / Hannah McKay
Zoom reaches $85 mln settlement over user privacy, 'Zoombombing'
Gulf Daily News 02 Aug 2021
Zoom Video Communications Inc agreed to pay $85 million and bolster its security practices to settle a lawsuit claiming it violated users' privacy rights by sharing personal data with Facebook, Google and LinkedIn, and letting hackers disrupt Zoom meetings in a practice called Zoombombing ... District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, California ... 20-02155. .
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Tesla big battery fire in Victoria burns into day three
The Guardian 02 Aug 2021
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More than 700 saved from Mediterranean this weekend: aid group
Manila Standard Today 02 Aug 2021
Rescue ships picked up more than 700 people trying to cross the Mediterranean in makeshift vessels this weekend, mainly off the coasts of Libya and Malta, a migrant aid group said Sunday ... SOS Mediterranee said that its vessel, the Ocean Viking, had carried out six separate operations in international waters since Saturday ... .
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‘I will not return to Belarus’ – Olympic sprinter refuses to board flight home, set to request asylum in Europe
Irish Independent 02 Aug 2021
A Belarusian sprinter refused to get on a flight from Tokyo last night after being taken to the airport against her wishes by her team following her complaints about national coaching staff at the Olympic Games. Krystsina Tsimanouskaya (24) was still at Tokyo’s Haneda airport in the early hours of today ... “I will not return to Belarus.”.
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Massive fire rips through Rhodes, leaves much of the island without power and water
Greek City Times 02 Aug 2021
A massive fire broke out on the Greek island of Rhodes on Sunday, leaving large parts of the island without power and water. The fire threatens the famed Valley of the Butterflies, the military base of Kalamona, and the village of Psinthos, all of which have been evacuated ... Additional firefighters are expected from Samos and Athens ... to evacuate ... Tags ... .
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Death toll jumps to more than 300 in recent China flooding
Greenwood Commonwealth 02 Aug 2021
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities have announced a large jump in the death toll from recent floods ... Fourteen people died in the subway flooding ... .
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Mastermind behind deadly 2019 Kashmir attack killed in shootout – Indian police
News India Times 02 Aug 2021
SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) – The mastermind behind a 2019 attack that killed 40 Indian paramilitary troops has been killed in a shootout with security forces, Indian police in Kashmir said on Saturday ... "Mohammad Ismail Alvi alias Lamboo alias Adnan was from the family of Masood Azhar ... .
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Finding answers to the world's drinking water crisis
BBC News 02 Aug 2021
Without a doubt, water is the most abundant resource on Earth. After all, it covers over 70% of the planet - yet despite this we are facing a looming crisis as a species. Climate change, global conflict and overpopulation are just some of the factors that are devastating the water supply in many areas around the world ... 'Basic human right' ... .
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Japanese Government Confirms That Belarusian Runner Tsimanouskaya Is Safe
Urdu Point 02 Aug 2021
TOKYO (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 02nd August, 2021) The Japanese government is aware of the incident involving Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya (Kristina Timanovskaya), Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato said on Monday, confirming that the athlete is safe ... She asked the IOC to intervene ... ....
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Tanzania opposition arrests dent hopes of political change
Urdu Point 02 Aug 2021
Dar es Salaam, Aug 2 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 2nd Aug, 2021 ) .When Samia Suluhu Hassan took up the reins of power in Tanzania four months ago, there was hope at home and abroad she would turn the page on the increasingly autocratic rule of her late predecessor ... Magufuli left a complex legacy ... ....
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Bitcoin Reverses Weekend Rally to Hover Near $40,000 Level
Yahoo Daily News 02 Aug 2021
(Bloomberg) --. Bitcoin pulled back to $40,000 after climbing over the weekend to the highest levels since May. The largest cryptocurrency was trading at $40,226 as of 8.28 a.m. in London after falling as much as 4.9% Monday. Other virtual coins including second-ranked Ether also fell ... (Updates prices in second paragraph.) ... .
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Heat wave causes massive melt of Greenland ice sheet
The Manila Times 01 Aug 2021
COPENHAGEN, DENMARK. Greenland's ice sheet has experienced a "massive melting event" during a heat wave that has seen temperatures more than 10 degrees above seasonal norms, according to Danish researchers ... And Nerlerit Inaat Airport in the northeast of the territory recorded 23.4 degrees on Thursday, the highest recorded there since records began ... .
