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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12497978
Caravaggio's crimes exposed in Rome's police files
Caravaggio's crimes exposed in Rome's police files Four hundred years after his death, Caravaggio is a 21st Century superstar among old master painters. His stark, dramatically lit, super-realistic paintings strike a modern chord - but his police record is more shocking than any modern bad boy rock star's. An exhibitio...
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13425722
Queen lays wreath on Republic of Ireland state visit
Queen lays wreath on Republic of Ireland state visit The Queen has laid a wreath at the Republic of Ireland's Garden of Remembrance during the first visit by a British monarch since Ireland gained independence. The garden, in Dublin, is dedicated to people who fought for Irish independence from Britain. Dozens of prote...
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14842999
Drunk Swedish elk found in apple tree near Gothenburg
Drunk Swedish elk found in apple tree near Gothenburg A homeowner in southern Sweden got a shock when he found a drunken elk stuck in his neighbour's apple tree. The animal was apparently on the hunt for fermenting apples when she lost her balance and became trapped in the tree. Per Johansson, from Saro near Gothenburg...
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Ireland profile - Media
Ireland profile - Media Public Raidio Teilifis Eireann (RTE) provides TV, radio and online services in English and Irish. It is funded by a TV licence fee and by advertising. Virgin Media One, formerly TV3, is the main national commercial TV station. British public and commercial networks are widely available. Ireland'...
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18269837
Oxfam: Sale of ammunition 'must be regulated'
Oxfam: Sale of ammunition 'must be regulated' Humanitarian charity Oxfam has launched a new campaign to call for the regulation of the sale of ammunition around the world. It comes ahead of a United Nations summit in July on bringing in a new arms trade treaty to regulate the sale of arms. Oxfam is arguing that any tre...
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18334106
'Vampire' skeletons found in Bulgaria near Black Sea
'Vampire' skeletons found in Bulgaria near Black Sea Archaeologists in Bulgaria have found two medieval skeletons pierced through the chest with iron rods to supposedly stop them from turning into vampires. The discovery illustrates a pagan practice common in some villages up until a century ago, say historians. People...
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18484371
Greek result buys Europe time
Greek result buys Europe time At Syriza HQ, after about two hours poring over election results scribbled on notepaper, amid discarded cans of Amstel, they broke out a fresh packet of Marlboros and breathed. "We have lost. It's great for us," one woman beamed at me. The party's MPs arrived, their suits and slick hair in...
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19754016
France budget: Taxes favoured over spending cuts
France budget: Taxes favoured over spending cuts France has unveiled its budget for 2013, avoiding big austerity spending cuts in favour of higher taxes on the wealthy and big businesses. French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault confirmed that there is to be a new 75% tax rate for people earning more than 1m euros (£800...
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20320993
Violent clashes as austerity protests grip EU cities
Violent clashes as austerity protests grip EU cities Millions of EU workers have held a day of action against austerity, with protests in Spain and Portugal marred by violence. General strikes in the two southern countries halted transport and closed businesses and schools, while 21 other states also saw disruption. Hu...
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20644214
Russia attacks EU human rights record after criticism
Russia attacks EU human rights record after criticism The Russian government has accused EU institutions of failing to stem human rights abuses, in an apparent response to criticism from Brussels. A 66-page report by the foreign ministry surveys all 27 member states, citing EU publications and non-governmental organisa...
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20730241
Why do Ukrainian MPs fight?
Why do Ukrainian MPs fight? There were tumultuous scenes as Ukraine's newly-elected parliament gathered for its first meeting on 12 December. The rostrum was besieged, and MPs traded blows next to the speaker's seat. With no consensus in sight, fist-fights continued the next day, too. What were the people's deputies fi...
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20962906
Russia investigates horrific 'zorb' ride death
Russia investigates horrific 'zorb' ride death The Russian authorities have launched an investigation after a man was killed during a ride down a ski slope inside a giant inflatable ball. Denis Burakov, 27, died after the ball - called a zorb - veered off course and fell into a deep gorge in the North Caucasus. His fri...
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21620718
Benedict XVI leaves Vatican on final day as Pope
Benedict XVI leaves Vatican on final day as Pope Pope Benedict XVI has left the Vatican on his final day as Pope, saying he "will simply be a pilgrim" starting his last journey on earth. The 85-year-old pontiff was flown by helicopter to the papal retreat at Castel Gandolfo, near Rome. At 20:00 local time (19:00 GMT) h...
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Serbia rejects EU-brokered deal on Kosovo
Serbia rejects EU-brokered deal on Kosovo Serbia has rejected a European Union-brokered deal on normalising ties with its breakaway province of Kosovo. Kosovo unilaterally declared independence in 2008. While many countries recognise it as an independent country, Serbia does not. The EU had given Serbia until Tuesday t...
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Family of top Mafia 'godfather' arrested in Sicily
Family of top Mafia 'godfather' arrested in Sicily Family members of Italy's most-wanted Sicilian Mafia suspect, Matteo Messina Denaro, have been arrested in a police swoop in western Sicily. A sister, a nephew and two cousins of the fugitive Cosa Nostra "Super Boss" were picked up in the Trapani area along with 26 oth...
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25700225
French comic Dieudonne drops show after ban
French comic Dieudonne drops show after ban The French comic Dieudonne M'bala M'bala, who has convictions for anti-Semitic hate speech, has dropped a controversial show after it was banned. He told reporters in Paris he would no longer perform The Wall, after France's highest court upheld a ban on the opening night of ...
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EU questions Malta on passport sale for rich foreigners
EU questions Malta on passport sale for rich foreigners The European Commission is in talks with the Maltese government about its controversial sale of EU citizenship to rich foreigners under a new scheme. The Commission says citizenship rules are a national prerogative, but it has raised concerns, as have many MEPs. L...
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25932352
Ukraine's PM Azarov and government resign
Ukraine's PM Azarov and government resign Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych has accepted the resignation of the prime minister and his cabinet amid continuing anti-government protests. Mykola Azarov had offered to step down as prime minister to create "social and political compromise". The move came after the Ukrai...
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Liberal Russian TV Dozhd fights closure amid boycott
Liberal Russian TV Dozhd fights closure amid boycott The Russian TV channel Dozhd ( Rain), seen as one of the few liberal alternatives to the pro-Kremlin media, is at risk of closure, its owner says. The last major satellite TV service to offer Dozhd to customers - Trikolor - has decided to drop the channel. Last week ...
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Poland's Roman Catholic Church faces first abuse lawsuit
Poland's Roman Catholic Church faces first abuse lawsuit A Polish man who was abused as a child by a priest is suing the country's Roman Catholic Church - the first such civil case in the country. The man - who is only identified as 25-year-old Marcin K - is demanding 47,500 euros ($64,500; £39,550) in damages. The pri...
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Michael Jackson fans win one euro for emotional damage
Michael Jackson fans win one euro for emotional damage Five Michael Jackson fans have been awarded one euro each by a French court for the "emotional damage" they suffered after the pop star's death. The case saw 34 fans sue Jackson's doctor, who was jailed in 2011 for the involuntary manslaughter of the singer. The co...
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26280710
EU imposes Ukraine sanctions after deadly Kiev clashes
EU imposes Ukraine sanctions after deadly Kiev clashes The EU has agreed to impose sanctions on Ukrainian officials "responsible for violence and excessive force" after the bloodiest day of clashes in Kiev. In a statement , EU foreign ministers said targeted sanctions including asset freezes and visa bans would be intr...
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Matteo Renzi sworn in as Italy's new PM in Rome ceremony
Matteo Renzi sworn in as Italy's new PM in Rome ceremony A new Italian government led by centre-left politician Matteo Renzi has been sworn in. Mr Renzi, 39, will be the youngest prime minister in the country's history, and one of its least experienced. He rose to prominence as the mayor of Florence, but has never been...
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In pictures: Luxury Ukraine presidential home revealed
In pictures: Luxury Ukraine presidential home revealed The lavish country estate of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has been thrown open to the public as parliament voted to remove him from power. Mr Yanukovych has left the capital Kiev and his whereabouts are unknown. On Sunday, parliament voted to return owners...
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Oldest Holocaust survivor, Alice Herz-Sommer, dies at 110
Oldest Holocaust survivor, Alice Herz-Sommer, dies at 110 The oldest known survivor of the Nazi Holocaust, Alice Herz-Sommer, has died in London at the age of 110. Born into a Jewish family in Prague in 1903, Ms Herz-Sommer spent two years in a Nazi concentration camp in Terezin. She was an accomplished pianist and mus...
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Kosovo footballers draw with Haiti in Mitrovica debut
Kosovo footballers draw with Haiti in Mitrovica debut Six years after declaring independence, Kosovo's footballers have played their first match at international level, drawing 0-0 with Haiti in a friendly. The match, approved by football's world governing body Fifa, took place in the ethnically divided city of Mitrovi...
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26532154
"Little green men" or "Russian invaders"?
"Little green men" or "Russian invaders"? The internet has no shortage of photographs and videos showing armed men in Crimea who look like members of the Russian military. Their guns are the same as those used by the Russian army, their lorries have Russian number plates and they speak in Russian accents. Yet according...
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26547138
G7 warns Russia on 'annexing' Crimea
G7 warns Russia on 'annexing' Crimea Leaders of the G7 group of nations have called on Russia to stop all efforts to "annex" Ukraine's Crimea region. They said if Russia took such a step they would "take further action, individually and collectively". The G7 leaders also said they would not recognise the results of a r...
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26588683
Slovakia's presidential election goes to second round
Slovakia's presidential election goes to second round Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico and independent challenger Andrej Kiska will go forward to the second round of the country's presidential elections. In Saturday's first round, Mr Fico polled 28.2% with Mr Kiska on 24% on a turnout of 43.4%. Independent conserv...
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26644082
Russia's Crimea plan detailed, secret and successful
Russia's Crimea plan detailed, secret and successful The annexation of Crimea was the smoothest invasion of modern times. It was over before the outside world realised it had even started. And until Tuesday 18 March, when a group of pro-Russian gunmen attacked a small Ukrainian army base in Simferopol, killing one offi...
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26677134
Twitter website 'blocked' in Turkey
Twitter website 'blocked' in Turkey Twitter users in Turkey report that the social media site has been blocked in the country. Some users trying to open the twitter.com website are apparently being redirected to a statement by Turkey's telecommunications regulator. It cites a court order to apply "protection measures" ...
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26839216
Dmitry Kiselyov: Russia's chief spin doctor
Dmitry Kiselyov: Russia's chief spin doctor Russian state TV presenter Dmitry Kiselyov has a reputation for extravagant tirades demonising the West, stigmatising homosexuals and portraying Ukraine as a country overrun by violent fascists. He also has the unusual distinction, for a journalist, of being targeted by EU sa...
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26867032
Queen meets Pope Francis at the Vatican
Queen meets Pope Francis at the Vatican The Queen has met Pope Francis for the first time, during a one-day visit to the Italian capital, Rome. The meeting in the Vatican was described as a private one and pomp and protocol were kept to a minimum. Earlier, the Queen and Prince Philip had lunch with the Italian Presiden...
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26923214
Northern Europe hit by most bee deaths - EU study
Northern Europe hit by most bee deaths - EU study A new study covering 17 EU countries says that far more honeybees are dying in the UK and other parts of northern Europe than in Mediterranean countries. The European Commission says it is Europe's most comprehensive study so far of bee colony deaths. Winter mortality w...
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-27129727
Czech deer still avoid Iron Curtain
Czech deer still avoid Iron Curtain The Iron Curtain fell 25 years ago, but it seems that nobody told the deer. A new study has found that a quarter of a century on, red deer on the border between the Czech Republic and old West Germany still do not cross the divide. After tracking 300 deer, researchers said the animal...
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-27369980
East Ukraine separatists seek union with Russia
East Ukraine separatists seek union with Russia A Ukrainian separatist leader is calling on Russia to "absorb" the eastern region of Donetsk after Sunday's referendum on self-rule. Self-declared Donetsk People's Republic leader Denis Pushilin urged Moscow to listen to the "will of the people". In neighbouring Luhansk, ...
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-27388289
EU court backs 'right to be forgotten' in Google case
EU court backs 'right to be forgotten' in Google case A top EU court has ruled Google must amend some search results at the request of ordinary people in a test of the so-called "right to be forgotten". The European Union Court of Justice said links to "irrelevant" and outdated data should be erased on request. The cas...
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-27695634
Snowden NSA: Germany to investigate Merkel 'phone tap'
Snowden NSA: Germany to investigate Merkel 'phone tap' Germany is to investigate allegations by US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden that the US government bugged Chancellor Angela Merkel's phone. Federal prosecutor Harald Range told the German parliament's legal affairs committee that an investigation would be held a...
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-27729970
Austria arrests top Kazakh dissident Rakhat Aliyev
Austria arrests top Kazakh dissident Rakhat Aliyev Austrian police have arrested a leading opponent of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev on suspicion of murder. Lawyers for Rakhat Aliyev say he flew to Vienna voluntarily for questioning by Austrian investigators. Mr Aliyev, a former son-in-law of Mr Nazarbayev, is ...
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34844939
Spain feels Franco's legacy 40 years after his death
Spain feels Franco's legacy 40 years after his death Spain's Gen Francisco Franco fought a brutal war against democracy with the aid of Hitler and Mussolini and thereafter presided over a regime of state terror and national brainwashing through the controlled media and the state education system. His investment in terr...
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35303912
EU launches probe into new Polish laws
EU launches probe into new Polish laws The European Commission has opened an unprecedented inquiry into whether new Polish laws break EU democracy rules. Vice-President Frans Timmermans announced a "preliminary assessment" under the EU's " rule of law mechanism ". Critics of Poland's right-wing government protested at ...
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35895056
Easter Rising 1916: 100 years of Anglo-Irish relations
Easter Rising 1916: 100 years of Anglo-Irish relations Ahead of the centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising by Irish rebels against British rule on the island, BBC News NI's Dublin correspondent Shane Harrison looks at how relations between the two states have changed over the last 100 years. It was a long time coming - th...
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-48948774
The children sent to a DR Congo 'holiday camp' never to come back
The children sent to a DR Congo 'holiday camp' never to come back A court in Belgium is investigating an orphanage for alleged abduction and trafficking of children from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Children were brought to Belgium and adopted by families who had been told they were orphans. Years later, DNA tests...
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-49988482
Germany shooting: Gunman kills two after attacking synagogue
Germany shooting: Gunman kills two after attacking synagogue A gunman has killed two people in eastern Germany after attempting to enter a synagogue where dozens were observing a Jewish holiday. The suspect broadcast the attack on a popular live-streaming platform before being arrested. The video, which has now been re...
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German far-right AfD overtakes Merkel's CDU in Thuringia
German far-right AfD overtakes Merkel's CDU in Thuringia A German far-right party has beaten the centre-right party of Chancellor Angela Merkel into third place in the eastern German state of Thuringia. Alternative for Germany (AfD) got 23.4% against 22% for the Christian Democrats (CDU). The AfD more than doubled its ...
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Bionic cat Vito becomes 'superstar' with his prosthetic legs
Bionic cat Vito becomes 'superstar' with his prosthetic legs A six-year-old cat has become an internet "superstar" as the first in Italy to receive two prosthetic hind legs following a serious road accident. Vito, or Vituzzo, had both rear legs amputated after they were crushed by a vehicle in Milan while his owners we...
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Romanian court upholds acquittal of UK trafficking suspects
Romanian court upholds acquittal of UK trafficking suspects A Romanian court has upheld the acquittals of 25 men accused of running a major child-trafficking operation. The men were arrested in 2010 as part of a large joint operation with British police - where children were rescued in London raids. The men were accuse...
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France to ban culling of unwanted male chicks by end of 2021
France to ban culling of unwanted male chicks by end of 2021 France has pledged to outlaw the practice of culling unwanted male chicks by the end of 2021, as part of animal welfare reforms. About seven billion male chicks - not wanted for meat or eggs - are killed around the world each year, usually in shredding machin...
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Italy Salvini: Senate votes for far-right leader to face trial
Italy Salvini: Senate votes for far-right leader to face trial Italy's Senate has voted to allow prosecutors to put far-right leader Matteo Salvini on trial over charges of holding migrants at sea. Mr Salvini, who previously served as Italy's interior minister, is accused of illegally keeping people on a boat off Sicil...
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Coronavirus cases surge to 400 in Italy
Coronavirus cases surge to 400 in Italy The number of coronavirus cases in Italy has jumped to 400, amid international efforts to contain the spread of the deadly outbreak. The rise in Italy, the main focus of infection in Europe, represents a 25% surge in 24 hours. Several European countries announced new cases traced...
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Coronavirus: The grim crisis in Europe's care homes
Coronavirus: The grim crisis in Europe's care homes Deaths can be invisible, coffins are hard to hide. Outside the Rothschild care home in Paris, a delivery van pulls up to unload its pale wooden cargo, still wrapped in factory plastic. A delivery man tells one waiting journalist, it is "non-stop". The gates of the car...
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Jan Kuciak: Soldier jailed for 23 years for journalist's murder
Jan Kuciak: Soldier jailed for 23 years for journalist's murder A former soldier in Slovakia has been jailed for 23 years for the killing of journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancée, a case that sparked mass protests. Miroslav Marcek, 37, had admitted killing Kuciak and Martina Kusnirova, both aged 27, in February 2018. K...
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-52274242
Wildfires 'edge closer to Chernobyl nuclear plant'
Wildfires 'edge closer to Chernobyl nuclear plant' Forest fires that have been burning for several days in northern Ukraine are now no more than a few kilometres from the abandoned Chernobyl nuclear plant, reports say. Tour operator Yaroslav Emelianenko said one had reached the abandoned town of Pripyat, which used to ...
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Chernobyl fire under control, Ukraine officials say
Chernobyl fire under control, Ukraine officials say A fire that threatened the abandoned Chernobyl nuclear plant has been contained, Ukrainian authorities said. Emergency services said on Tuesday there were still some "smouldering" parts of the forest floor, but there was "no open fire" left. There had been fears the b...
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Coronavirus: Amazon ordered to deliver only essential items in France
Coronavirus: Amazon ordered to deliver only essential items in France Amazon has been ordered to limit its deliveries in France to essential goods only, amid claims it is failing to protect its workers from coronavirus. A court in Nanterre, near Paris, ordered the online retail giant to deliver only food, hygiene and m...
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Coronavirus: Germany slowly eases lockdown measures
Coronavirus: Germany slowly eases lockdown measures German Chancellor Angela Merkel has announced plans to slowly ease restrictions brought in to tackle the coronavirus pandemic. Social distancing rules will stay in place until at least 3 May, with Ms Merkel also recommending the use of face masks in shops and on publi...
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Greece relocates unaccompanied migrant children to Luxembourg
Greece relocates unaccompanied migrant children to Luxembourg Greece has begun relocating unaccompanied minors from overcrowded migrant camps in the country. The first 12 children, aged between 11 and 15, were moved to Luxembourg from camps on the islands of Lesbos, Samos and Chios. Greece plans to relocate about 1,600...
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Syria civil war: Germany holds unprecedented state torture trial
Syria civil war: Germany holds unprecedented state torture trial Two men accused of committing crimes against humanity for the Syrian state have gone on trial in Germany. It is thought to be the first case worldwide examining the use of torture under President Bashar al-Assad's rule. The two - identified as Anwar R and...
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Looking Beyond Mobile, Facebook Is Getting Into The Internet Of Things
Looking Beyond Mobile, Facebook Is Getting Into The Internet Of Things At Facebook's F8 developers conference today, the social network announced a software developer kit for building applications for internet-connected devices on its Parse platform. Called Parse for IoT--or Internet of Things, the buzzy term for the e...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/aarontilley/2015/04/15/the-tesla-for-the-rest/
The Tesla Of Scooters Is Driving Asia's Two-Wheel Revolution
The Tesla Of Scooters Is Driving Asia's Two-Wheel Revolution Horace Luke wanted to be the first person in Taiwan with a Tesla Model S when the gorgeous electric sedan debuted in 2012. Luke, the former chief innovation officer at smartphone maker HTC, is obsessed with beauty and function in all things. But his beloved T...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/aarontilley/2015/06/04/bolt-threads-32-million/
Bolt Threads Raises $32 Million To Make Gene-Engineered Fabric Grown In Fermentation Vats
Bolt Threads Raises $32 Million To Make Gene-Engineered Fabric Grown In Fermentation Vats Bolt Threads has been one long science experiment. Founded six years ago by three PhD scientists, the company makes genetically-engineered fabric it grows in fermentation vats. But now the company needs to turn itself into a busin...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/aarontilley/2015/06/18/super-high-end-speaker-devialet-phantom-looks-to/
Connected Speaker Market Heats Up With Super High-End Devialet Phantom
Connected Speaker Market Heats Up With Super High-End Devialet Phantom French speaker maker Devialet builds some really expensive audio gear. Since 2007, its high-end audio equipment has gone from anywhere between $8,000 to $30,000. But the company is hoping to break into the mass market with its $2,000 Phantom speaker...
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Apple Watch Sales Aren't Looking So Hot
Apple Watch Sales Aren't Looking So Hot (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images) The iPhone continues to sell like hot cakes -- 74.5 million units in the second quarter of 2015 -- but the Apple Watch appears to be far away from catching up. Pacific Crest Securities analyst Andy Hargreaves said on Wednesday that he's t...
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Target Opens Dedicated Store For Smart Home Gadgets
Target Opens Dedicated Store For Smart Home Gadgets At an event on Thursday afternoon,  Target  will unveil what it calls the Target Open House, a 3,500-square-foot retail space located in San Francisco's Metreon shopping center with a house inside made of transparent walls and furniture. The transparent house is pa...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/aarontilley/2015/07/20/with-smartphone-market-maturing-qualcomm-plans-to-cut-thousands-of-employees/
With Smartphone Market Maturing, Qualcomm Plans To Cut Thousands Of Employees
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Lily Robotics, Maker Of Self-Flying Drones, Seeking To Raise $15.5 Million At $100 Million Valuation
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/aarontilley/2015/09/14/qualcomm-acquires-capsule-to-bolster-its-internet-of-things-strategy-in-healthcare/
Qualcomm Acquires Capsule To Bolster Its 'Internet Of Things' Strategy In Healthcare
Qualcomm Acquires Capsule To Bolster Its 'Internet Of Things' Strategy In Healthcare Qualcomm Life, a healthcare-focused subsidiary of the San Diego mobile chipmaker, announced on Monday that it has acquired Capsule Tech, a company that helps healthcare facilities collect and process data coming off medical devices. F...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/aarontilley/2015/09/28/thermostat-wars-with-help-from-apple-ecobee-takes-number-two-place-behind-nest/
Thermostat Wars: With Help From Apple HomeKit, Ecobee Takes Number Two Place Behind Nest
Thermostat Wars: With Help From Apple HomeKit, Ecobee Takes Number Two Place Behind Nest In the nascent connected home industry, startups now have the choice to tie up with platforms from either Apple or  Google . And going with Apple can make a big difference -- that's at least according to smart thermostat-mak...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/aarontilley/2015/10/13/luxury-home-automation-company-savant-launches-a-remote-for-controlling-everything-in-your-home/
Luxury Home Automation Company Savant Launches A Remote For Controlling Everything In Your Home
Luxury Home Automation Company Savant Launches A Remote For Controlling Everything In Your Home For the past decade, Savant Systems has built a business selling home automation systems for the super rich. The late Apple CEO, Steve Jobs, even used Savant to automate his super yacht, the Venus. Now the Hyannis, Mass.-bas...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/aarontilley/2015/11/13/qualcomm-snapdragon-820-vs-apple-a9-chip/
Qualcomm's Snapdragon 820 Vs. Apple's A9 Chip: How Will Next Gen Android Phones Stack Up Against iPhones?
Qualcomm's Snapdragon 820 Vs. Apple's A9 Chip: How Will Next Gen Android Phones Stack Up Against iPhones? In the mobile world,  Apple  and  Qualcomm  are the two most important chip makers. Since 2010, Apple has excelled at building its own Ax "system on a chip" (SoC) for its iPhone and iPads, while Qualcomm powe...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/aarontilley/2016/01/05/along-with-nvidia-new-qualcomm-chip-brings-deep-learning-to-cars/
New Qualcomm Chip Brings Deep Learning To Cars
New Qualcomm Chip Brings Deep Learning To Cars As cars become more like smartphones, Qualcomm hopes to bring its mobile savvy to the auto industry. On Tuesday at the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show, the San Diego, Calif.-based chip maker announced the second generation of its automotive-grade "system on a chip" (SoC) wi...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/aarontilley/2016/03/10/as-amazon-echo-takes-off-sonos-announces-layoffs-and-preps-for-a-voice-controlled-future/
As Amazon Echo Takes Off, Sonos Announces Layoffs And Preps For A Voice-Controlled Future
As Amazon Echo Takes Off, Sonos Announces Layoffs And Preps For A Voice-Controlled Future Sonos' new PLAY:5 speaker Amazon is making huge strides with Echo, its voice-activated speaker. Sonos, the popular Santa Barbara, Calif.-based maker of wireless speakers, is having to adapt to this world. On Wednesday afternoon, S...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/aarontilley/2016/03/11/radio-broadcaster-hijacks-listeners-smart-home-with-amazon-echo/
Radio Broadcaster Hijacks Listener's Smart Home With Amazon Echo
Radio Broadcaster Hijacks Listener's Smart Home With Amazon Echo (Photo credit: AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) Smart homes can be hacked by malicious actors over the internet, but now it looks like radio hosts can hijack your smart home over the radio. In late February, National Public Radio's Weekend Edition took a look at A...
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Alphabet's 'Moonshots' Head Astro Teller: Fear Of AI And Robots Is Wildly Overblown
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/aarontilley/2016/04/12/nests-revolv-shutdown-debacle-underscores-business-model-challenges-for-internet-of-things/
Nest's Revolv Shutdown Debacle Underscores Business Model Challenges For 'Internet Of Things'
Nest's Revolv Shutdown Debacle Underscores Business Model Challenges For 'Internet Of Things' The soon-to-be deceased Revolv smart home hub (Photo credit: Revolv) The negative attention on Nest isn't letting up. Last week, the Alphabet-owned maker of internet-connected home gadgets got called out by customers after it ...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/aarontilley/2016/08/11/ifttt-moves-to-become-the-glue-of-the-smart-home/
IFTTT Moves To Become The Glue Of The Smart Home
IFTTT Moves To Become The Glue Of The Smart Home For the past few years, there has been a number of efforts to tie together the fragmented smart home world. Big tech players like Alphabet -owned Nest, Apple , Samsung and Amazon have all tried their hands at it to varying degrees of success. IFTTT, a San Francisco...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/aarontilley/2016/08/30/sonos-is-moving-into-voice-control-with-amazon-alexa-partnership/
Sonos Is Bringing Voice Control To Its Speakers With Amazon Partnership
Sonos Is Bringing Voice Control To Its Speakers With Amazon Partnership Sonos' PLAY:5 speakers One of the most serious recent threats faced by Sonos, the biggest player in connected speakers, came from Amazon, whose Echo "smart" speaker proved to be a surprise hit. Now Sonos is embracing its erstwhile rival to bring vo...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/aarontilley/2016/09/15/carbon-bmw-ge-80-million/
BMW And GE Invest $80 Million Into Carbon To Bring 3D Printing To Mass Manufacturing
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/aarontilley/2017/06/07/apple-homekit-wwdc-2017-update/
Apple Frees Up Its Smart Home Platform To Kickstart Development
Apple Frees Up Its Smart Home Platform To Kickstart Development Apple Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing Phil Schiller announcing the HomePod, a music... [+] speaker and home assistant. It can be used to control smart home devices certified by Apple. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) At Apple's Worldwid...
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As Trump Backs Convalescent Plasma, India Wrestles With Its Path Forward
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Under 30 Alum Mammoth Biosciences To Develop Diagnostics For Department Of Defense
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Virtual Reality Startup Raises $29 Million To Help With Chronic Pain
Virtual Reality Startup Raises $29 Million To Help With Chronic Pain Matthew Stoudt, cofounder of AppliedVR, a startup which uses virtual reality as a pain management ... [+] tool AppliedVR Matthew Stoudt had just sold off his digital media firm in the fall of 2014, and wasn’t sure what he wanted to do next. His wife...
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The Nursing Home With A Medical Cannabis Program The Feds Can Live With
The Nursing Home With A Medical Cannabis Program The Feds Can Live With The Hebrew Home on the Hudson River The Hebrew Home In hospitals and nursing care facilities across the country, patients are systematically denied access to medical cannabis, even if they are located in states where it is legal. The reason behind ...
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No Expiration Date: A Sex Coach and Therapist On Seniors, Intimacy And Cannabis
No Expiration Date: A Sex Coach and Therapist On Seniors, Intimacy And Cannabis One common misconception “cannasexual” coach Ashley Manta is happy to debunk is that sexuality has an expiration date. As far as Ashley is concerned, she’s planning to have sex until the day she dies. And why not? Particularly when she can ...
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In Search Of Low-Dose Cannabis Edibles For Seniors
In Search Of Low-Dose Cannabis Edibles For Seniors I recently watched the excellent and highly recommended Netflix documentary “Grass is Greener.” Along with a powerful social justice message, the film also features a lot of young men smoking copious amounts of weed. These youthful uber-consumers, with their endocannab...
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Microdosed LSD: Finally A Breakthrough For Alzheimer’s Disease?
Microdosed LSD: Finally A Breakthrough For Alzheimer’s Disease? Eleusis After decades of effort and untold millions invested in the search for an effective treatment for Alzheimer’s, the disease remains unchecked and rampant. Most recently, the New York Times reported that researchers declared defeat after the failure ...
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13 Important Customer Interview Questions To Ask Before Building An App
13 Important Customer Interview Questions To Ask Before Building An App Customer interviews are responsible for guiding today’s best products. It is much easier to build an ... [+] execution plan based on customer insights rather than guesses of what the customer needs and will pay for. Here are 13 important questions....
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How To Hire Freelancers To Help You Launch Your Startup App Idea
How To Hire Freelancers To Help You Launch Your Startup App Idea Freelancers play a very important in the startup ecosystem today. Here are 4 important steps for ... [+] hiring the right freelances to help you successfully launch a startup app idea. Getty Fifteen years ago, the thought of hiring complete strangers to ...
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How To Launch A Startup Without A Technical Co-Founder
How To Launch A Startup Without A Technical Co-Founder You don’t need to write code in order to build a successful startup. You need someone with ... [+] programming skills. In fact, many startups built by strong technical teams failed because of disagreements and misalignment of interests. Here's how to launch a start...
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3 Experiments For Testing Your Startup App Idea
3 Experiments For Testing Your Startup App Idea Market research, competitive analysis and customer interviews provide a context for whether the idea ... [+] will work, but nothing is certain until you take your product to market. Here are 3 experiments for testing your startup app idea. Getty Will it work? That’s the ...
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4 Jobs You Should Not Delegate In An Early Stage Startup
4 Jobs You Should Not Delegate In An Early Stage Startup Delegation is leadership in its purest form, without it, the quality of work suffers, productivity ... [+] decreases, and startup growth is capped even if the developed product works at scale. Here are 4 jobs early-stage startups should not delegate. Getty While...
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Remember These 5 Avoidable Mistakes To Increase Your Startup Success
Remember These 5 Avoidable Mistakes To Increase Your Startup Success Every entrepreneur is prone to making bad decisions no matter their knowledge or experience. The 5 ... [+] common mistakes listed below are fully controllable and easily avoidable. Here’s a reminder of what can negatively affect your startup success. ...
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How To Start And Successfully Sell A Startup
How To Start And Successfully Sell A Startup On average, it takes 6 to 10 years for a successful startup to get to a liquidity event. If one of ... [+] your main goals is to eventually sell your startup, it’s never too early to build an acquisition foundation. Here’s what you need to do. Getty Entrepreneurs build star...
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How To Run A Startup Part-Time Without Working Over Time
How To Run A Startup Part-Time Without Working Over Time Every startup founder knows there will be challenges. Building a startup is complex work. With a ... [+] part-time availability, how do you make sure your startup is running as if you are committed to it full-time? Getty Since the beginning, every startup founde...
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3 Proven Ways To Find A Technical Co-Founder Quickly
3 Proven Ways To Find A Technical Co-Founder Quickly Can you build a startup on your own? You sure can, although research shows the chances of your ... [+] startup succeeding are much higher with a co-founder. If you’re having a hard time finding a co-founder, here are 3 proven ways that can quickly get you in front of...
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Why Speed Is Important For Idea Validation
Why Speed Is Important For Idea Validation Speed is important for idea validation. To understand why, it’s important to first understand the ... [+] different groups of customers who will adopt your product at different stages from idea to scale. What is valid for one group may not necessarily be attractive to the othe...
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How Is Launching A Startup Different From Starting A Small Business
How Is Launching A Startup Different From Starting A Small Business Understanding how and why building startups is different from small businesses will help you make ... [+] wiser business decisions. Here are the most important differences you need to know. Getty Walmart was once a small business with a single store. ...
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If You Can’t Start Your Startup Hire Someone Who Can
If You Can’t Start Your Startup Hire Someone Who Can You ask a good designer, developer and marketer for X, they get you X. What if X is not what ... [+] customers need? What if it’s Y? This is what an entrepreneur will bring to the table. Essentially, you would be looking to recruit a co-founder. Here's how. Getty A ...
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8 Signs You Have Validated Your Startup App Idea
8 Signs You Have Validated Your Startup App Idea Quantifying and qualifying your validation milestones will help you create a roadmap and benchmark ... [+] by which you can evaluate your path while reducing your feelings of uncertainty and doubt. Here are 8 of the most common signs indicating whether you have validated...
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2 Simple Steps For Testing If Your First Customers Like Your Product
2 Simple Steps For Testing If Your First Customers Like Your Product User subscriptions and payments are two strong signals that prove the viability and validation of ... [+] your idea. What matters next is whether your customers find the product valuable enough to return and use it again. Follow these two steps to lea...