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Mr R

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Vietnam records highest-ever temperature of 44.1C bbc.in/42rKsIW
Climate change: Vietnam records highest-ever temperature of 44.1C

Climate change: Vietnam records highest-ever temperature of 44.1C

One farmer said the fierce heat meant people had to finish work by 10 o'clock in the morning.

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Largest earthquake for 10 years shakes Donegal in the Republic of Ireland bbc.in/44CjMHl
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“Don’t let your happiness depend on something you may lose.”-C.S. Lewis
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Solar eclipse lights up sky bbc.in/3xbFm3V

Solar eclipse 2021: Eclipse lights up sky

Some early risers in the northern hemisphere may have spotted the eclipse in the sky on Thursday morning.

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D Day 6th June 1944, #Lestweforget
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The water crisis steals time, health, and opportunity from 1 in 10 people worldwide—but we can change the narrative. This #WorldWaterDay, see how you can cross out the water crisis and build a better world at cwtr.org/3cSzC6J. 100% of your donation funds clean water!
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"Facebook, Twitter, YouTube... push content on users that their algorithms tell them users will want to see... You’re not looking for that content; it’s looking for you." @SaraMorrison on why data tracking has far more nefarious purposes than just ads: vox.com/recode/22250897/face…
Think you have nothing to hide? Why you should care about data privacy anyway.

Think you have nothing to hide? Why you should care about data privacy anyway.

Yes, your data is used to sell you shoes. But it also may be used to sell you an ideology.

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On a day for the history books, @TheAmandaGorman delivered a poem that more than met the moment. Young people like her are proof that "there is always light, if only we're brave enough to see it; if only we're brave enough to be it."
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"Whenever you see darkness, there is extraordinary opportunity for the light to burn brighter." -- Bono
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On Jan. 18, 2021, Bono will host a 10 minute special on SiriusXM radio. Pride and MLK will air and Bono will read excepts from some of Dr. King's speeches. It airs at 1am ET, repeats through the day, and will be available to stream. A short clip is here: youtube.com/watch?v=8moxNTsR…
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Peace is not brought about through conflict, but through compassion — creating peace of mind within ourselves. We all need compassion and women can take a lead role in bringing this about. My own first teacher of kindness and compassion was my mother.
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Brexit: UK driver has ham sandwiches confiscated at Dutch border bbc.in/3bvWhH2
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Etsy sorry as Camp Auschwitz T-shirt found for sale on its site bbc.in/3oMDCKV
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Trump has incited violence & intimidation in order to oppose election results. These aren’t actions of a leader whose job it is to protect the human rights of all people in his country.
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"Today's a reminder, a painful one, that democracy is fragile" President-elect Joe Biden says to preserve democracy requires "leaders who are devoted not to the pursuit of power… but to the common good" bbc.in/2L1Bosq

Biden on events in Capitol

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Our way is plain: It is the way of democracy — of lawfulness, and of respect — respect for each other, and for our nation.
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We believe users should have the choice over the data that is being collected about them and how it’s used. Facebook can continue to track users across apps and websites as before, App Tracking Transparency in iOS 14 will just require that they ask for your permission first.
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Facebook is now waging a PR effort to attack Apple ahead of new iOS data privacy changes that would make it harder for advertisers to track users, in a possible sign of just how much the social network views the move as a threat to its core business cnn.it/2WkqkIC
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Tasmania pilot whales: Rescuers release 108 surviving animals bbc.in/33ZjHPz
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“He was a good and kind and gentle man and he believed in us even when we don’t believe in ourselves” Former President Barack Obama pays his respects at the funeral of US civil rights champion John Lewis bbc.in/2P8SL99
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