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WikiLeaks releases over 57,000 personal emails of Erdogan’s son-in-law Berat Albayrak
WikiLeaks has released over 57,000 personal emails of Turkey's Minister of Oil Berat Albayrak, the son-in-law of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The emails spanning from 2000 to 2016 allegedly detail exchanges between Albayrak and the Turkish "ruling elite" and highlight his influence across the country's...
Sad day for Novak Djokovic Fans
Novak Djokovic confirmed on Tuesday that his three-year coaching relationship with Boris Becker has now ended. He revealed this news on his Facebook page after his loss of form in the second half of the season. “Boris Becker and I have jointly decided to end our cooperation,” wrote Djokovic. “The goals we...
Passport robot tells Asian man his eyes are closed
A New Zealand man of Asian descent had his passport photograph rejected when facial recognition software mistakenly registered his eyes as being closed. Richard Lee’s attempt to renew his passport was blocked after he submitted the picture to an online passport photo checker run by New Zealand’s department of...
Pakistan Airlines crash: Pop star turned cleric Junaid Jamshed feared among 47 victims
A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane is feared to have crashed shortly after taking off from the northern city of Chitral on Wednesday (7 December), according to officials. 42 passengers and five crew were on board the aircraft, which was reportedly bound for Islamabad. "We regret to inform that PIA's ATR-42...
Hillary Clinton gets 2.7 million lead in the popular vote
Hillary Clinton has 2.7 million more votes than Donald Trump, despite losing the presidential election, and the number is expected to rise. Ms Clinton is on track to get more votes than president Barack Obama did in 2012. He won 65.9 million, and she is only about 400,000 votes behind him. The votes are being tallied by David...
Alien life could be found in the clouds of failed stars, according to scientists
If we're going to one day find life beyond Earth, then we need to know where to look, and scientists have identified another potential habitat where aliens could be lurking. That habitat is the upper atmosphere of cold brown dwarfs — massive stellar objects that are somewhere between planets and stars in size, but...
A Donald Trump tweet has been blamed for a temporary fall of Boeing’s shares
United States President-elect Donald Trump has said he wants to cut government costs by cancelling the order for new planes to carry the American president, the BBC reported. Six weeks ahead of taking office, he tweeted: "Boeing is building a brand new 747 Air Force One for future presidents, but costs are out of control,...
Wolves ‘at the door of Paris’ for the first time in 100 years
Wolves have been spotted near Paris for the first time in more than 100 years, scientists have said. "The wolf is at the door of Paris," Jean-Luc Valérie, chairman of L'Observatoire du Loup (The Observatory of the Wolf), told the Times. He said that the wolves had been spotted in parts of the Paris commuter...
A facial recognition feature has been added to an app for smartphone
Blippar, the AR (augmented reality) startup aiming to build a visual catalogue of every object in the world, has added real-time facial recognition technology to its mobile app, allowing users to create “Augmented Reality Face Profiles.” The new technology enables users to scan or “Blipp” faces —...
Facebook, Twitter, Google and Microsoft join forces to combat ‘terrorist content’ online
Technology giants Facebook, Twitter, Google's YouTube and Microsoft have teamed up to identify and tackle the spread of extremist content on their platforms. On Monday (5 November), the companies announced their plan to create a shared database of unique digital fingerprints called "hashes" of terrorist and...
Iceland vs Iceland: Trademark row between supermarket and nation escalates
UK supermarket chain Iceland has claimed that the Icelandic government is unwilling to hold "any serious discussion" to settle a trademark dispute over usage of the name Iceland. The Icelandic government has launched legal action against Iceland Foods, which owns the European trademark for using the name Iceland,...
Criminals who ran fake US embassy in Ghana for over a decade arrested
Ghanaian authorities have arrested members of a criminal network who ran a fake US embassy in the capital Accra for 10 years. The number of those who ran the scam has not been confirmed. The gang allegedly charged up to $6,000 (£4,714) for fraudulently obtained but legitimate US visas and false identification documents....
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