DxOMark Reveals Best Smartphone Cameras of 2019: Here Are the Winners

DxOMark has revealed its pick for the best smartphone cameras for 2019 for different scenarios.

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Man Carrying Live Bullet Detained At Delhi Airport

A Bangkok-bound passenger has been apprehended by the CISF at the Delhi airport for allegedly carrying a live bullet in his baggage, an official said on Saturday.

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Delhi Man Breaks Into Woman's Home, Rapes And Kills Her: Police

Delhi Police on Friday arrested a 22-year-old man for allegedly raping and murdering a woman at her home in north Delhi's Gulabi Bagh area.

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Hyderabad Man Sends Obscene Pics To Friend's Teen Daughter, Caught: Cops

A 40-year-old man was arrested for sending obscene pictures to a friend's minor daughter in Hyderabad, police said on Saturday.

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China accuses UN rights chief of inflaming Hong Kong unrest

China accused the U.N. high commissioner for human rights of emboldening “radical violence” in Hong Kong by suggesting the city’s leader conduct an investigation into reports of excessive use of force by police. The U.N. commissioner, Michelle Bachelet, wrote in an opinion piece Saturday in the South China Morning Post that Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam’s government must prioritize “meaningful, inclusive” dialogue to resolve the crisis.

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Centre May Exempt Parts Of Northeast From Citizenship Bill, Say Sources

The centre may exempt parts of Northeast India from the ambit of the controversial Citizenship Amendment Bill likely to be tabled in the winter session of Parliament, official sources said on...

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Cold Wave In Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir Intensifies After Snowfall

Cold wave intensified in Ladakh while parts of Jammu and Kashmir, including the famous hill resorts of Gulmarg and Pahalgam reeled under sub-zero temperatures after the recent snowfall, the weather...

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In 1995 Article, UK PM Calls Single Mothers, Working Class "Feckless"

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday dismissed criticism of an old article he wrote condemning single mothers and "feckless" working-class men, saying the quotes were taken out of context.

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General election 2019: Labour say NHS figures show decline in GP services

The NHS Digital figures show a rise in patients having to wait more than two weeks in October.

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What to Watch as Top Polluter Heads to Global Climate Talks

(Bloomberg) -- All eyes are on China as negotiators from nearly 200 nations head to Madrid for the next round of United Nations climate talks. Like most efforts to reach an international consensus, what Beijing wants matters because of its rising geopolitical clout and economic might.But when it comes to one of the core causes of climate change -- carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels -- there’s no bigger player than China. Though it’s the biggest investor in renewable power, it’s the world’s top carbon polluter and energy consumer. Balancing how it powers its massive economy against what’s asked of it by the rest of the planet is far from settled.As a developing economy, China backs one of the main pillars of the UN-organized efforts: that richer nations have more responsibility for past climate-changing emissions than poorer countries, and so they should do more to finance efforts to change course. It also supports a multinational approach to avoiding climate change, criticizing the U.S. decision to pull out of the 2015 Paris Agreement and Europe’s recent consideration of a regional carbon tax.Carbon MarketThere’s a specific and esoteric focus of the Madrid talks: How to implement Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, which addresses developing cooperative approaches and mechanisms to cut emissions and support sustainable development. One way to do this would be a global carbon market, where nations can build up credits from reducing emissions and then trade them.China supports a market mechanism because it’s flexible and offers opportunities to seek lowest-cost options, said Ma Aimin, an adviser to the Chinese government on climate change policies. China could be a developer of credits if its costs are relatively lower or a buyer if costs are higher, he said.China is already in the process of developing its own carbon market, which would be the world’s biggest. How that links to any global effort will depend on the final rules agreed internationally, said Ma, who’s also deputy director-general of the National Center for Climate Change Strategy & International Cooperation.After a bureaucratic reshuffle last year saw China fall behind its own schedule to launch a national carbon market, the newly created Ministry of Ecology and Environment is back on track to launch trading for the power sector next year, Ma said. Registration and trading systems are almost complete and mock trading has started with potential participants, he said. Other industries will be drawn into the market after 2020, Ma added.Withering Green Investments?Meanwhile, world’s biggest renewable energy investor is trying to pull off a major policy shift. After years of bankrolling solar and wind projects, which added more capacity than any other nation, China is now weaning the industry off subsidies and promoting projects that can compete against coal- and natural gas-fired plants.The transition has been rocky. The global solar industry is still reeling from China’s abrupt decision last year to cut subsidies and halt approvals of some new projects. Demand for solar panels and prices sank and haven’t quite recovered. The delay in releasing this year’s solar policy -- a relaxed version of the 2018 approach -- first sparked optimism of a demand boom in the top market, then predictions that it’s failing to happen, creating a lot of uncertainty for manufacturers worldwide.The cool-down in China depressed global clean energy investment, according to data compiled by BloombergNEF. Countries collectively spent almost $189 billion in the first nine months this year, barely over half the amount for all 2018. Worldwide investments reached a six-year low in the first half, with China’s decline especially pronounced, BNEF said. The slowdown in China also pummeled both panel prices and the shares of large developers globally.Next year could see a rebound in investment, according to Wang Bohua, secretary-general of China Photovoltaic Industry Association, who said Friday the nation is likely to announce its 2020 policies soon. This could help capacity additions recover next year to more than 40 gigawatts, he said, citing an industry forecast.Rising EmissionsAs climate warnings become more severe, global focus is shifting from creating more green power toward stopping emissions. That’s putting a harsher spotlight on China, despite its track record of renewables investments.After contributing to a global slowdown earlier this decade, China’s emissions are on the rise again, the UN Environment Program said in a report in November, citing a 1.6% increase in 2018 to a record 13.7 billion tons of carbon dioxide.And the outlook doesn’t seem promising. According to an analysis by Global Energy Monitor, China has enough coal-fired power plants in the pipeline to match the entire capacity of the European Union, driving an overall expansion globally in power from coal, the most-polluting fossil fuel.As part of its Paris Agreement pledge, China aims by 2030 for emissions to peak and for carbon output per unit of economic output to drop by as much as 65% from 2005 levels. Beijing has touted it already hit a 2020 target for a 45% cut in emissions intensity from 2005. But with its GDP growing by 390% since then, overall carbon emissions have risen by more than half.New Negotiator?It’s expected that Zhao Yingmin, vice environmental minister, will lead China’s delegation to this round of climate talks. He’ll take over from Xie Zhenhua, who served as the top negotiator at UN climate meetings for more than a decade.The change in negotiators follows a regulatory restructuring last year that saw responsibility for climate duties moved from National Development & Reform Commission to the new ecology & environment ministry. The ministry didn’t respond to requests for comment.Zhao was appointed to his current position in March 2018, according to his official biography, which lists a series of government appointments since he started at the National Environmental Protection Agency in 1989.“The positions and attitude won’t change dramatically because of a change in officials,” said Li Shuo, a policy adviser at Greenpeace China, who described Xie as “very authoritative and veteran official, who is highly respected internationally.”Xie, who held the role as China’s special representative for climate change affairs even after his 2015 retirement from the NDRC, said earlier in November that China has always sought a “multilateral system” on climate change negotiations and is willing to work with the U.S. to help reign in global warming.To contact Bloomberg News staff for this story: Feifei Shen in Beijing at fshen11@bloomberg.net;Jasmine Ng in Singapore at jng299@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Ramsey Al-Rikabi at ralrikabi@bloomberg.net, Aaron ClarkFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2019 Bloomberg L.P.

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Your pictures on the theme of bridges

Each week, we publish a gallery of readers' pictures on a set theme. This week it is "bridges".

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Teen engineer: 'Let me introduce you to my laboratory'

Fifteen-year-old Cheikh Bamba Diaby got into robotics after he had to unblock his sister's mobile phone.

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Separated at birth: Was my mother given away because she looked white?

How one South African family discovered a secret that made them question their own identity.

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The hunt for a unique advent calendar

Advent calendars can be a no-go if you're disabled, so some families have come with ingenious work-arounds to keep the tradition inclusive.

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London Bridge: Why was the attacker, Usman Khan, out of prison?

Usman Khan, 28, was out on licence from jail when he killed two people and injured three others.

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Govt to spend Rs 100L cr on infra projects: FM

The government will frontload investments under its five-year plan to spend Rs 100 lakh crore on infrastructure by announcing investments in 10 projects by December 15, said finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman. The Centre will also work towards bringing down Goods and Services Tax (GST) to the minimum level on all essential goods and rationalise other rates.

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No deputy CM for Cong, NCP gets most berths

NCP has emerged the biggest beneficiary in the negotiations within the Maha Vikas Aghadi for ministerial berths with a tally of 16. It will also get the deputy CM's job. Shiv Sena will have 15 members in the cabinet, including the CM. Congress settled for 12, besides the speaker's post.

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Hyd erupts, thousands lay siege to police station

Anger erupted on Hyderabad streets as people held protests demanding justice for the family of the veterinary doctor who was gang-raped and murdered on the outskirts of the city on Wednesday. Protestors gathered at the Shadnagar police station, where the accused were being held, demanded that cops hand over the accused to them for what they called "instant justice".

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Past wrongdoings resolved, no need for fear: Amit Shah to India Inc

Responding to concerns within business and industry about an atmosphere of fear unleashed by tax authorities, Amit Shah on Saturday said, "No one needs to fear anything", and that most of the steps the government had undertaken to clean up the system were over. While acknowledging the economic slowdown, Shah said he was confident the country would emerge from it.

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London attacker had Pak links, plotted J-K hits

The 28-year-old Briton who killed two people in a stabbing spree on London Bridge on Friday has been identified as Usman Khan, a UK-born terrorist who was jailed in 2012 over a plot to bomb the London Stock Exchange and plans to build a terror camp in PoK to attack Kashmir. He left school in the UK with no credentials and is believed to have spent part of his teens in Pakistan.

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Johnson Plans Major Review of U.K.’s Defense, Foreign Policy

(Bloomberg) -- Boris Johnson pledged a full-scale review of Britain’s security, defense and foreign policy if his Conservative Party wins this month’s election, and called on international leaders meeting in London this week to modernize the way NATO is run.The prime minister wants to evaluate how a vast section of Whitehall will work post-Brexit: from the role of the armed forces and British diplomacy to the legal framework for the nation’s security forces, and how to upgrade technology to combat terrorism. The review will be led from Johnson’s office at 10 Downing Street, according to a statement on Sunday.His comments, coming days after a terror attack on London Bridge and less than two weeks before the election, are set to sharpen the debate over whether his Conservatives are better placed than the Labour Party to keep the country’s citizens safe.Johnson’s already promised to stop the automatic early release of people convicted of terror crimes after the suspect in Friday’s stabbing rampage was revealed to be out on parole. Many of the latest polls, taken before the attack, show the Tories still leading but with the gap narrowing.With NATO leaders set for what threatens to be a fractious meeting, Johnson emphasized the need for the military alliance to maintain its unity even as he plots for his country to quit the European Union.“While we are leaving the EU, we must strengthen cooperation with Europe on security,” Johnson said. “The foundation of European security since 1949 has been the NATO and, on its 70th anniversary, we need to modernize it rather than abandon it.”Johnson’s review plan also adds another leg to his party’s manifesto document. Buried on page 48, it promised to set up a commission “to look at the broader aspects of our constitution: the relationship between the Government, Parliament and the courts; the functioning of the Royal Prerogative; the role of the House of Lords; and access to justice for ordinary people.”Foreign Minister Dominic Raab went a step further than the PM in linking the need to bolster NATO with the fallout from the London Bridge attack. Calling on all NATO members to pay their way, Raab said the organization needs to forge an even stronger Transatlantic unity of purpose.“Ultimately, keeping terror off our streets and deepening our security cooperation with our NATO partners are two sides of the same coin,” Raab wrote in the Daily Telegraph.To contact the reporter on this story: James Ludden in New York at jludden@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Matthew G. Miller at mmiller144@bloomberg.net, Ros KrasnyFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2019 Bloomberg L.P.

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London Bridge: Video shows public confront London Bridge attacker

Footage shows members of the public using a fire extinguisher and a tusk to confront Usman Khan.

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Pak Media Blames Imran Khan For "Inept" Handling Of Army Chief's Case

Pakistani newspapers today censured Prime Minister Imran Khan's government for its "inept" handling of the sensitive case of extending the term of the army chief and cautioned him that the confidence...

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Clutha crash: Pilot David Traill "trusted implicitly" by his crew

An inquiry into the helicopter crash was "very disappointing", says the families of two PCs killed in the tragedy.

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Apple to take 'deeper look' at disputed borders

The review comes after the tech giant was criticised for maps showing Crimea as Russian territory.

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St Andrew statue restored after missing hand mystery

The St Andrew statue has been fully repaired after a failed appeal to find the sculpture's left hand.

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Vivo U20 vs Redmi Note 8 Compared: Price, Performance, Cameras, and More

Vivo U20 or Redmi Note 8? We help you buy the best smartphone for around Rs. 10,000 in India right now, by putting them in a head-to-head

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Brazil President Accuses Leonardo DiCaprio Of Paying "To Torch" Amazon

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro claimed on Friday that Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio financed fires being set in the Amazon rainforest, without presenting any evidence, the right-wing leader's...

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How BBC's Katy Watson pumped breast milk through polls and protests

Katy Watson covered a turbulent time in South America while still producing a food supply for baby Isadora.

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General election 2019: Meet the youngest candidates on the campaign trail

These aspiring politicians are big on Tik Tok, love Taylor Swift and are making their parents proud.

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What it's like to be 'cancelled'?

YouTuber and make-up artist Manny Gutierrez found himself an outcast following an online feud.

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Breast cancer: A mother's story of her battle with the disease

Othelia Maimane, a mother-of-two from South Africa, describes her two-year battle with breast cancer.

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Rediscovering the forgotten Indian artists of British India

The East India Company commissioned some remarkable artwork from Indian painters in the 18th Century.

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Panel Checking Delhi's "Shop-like Schools" Only Has "Yes Men": High Court

The Delhi High Court on Friday said that a committee appointed by the Centre to inspect "shop-like schools" operating in the city under the National Institute of Open Schooling or NIOS comprises only...

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Drunk Man Kills Two Daughters After Argument With Wife In Noida: Cops

Uttar Pradesh Police on Friday arrested a man who allegedly killed his two daughters when he was drunk in Surajpur area on Thursday night.

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Feds: U.S. Programmer Virgil Griffith Helped Sell N. Korea on Cryptocurrency

Jack Taylor/GettyA former computer hacker who styles himself as a corruption-buster has been charged with flouting U.S. law to give North Korea advice on evading American sanctions by using cryptocurrency.Virgil Griffith, 36, was once dubbed an “internet man of mystery” by The New York Times. He has an Ph.D from the California Institute of Technology and works for Eretheum, which produces a digital currency token that’s a rival to Bitcoin.According to a criminal complaint filed in federal court in Manhattan, Griffith sought permission from U.S. authorities to attend the Pyongyang Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Conference in North Korea in April.He was denied but allegedly went anyway and recruited others to travel to North Korea to aid the government there, as well.The Justice Department alleges that, while giving a presentation titled “Blockchain and Peace,” Griffith described how North Korea could “launder money and evade sanctions” and “use these technologies to achieve independence from the global banking system.” Griffith—an American citizen who has been living in Singapore—hoped the cryptocurrency made by his own company, unnamed in the complaint, would be North Korea’s choice, the feds charged.The North Korean regime allegedly approved his talk. Governments across the world, including the United States, have largely shut the country out over human rights abuses and efforts to build nuclear weapons. Prior the conference, Griffith allegedly exchanged messages with an associate about North Korea’s potential use cryptocurrency that appear to demonstrate he knew the illegality of what he was doing.“I need to send 1 unit of [Cryptocurrency-1, which belonged to Griffith’s company] between North and South Korea,” he wrote.“Isn’t that avoiding sanctions,” his associate asked.“It is,” Griffith wrote, according to the complaint.He was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport Thanksgiving Day and arraigned Friday. He faces 20 years in prison if convicted. An Alabama native, Griffith reportedly became a hacker in college then invented WikiScanner, which exposes anonymous edits to Wikipedia entries, after graduation.A website that appears to belong to him, but which has not been updated since 2016, says: “My goals are to expose corruption, curb abuses of power, and with ‘gloves off’ ensure the digital age never becomes a digital dystopia.”The magazine, 2600: The Hacker Quarterly called Griffith’s arrest “an attack on all of us.”“Yes, we are biased because we know this person and his motivations, which align with hacker culture: explaining tech, visiting weird places, & being honest. These are not crimes in our eyes,” it said in a tweet.2600 editor Emmanuel Goldstein said in a tweet that Griffith did not believe he had done anything wrong.“Crap. He insisted on going to the @FBI and telling the truth w/o a lawyer. I kept warning him it was a trap. What's ironic is that afterwards, he was convinced they totally got where he was coming from,” he wrote.Read more at The Daily Beast.Get our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.

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Uddhav Thackeray To Take Floor Test Today

Uddhav Thackeray, who took oath as Chief Minister last evening after a week of political whirlwind in Maharashtra, will face a floor test in the Assembly today at 2 pm. NCP MLA Dilip Walse Patil will...

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IndiGo Pilots Revving Engines Too Hard Led To Problems: Report

IndiGo and Go Airlines India use the same type of engine made by Pratt & Whitney that's susceptible to mid-flight shutdowns. Yet IndiGo, one of Airbus's biggest customers, is the only one to encounter...

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Uddhav Thackeray Visits Lata Mangeshkar In Hospital, Asks About Health

A day after being sworn in as the Maharashtra Chief Minister, Uddhav Thackeray visited legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar at a city hospital on Friday.

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TikTok, Huawei Helping China's Campaign To Repress Uighur Muslims: Report

Chinese tech giants including ByteDance, TikTok's parent company, and Huawei Technologies are working closely with the Communist Party to censor and surveil Uighur Muslims in China's western region of...

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13 Constituencies Vote In Phase 1 Of Jharkhand Assembly Elections Today

Thirteen constituencies spread across six districts will vote today in Jharkhand as polling begins for the five-phased state elections. The ruling BJP, which is contesting for the first time without...

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Won't Join Any Coalition In Goa, Says Congress After Sanjay Raut's 'Idea'

Hours after Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut floated the idea of a coalition of opposition parties in Goa, the state Congress ruled out joining any front to topple the BJP government in the state.

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4 held for gang-rape, murder of Hyd's Nirbhaya

Two truck drivers and their two helpers were on Friday arrested by the Cyberabad police for the gang-rape and murder of a 27-year-old veterinary doctor on the outskirts of Hyderabad. One of the accused is believed to have smothered her while raping her so that her screams could be muzzled. She is believed to have suffocated and died.

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Indian Restaurant In UK Fined For Serving Dish To Teen With Nut Allergy

A UK based Indian restaurant was fined 3,767 pounds (around Rs 3.5 lakhs) for serving a dish with peanuts to a teenager who had a nut allergy.

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BJP Calls Sanjay Raut's Idea Of Anti-BJP Front "Mungerilal's Dream"

Mocking Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut's claim that an anti-BJP coalition would be formed in Goa, the ruling party in the state said on Friday that he was daydreaming.

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Final day for Help to Buy Isa applications

Nearly 260,000 properties have been bought using the Isa, Treasury figures show.

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Turkmenistan Woman Arrested For Smuggling Gold At Delhi Airport

A woman from Turkmenistan was arrested by customs officials for allegedly trying to smuggle gold valuing about Rs 22 lakh at Delhi airport, according to an official statement issued on Thursday.

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Google: Warned 500 Indians of phishing attacks

Google had warned at least 500 Indians about "government-backed" phishing attacks against them between July and September this year, the technology giant said in a blog. No names were given. Google said in the blogpost that over 12,000 warnings were sent out to users across 149 countries. The post did not specify whether the users were being targeted by their own governments or others.

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Government plans WhatsApp security systems audit

The government wants to conduct an audit and inspection of security systems and processes of Facebook-owned instant messenger WhatsApp over the Pegasus spyware controversy. This is the second major action against the American social media giant after the CBI inquiry that was ordered over the data leaks in the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica controversy.

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Ajit will be given job of dy CM after floor test

Speculation about whether Ajit Pawar would raise a banner of revolt again was set to rest when it was made clear on Thursday that he would be made deputy CM after the floor test. "It's a fact that originally it was proposed to induct Ajit as deputy CM. Later it was felt that he should be inducted during the cabinet expansion," an NCP politician said.

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Maharashtra: 1st Thackeray to be CM, of 'secular' government

Fifty-three years after the Shiv Sena was founded, a Thackeray was sworn in as Maharashtra's CM on Thursday. Uddhav assumed the top post at a grand ceremony at Shivaji Park, a location redolent with symbolism for Sena. It was here that the party held its first rally and where its first CM was sworn in over two decades ago; Bal Thackeray was also cremated on this very ground.

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ED gives details of PC's bank a/cs, assets abroad

With former finance minister P Chidambaram daring the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to produce even one piece of evidence linking him to the INX Media case, the agency on Thursday filed a probe report with details of 12 bank accounts and purchase of an equal number of properties in 16 countries, allegedly from proceeds of crime.

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Devendra Fadnavis On House Hunt, Vacating Chief Minister's Residence

Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday started vacating the official Chief Minister residence in South Mumbai.

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Tories Riled After Iceblock Replaces U.K. PM in Climate Debate

(Bloomberg) -- The U.K. Conservative Party accused Channel 4 News of breaking impartiality rules after the broadcaster used a melting ice sculpture of a globe to replace Prime Minister Boris Johnson who failed to attend a live climate change debate on Thursday night.The news program had asked the leaders of the key political parties to take part in the debate ahead of the Dec. 12 election but Johnson and Brexit Party head Nigel Farage chose not to attend. This prompted Channel 4 to replace the two politicians with ice sculptures rather than the empty chairs as is usually the case.The decision by Johnson, who is expected to lead the Conservatives into a comfortable majority, drew derision on social media. Hashtags such as WheresBoris and borisisacoward trended in the U.K. as online users vented frustration with Johnson’s choice to refrain from debating on a topic that is seen to be one of the greatest issues for generations to come.The Conservatives complained to broadcast regulator Ofcom, calling the news program’s action “a provocative partisan stunt” which had the potential to be seen as a political opinion in its own right. Unlike in the U.S., television broadcasters in Britain face strict rules on being politically impartial during election periods and can face fines if they do not comply.The party’s director of communications Lee Cain, who wrote the complaint, said Channel 4 News prevented senior Cabinet Minister Michael Gove from representing Johnson. Gove, who showed up without invitation for the debate, accused Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn and Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon of blocking his attempt to join them in a separate tweet.Channel 4 News editor Ben de Pear shot back, saying the channel had made it clear that the debate could only involve party leaders. He later told the Guardian that the two ice sculptures represented the emergency on planet Earth and were a visual metaphor for the Conservative and Brexit parties who declined the broadcaster’s invitations for the debate.Michael Gove @michaelgoveTonight I went to Channel 4 to talk about climate change but Jeremy Corbyn and Nicola Sturgeon refused to debate a Conservative climatedebatehttp://twitter.com/michaelgove/statuses/1200166068741902337Sent via Twitter for iPhone.View original tweet.Broadcasters have faced an uphill task to convince Johnson to take part in interviews and debates. Johnson has so far avoided taking part in a sit-down with tough BBC interviewer Andrew Neil.\--With assistance from Thomas Penny.To contact the reporter on this story: Melissa Cheok in Singapore at mcheok2@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Niluksi Koswanage at nkoswanage@bloomberg.net, Siraj DatooFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2019 Bloomberg L.P.

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UK PM Skips TV Debate On Climate, Gets Replaced By Melting Ice Sculpture

Britain's governing Conservative Party complained to the broadcasting regulator after its chosen representative was shut out of a general election television debate on climate change on Thursday.

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Elizabeth I revealed as secret scribe of historic manuscript

A historian pieces together clues to establish the author of the work at Lambeth Palace.

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Smartphone 'addiction': Young people 'panicky' when denied mobiles

Psychiatrists warn a quarter of young people have addictive behaviour towards their smartphones.

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Delhi Teen Caught Smoking Hookah, Suspended From School; Moves High Court

A 9th class student banned from attending classes after allegedly being caught smoking hookah has approached the Delhi High Court seeking direction to the school to allow him to continue his study.

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Viral: Parvathy's Tweets On Using 'Bipolar' Casually Wins Internet

She out-Parvathy-d herself by responding to a tweet calling her out for casually using the term 'bipolar behaviour' during a discussion

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Recipe Video: Make Easy Gujarati Sev Tamatar Ki Sabzi In Just 10 Minutes

Sev tamatar ki sabzi is a quick and easy Gujarati recipe that will not take more than 10 minutes to prepare at home. Spicy, tangy and sweet the three distinct flavours come together to make this...

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TikTok Admits Error For Penalizing Teen Who Posted Political Videos

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नई दिल्ली (राजकिशोर).स्वीडन में 2021 स्पेशल ओलिंपिक वर्ल्ड विंटर गेम्स होने हैं। इससे पहले, वहां अगले साल ओलिंपिक टेस्ट इवेंट होगा। इस टेस्ट इवेंट के लिए भारत से सिर्फ दो खिलाड़ी हिस्सा ले रहे हैं। 14 साल के रचना और तांशु। ये दोनों खिलाड़ी आइस स्केटिंग में भारत का प्रतिनिधित्व करेंगे। स्पेशल ओलिंपिक में दिव्यांग खिलाड़ी हिस्सा लेते हैं। गुड़गांव की रचना आइस स्केटिंग के अलावा चार अन्य खेलों की भी चैंपियन हैं जबकि अंबाला के तांशु की मां चाय बेचकर बेटे को खेल में आगे बढ़ा रही हैं।

स्वीमिंग, रोलर स्केटिंग में भी रचना मेडल जीत चुकी हैं

हरियाणा की रचना आइस स्केटिंग के अलावा रोलर स्केटिंग, स्वीमिंग, साइक्लिंग और मैराथन में भी मेडल जीत चुकी हैं। रचना के पिता कुलदीप हरियाणा पुलिस में हैं। वे बताते हैं, ‘रचना के जन्म के समय हमें पता नहीं चला था कि वह मेंटली डिस्टर्ब है। जब वह 6 महीने की थी, तब कोमा में चली गई। उसकी बीमारी का पता हमें तब चला। इसके बाद हमने उसका एडमिशन स्पेशल कैटेगरी के स्कूल में कराने का फैसला लिया।

8 साल पहले तांशु के पिता की मृत्यु हो गई थी
हरियाणा के ही तांशु के पिता की 8 साल पहले मृत्यु हो गई थी। तब तांशु की उम्र 6 साल थी। तांशु का एक छोटा भाई भी है। दोनों बेटों के पालन-पोषण के लिए तांशु की मां रजनीबाला ने चाय बेचना शुरू किया। रजनीबाला बताती हैं, ‘तांशु के स्कूल में ही उसके टीचर चंद्रहास शर्मा ने उसे रोलर स्केटिंग की ट्रेनिंग दी। वह अब तक सामान्य और स्पेशल वर्ग में रोलर स्केटिंग में कई मेडल जीत चुका है। कोच चंद्रहास ने प्रेरित किया।’

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रचना अभी सातवीं क्लास में पढ़ती है। दिव्यांग होने के बाद भी उन्होंने कई खेलों में उतरने का फैसला किया। मांशु सामान्य वर्ग में भी मेडल जीत चुके हैं।

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'Will table list of Hindu Bengalis left out of NRC'

Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the state government would table district-wise figures of Hindu Bengalis excluded from the final NRC during the ongoing winter session of the assembly. More than 19 lakh applicants were excluded from the final NRC, published on August 31. BJP claims many of them are Bengali Hindus who fled Bangladesh in the early 1970s.

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Godse remarks: Pragya dropped from House panel

The BJP leadership punished MP Pragya Thakur by removing her from the parliamentary panel on defence and told her not to attend meetings of the parliamentary party during the rest of the winter session even as her remarks on Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse led to protests in the Lok Sabha on Thursday.

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Government Withdraws Jammu And Kashmir Reservation Bill From Lok Sabha

The government on Wednesdaywithdrew the J-K Reservation Bill from the Lok Sabha as central laws providing quota to the economically backward class are now applicable to the union territory post repeal...

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Immunotherapy offers hope for men with prostate cancer

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General election 2019: Labour vow to plant two billion trees by 2040

The party will set out its £3.7bn "plan for nature" on Thursday, including creating 10 new national parks.

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General election 2019: Johnson vows to help women reach 'full potential'

Boris Johnson says he wants more women in the Tories, as Labour highlights "sexist" comments.

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Netflix 'reactivated' users without permission

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Plastic waste rises as 1.5bn 'bags for life' sold, research finds

Households bought 54 "reusable" bags on average last year, research says, prompting calls for a ban.

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Half of students get degree place with lower grades

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'A man tried to choke me during sex without warning'

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Climate Change: Plan to cut carbon emissions from concerts

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Delhi Man, 21, Kills Wife, Throws Body On Road; Arrested

A man has been arrested in Delhi for allegedly killing his wife and throwing her body on the road with two of his accomplices, the police said on Wednesday.

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TikTok apologises and reinstates banned US teen

Chinese-owned TikTok has apologised to a US teenager who criticised China's treatment of Muslims.

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Thieves Steal Onions From Bengal Shop, Leave Cash Box Untouched

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She Slashed Global Tariffs Under Trump’s Nose. Now She’s Leaving

(Bloomberg) -- Over the past five years as the European Union’s trade chief, Cecilia Malmstrom has reached deals to expand more than 295 billion euros ($325 billion) of the bloc’s commerce with the rest of the world.That market-opening success is no small feat as Malmstrom, known for her civility and consistency, pushed to counter U.S. President Donald Trump’s protectionist challenge to the global trade order.Due to step down on Saturday, the 51-year-old Swede leaves behind a series of concrete accomplishments -- including three blockbuster free-trade agreements -- that will chart the EU’s course for decades beyond the current tumult in international commerce.“Malmstrom doesn’t shout, but she is far from toothless,” said Jacques Pelkmans, a trade-policy expert and senior fellow at the CEPS think tank in Brussels. “She will always remain a diplomat rather than bang tables. That is not a weakness.”As the only female European trade commissioner to date to serve a full term, Malmstrom has overseen the biggest EU offensive in the field of international commerce in the bloc’s history.U.S., China ThreatAt the same time, she has led a defensive campaign to prevent the World Trade Organization system from collapsing under the combined strains of U.S. protectionism and China’s failure to become a full market economy almost two decades after joining the WTO.“While being very open, civilized and thoughtful, Malmstrom has also been principled and tough when needed,” said Eleonora Catella, a senior adviser on trade matters at the BusinessEurope confederation in Brussels. “She has achieved a lot.”To be sure, the deterioration in EU relations with the U.S. as a result of Trump’s “America First” agenda and the inconclusive efforts to prod economic changes in communist China will form bitter components of Malmstrom’s legacy. They will also preoccupy her successor, Ireland’s Phil Hogan, who has been European agriculture commissioner.The U.S. and China may be the EU’s top two trade partners, but they are threatening in different ways the global commercial order to which the 28-nation bloc is committed. And with the U.S. and China locked in a trade war, the threats are as serious as ever.‘Fantastic, Dramatic’But the tests posed by Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping have played roles in Malmstrom’s policy successes by adding urgency to Europe’s efforts to open international markets and uphold the rules-based multilateral commercial order.“It’s been five fantastic, dramatic and challenging years,” Malmstrom, who plans to teach at a Swedish university next year, said in the Belgian capital on Nov. 21 after her last meeting with the EU’s national trade ministers.In rapid succession the EU reached landmark trade accords with Canada and Japan after five years of negotiations, securing the bloc’s first such pacts with fellow members of the Group of Seven leading industrialized nations. Then Malmstrom and her team struck an accord with Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay -- the so-called Mercosur group -- following two decades of talks, surprising even seasoned EU observers.“Perhaps the conclusion of the EU-Mercosur agreement was even more satisfying,” Malmstrom told Bloomberg on Nov. 26. “There were many, including within the EU, that thought it would never happen” and “when it was finally done the whole room stood up to applaud each other. It had really been a negotiating marathon and not many of us had got much sleep by that point.”In each case, the message from the parties was that free-trade agreements are important not just because they generate economic benefits but also because they mark a political bulwark against protectionism. This stance is likely to propel EU market-opening negotiations that Malmstrom kicked off last year with Australia and New Zealand.While U.S. unilateralism has driven the EU’s agenda of free-trade deals, China’s state-sponsored programs to expand exports and foreign investment lie behind two other European policy breakthroughs under Malmstrom.The first involved a revamp of European rules on countering below-cost -- or “dumped” -- imports in a way that both met EU legal obligations tied to China’s WTO membership and maintained the bloc’s ability to curb unfairly priced foreign goods with duties. The overhaul, which Pelkmans of CEPS called “very smart,” reflected a compromise between the competing interests of European importers and manufacturers.The second major success on this front was European legislation -- the first of its kind -- meant to prevent foreign investments from threatening national security. Deemed for years too controversial even to propose because of opposition in EU national capitals, the new law ended up winning final political approval in just 17 months.Saving the WTOOn the global front under Malmstrom, the EU has led efforts to bolster the WTO by enabling it to tackle industrial subsidies and to sidestep an imminent deadlock on the trade arbiter’s appellate body caused by a U.S. refusal to consider new appointments.These two initiatives have no guarantee of success, highlighting Europe’s lingering vulnerabilities. In addition, the EU’s own agenda of striking free-trade deals has weaknesses because talks with key emerging economies such as India are on hold and because it excludes China, with which the bloc first wants to reach an investment pact.In navigating through this uncertainty, Malmstrom has been steadfast in extolling the benefits of free trade and in urging China and the U.S. to act in ways that support it.“To both the U.S. and China I say this: don’t take the WTO for granted,” Malmstrom said in her remarks to Bloomberg on Tuesday. “We need to work together to make it fit for purpose for the modern economy.”Her main demand of Beijing has been to make good on pledges to pursue more open trade and investment policies. Her primary request of Washington has been to work with the EU to defend a global commercial order that the U.S. itself was instrumental in establishing.“The U.S. needs to find the space between pulling the punches and pulling the plug,” Malmstrom said in March. “We are worried that the system is threatening to break altogether.”To contact the reporter on this story: Jonathan Stearns in Brussels at jstearns2@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Ben Sills at bsills@bloomberg.net, Richard Bravo, Guy CollinsFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2019 Bloomberg L.P.

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'AI will have to be closed if privatisation bid fails'

Loss-making national carrier Air India will have to cease operations if it is not privatised, minister for civil aviation Hardeep Singh Puri informed Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. He said that a group of officials, under the chairmanship of home minister Amit Shah, is finalising the process of inviting bids from the private sector for the national carrier.

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Thackerays invite Modi, Sonia for swearing-in

Aaditya Thackeray and party secretary Milind Narwekar flew to New Delhi on Wednesday to invite Congress president Sonia Gandhi and former PM Manmohan Singh for the swearing-in ceremony of Uddhav Thackeray at Shivaji Park on Thursday. Sena leaders said an invitation has also been extended to Rahul Gandhi. Earlier, Uddhav called up PM Modi to invite him to the ceremony.

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Isro feat: 300 satellites put in space in 20 yrs

Two months after lunar lander Vikram's failure to softland on Moon, cheer was back at Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) on Wednesday morning when it successfully launched PSLV-C47 that placed Earth observation satellite Cartosat-3 and 13 US nanosatellites. It marked Isro's milestone of launching more than 300 satellites from 33 countries in two decades.

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Amit Shah said the Gandhis had violated SPG guidelines repeatedly, often travelling abroad without cover, and wondered what could be the reason. He said a member of the Gandhi family was in the habit of driving expensive motorbikes in Delhi, leaving his cover to keep pace. Shah also said the security of Sonia Gandhi, Rahul and Priyanka has only changed to 'Z plus' cover.

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Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis's wife Amruta Fadnavis on Tuesday tweeted a poetic verse hours after her husband resigned from his post.

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Boris Johnson Set for 68-Seat Majority According to YouGov Poll

(Bloomberg) -- Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party is on track to win its biggest majority in more than three decades, according to the most hotly anticipated poll of the general election campaign.The Tories will win a majority of 68 seats in the Dec. 12 election, according to a YouGov poll which used a technique that more closely predicted the 2017 election than standard surveys. Such a majority would allow Johnson to deliver on his promise of getting his Brexit deal through Parliament by Jan. 31, and could also give him some freedom to make compromises in subsequent negotiations with the European Union.The poll put the Conservatives on course to win 359 of the 650 seats in Parliament, a gain of 42 on the last election, while Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party is set to win 211 seats, a loss of 51. Of the smaller parties, the Liberal Democrats are set to win 13 seats, while the Scottish National Party are on track to win 43 seats. This would be the best Conservative result since Margaret Thatcher won her third term in 1987.“As expected, the key thing deciding the extent to which each of these seats is moving against Labour are how that seat voted in the European Union referendum,” said Chris Curtis, YouGov’s political research manager. “This is allowing the Tories to overturn quite substantial majorities.”Through a process called Multilevel Regression and Post-stratification, or MRP for short, YouGov aims to identify different types of voters, and predict their behavior. Then the company works out how many of each of these voter types there are in each electoral district to produce a forecast.Read More: What Is the ‘MRP Poll’ and Can It Predict the U.K. Election?In the 2017 election, YouGov’s MRP poll predicted that Theresa May would lose her majority, at a time other polls were suggesting her Conservatives would secure a big win.The pound rose to 1.2948 against the dollar, continuing an upward trend after speculation earlier in the day that the poll would show a Tory majority.Red Wall CrumblesThe poll was bleak for Corbyn, showing Labour on course for its worst election result since 1983. It had the party winning no new seats and watching the crumbling of its so-called “red wall” of districts in the north of England that have voted Labour for decades. Seats such as Bishop Auckland and Newcastle-Under-Lyme that are traditionally Labour but also strongly in favor of Brexit were forecast to fall to the Tories. The Conservatives were also on course to make gains in North Wales, in seats like Clwyd South and Wrexham, where they have previously struggled to shake off the legacy of closing down coal mines in the 1980s.Meanwhile, in areas that opposed Brexit, the poll suggested the Conservatives still had sufficient support to hold their seats.Members of parliament who defected from the Tory Party or were thrown out over their Brexit stance were predicted to lose their seats. That included Dominic Grieve, standing as an independent candidate in Beaconsfield, and Sam Gyimah who is competing to win Kensington and Chelsea for the Liberal Democrats. That wealthy London borough is expected to swing back to the Tories after an unexpected Labour win in 2017.In Scotland, the SNP were predicted to dominate, winning five seats from Labour, two from the Conservatives and one from the Liberal Democrats. Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party wasn’t expected to win any seats and the Greens would retain their one in Brighton Pavilion.UncertaintyHowever there was uncertainty in the forecast. Of the predicted Conservative gains, 30 were by less than 5%. And the poll itself could change behavior. By offering a seat-by-seat prediction, it could enable voters who oppose Brexit or the Conservatives to see how best to vote against Johnson.And by apparently confirming other traditional polls that suggest the result isn’t in doubt, the poll could cause complacency among Conservative supporters, and lead voters who dislike Johnson but don’t want Corbyn to be prime minister to conclude they have nothing to worry about.Possibly with those eventualities in mind, Johnson’s top aide earlier on Wednesday made a direct appeal to Brexit-supporting voters to back the prime minister, even if they weren’t natural Tory supporters. In his personal blog, Dominic Cummings warned that despite recent polls, “things are MUCH tighter than they seem and there is a very real possibility of a hung parliament.”The poll of around 100,000 people, conducted Nov. 19-26, is a further blow to Corbyn. On Wednesday he tried again to draw a line under accusations of anti-Semitism that engulfed his party, and turn the focus onto Johnson, accusing the prime minister of preparing to put the National Health Service on the table in trade talks with the U.S. Johnson rejected the charge.The prime minister meanwhile apologized to Muslims for any offense caused by Conservative Party members, after the Muslim Council of Britain criticized the Tories over their handling of Islamophobia in their ranks. Johnson himself wrote in a 2018 newspaper column that Muslim women who wear burqas look like “letter boxes.”To contact the reporter on this story: Jessica Shankleman in London at jshankleman@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Tim Ross at tross54@bloomberg.net, Robert HuttonFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2019 Bloomberg L.P.

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Trump signs bills in support of Hong Kong protesters

President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed two bills aimed at supporting human rights and pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong. Trump signed the bills, which were approved by near unanimous consent in the House and Senate, even as he expressed some concerns about complicating the effort to work out a trade deal with China’s President Xi Jinping. “I signed these bills out of respect for President Xi, China, and the people of Hong Kong,” Trump said in a statement.

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Health service in UK lagging behind that of other wealthy countries

Britain's health service is lagging behind that of other high-income countries, research suggests.  The study by the London School of Economics and Harvard School of Public Health compared  ten countries, examining spending levels, and a range of indicators measuring quality of care,  The study, published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), said the quality of NHS care appears to be "slipping", with Britons faring worse than their counterparts abroad. Researchers compared the UK with Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and the US, using data, some of which came from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The UK was found to have the lowest healthcare expenditure per person at £2,978, compared with an average of £4,438 in the other countries. Overall, the UK spent approximately 8.7 per cent of GDP on health in 2017, compared with the average of 11.5 per cent. GPs in the UK reported spending the least amount of time with patients, compared with similar countries, the study found.  Overall, 92 per cent of family doctors said they spent less than 15 minutes on each appointment, compared with 38 per cent of those elsewhere.  None said they spent 25 or more minutes with a patient, compared with an average of 15 per cent in other countries, while 8 per cent spent 15 to 25 minutes per appointment, compared with 45 per cent in other countries.  When it comes to doctors, the UK had fewer, at 2.8 per 1,000 people in 2017, compared with an average of 3.5. The number of practising nurses in the UK in 2017 was also "considerably lower" at 7.8 per 1,000 people, compared with an average of 11.4 in the other countries. The UK had the lowest survival rates for breast and colon cancer, and second lowest for cervical and rectal cancer.  And 19 per cent of hospital patients waited two months or more to see a specialist, compared with a 12 per cent average in other countries. The study also found the UK had fewer hospital beds, at 2.5 per 1,000 people, compared with four per 1,000 in other countries. However, there were fewer healthcare-associated infections in the UK, fewer people suffered a blood clot after surgery and more over-65s had a flu jab. There were also more women undergoing breast and cervical screening. The authors said: "Our study suggests that the NHS should look towards improving staffing ratios, long-term care provision, and social spending, which are lower than comparator countries and have been declining in recent years. "Despite already low levels of labour, the UK is making do with fewer doctors and nurses, a challenge that is likely to be exacerbated in the context of Brexit. "Although access to care compared favourably to other countries, utilisation was lower than average and quality seems to be slipping. Health service outcomes, as well as heath status, are sub-optimal." The study's authors said the UK "will almost certainly need to spend more on healthcare staffing, long-term care, and other social services" in the future. The Conservatives have promised an NHS budget rise of 3.4 per cent a year on average, so that by 2023/24, £149 billion will be spent.   Health and wellbeing | Read more Labour has pledged a 4.3 percent increase in health funding annually over four years - amounting to £6 billion extra a year by 2023/24, which the Lib Dems have pledged to match. Mark Dayan, policy analyst at the Nuffield Trust, said: "Our work last year with the Institute for Fiscal Studies, King's Fund and Health Foundation showed the UK lags behind on many areas of cancer and in overall avoidable deaths for killer diseases. "But the NHS does appear relatively efficient, and actually has perfectly normal waiting times despite the complaints we so often hear. "This report is right to point to low levels of key staff as an underlying concern.” Jonathan Ashworth, shadow health secretary, said: "It’s clear that years of tory underfunding and under staffing of our NHS has had a huge impact on patient care, with many waiting longer for appointments and treatment.  "Labour will invest in our health service with a £40bn cash boost to help deliver real change, recruit more doctors and nurses, and give patients the standard of care they deserve."

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UEFA Champions League: Tottenham Hotspur Come from 2 Goals Down to Beat Olympiacos, Reach Last 16

UEFA Champions League 2019-20: Jose Mourinho's substitution worked wonders as Tottenham Hotspur came from behind to beat Olympiacos.

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Hong Kong authorities appeal for calm as major highway reopens

One of Hong Kong's main highway links, the Cross-Harbour Tunnel, reopened early on Wednesday as a lockdown of the nearby Polytechnic University appeared to be drawing to a close with teams still combing the campus for remaining protesters. Hong Kong authorities hope that a lull in clashes over the weekend during local elections, where pro-democracy candidates grabbed a landslide victory, can translate into more calm after nearly six months of turmoil. Reuters also reported that China's leaders had set up a crisis command centre in the Chinese tech hub of Shenzhen, just across the border from Hong Kong, to deal with protests that have become the biggest populist challenge since China's leader Xi Jinping came to power in 2012.

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Incoming EU chief's team faces final vote

Brussels' next top official Ursula von der Leyen presents her top team to the European Parliament on Wednesday, hoping to finally put a difficult transition behind her. The incoming president of the European Commission had hoped to take office a month ago, but was thwarted by wrangling over the membership of her executive team. The 61-year-old, a veteran from Chancellor Angela Merkel's centre-right CDU party, also has to contend with growing divisions between her old boss and French President Emmanuel Macron as the EU's vaunted "Franco-German motor" misfires.

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Hong Kong protests: 'I was born here, I'm a Hongkonger too'

A Pakistani Hongkonger says the protests allow him to promote better understanding of his community.

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(Bloomberg) -- Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn are tapping messages from past campaigns to boost their chances of victory in the U.K.’s Dec. 12 election.Johnson’s Conservatives on Tuesday said that Corbyn’s Labour, allied with the Scottish National Party, could end up spending 150 million pounds ($194 million) and the whole of 2020 on fresh referendums on Scottish independence and the U.K.’s European Union membership.Labour, meanwhile, unveiled a pledge card for pensioners including a 10.8 billion-pound package for social care, and said the Tories couldn’t be trusted to look after the elderly.At stake is the future direction of the U.K., with the two parties outlining vastly different visions. Labour’s platform involves six pounds of new spending for every one promised by the Tories and includes nationalizing broadband, the Royal Mail, the railways and energy and water utilities. Labour would also seek a new Brexit agreement that keeps Britain more closely tied to the EU than Johnson’s deal, with the prospect kept open of canceling the divorce altogether in a second referendum.Most polls give the Conservatives a double-digit lead, enough to win an outright majority. But U.K. electoral polls in recent years have proven unreliable, and with more than two weeks left of the campaign, there’s everything to fight for.‘Coalition of Chaos’The Tories are reviving the message of 2015 by underlining the threat posed by a possible alliance between Labour and Nicola Sturgeon’s SNP. Then, Tory warnings of a “coalition of chaos” between Sturgeon and Corbyn’s predecessor, Ed Miliband helped David Cameron to win a surprise majority.“A majority Conservative government would get Brexit done,” Johnson said in a statement. “The alternative is Jeremy Corbyn, a man who can’t even make up his mind on Brexit, submitting to a pact with Nicola Sturgeon, and we already know what terms she will demand - another divisive referendum on Scottish independence alongside a second vote on Brexit.”Corbyn, for his part, is tapping memories of the 2017 campaign when Labour branded then Prime Minister Theresa May’s social care plan a “dementia tax.” It ended up helping derail her campaign as she lost her majority in the House of Commons.When her successor unveiled the party’s manifesto on Sunday, there was no detailed plan on social care but rather a pledge to seek cross-party consensus. The Tories also promised to maintain an extra billion pounds of annual spending already announced for next year for the following four years.“The scandalous state of the care system is perhaps the biggest crisis facing our country,” Labour’s finance spokesman, John McDonnell, said in a statement. “Labour’s new pledge card sets out our offer to restore dignity and proper support for older people after being abandoned by the Conservatives.”As well as the additional spending on social care, Labour said on its pledge card late on Monday that it would restore 3,000 bus routes, retain free TV licenses and bus passes for pensioners, compensate 3.7 million women for changes to their pensionable age, invest in insulation for homes and protect mine workers’ pension plans.To contact the reporter on this story: Alex Morales in London at amorales2@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Tim Ross at tross54@bloomberg.net, Edward Johnson, Tony JordanFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2019 Bloomberg L.P.

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Hong Kong’s Democracy Forces Rebuke China With Huge Election Win

(Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong residents handed an overwhelming victory to pro-democracy candidates in a vote for district councils on Sunday, a stunning repudiation of the city’s Beijing-backed government after months of increasingly violent protests seeking meaningful elections.The candidates took at least 278 seats of the 452 up for grabs, according to the South China Morning Post. The vote saw record turnout of 71%, with more than 2.94 million people voting -- roughly double the previous high in 2015.The vote came at a time of unprecedented political polarization in the city, with divisions hardening as the protests become more disruptive and the government refuses to compromise. While the district councils are considered the lowest rung of Hong Kong’s government, the results show widespread support for the protesters’ goals of an independent inquiry into police abuses and the ability to nominate and elect the city’s leader, including one who would stand up to Beijing.Pro-Democracy Candidates Take Early Lead: Hong Kong Update“The high turnout rate did benefit the pro-democracy camp,” said pro-democracy candidate Kelvin Lam, who won after standing in for activist Joshua Wong, who was banned by the government from participating. “The result is like a referendum of the current administration, like a confidence vote.”The vote shows dissatisfaction with Chief Executive Carrie Lam’s government following months of protests triggered by legislation allowing extraditions to mainland China, which has since been withdrawn. Unhappiness with the administration rose to 80% from just 40% a year ago -- well before the unrest began -- according to surveys by the Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute. Lam’s popularity has fallen to record lows as the protests evolved into a wider pushback against Beijing’s grip. Hong Kong “is at the precipice” and could fall off if authorities don’t heed the message of the vote, said Steve Tsang, the director of the China Institute at London’s School of Oriental and African Studies and the author of several books on Hong Kong.“An overwhelming majority of voters have sent a clear signal: they want their Hong Kong back,” Tsang said. “It’s now time for the government in Hong Kong to hear what people have said and use this electoral result and the way this election has happened as a basis to work for a political solution.”The vote has been closely watched around the world, particularly as U.S. lawmakers look to support the protesters while President Donald Trump seeks to finalize a phase one trade deal with China. Trump on Friday declined to say whether he would sign a bill that passed Congress with near-unanimous support, saying he supports both the demonstrators and Chinese President Xi Jinping.Elizabeth Warren, a leading Democratic candidate for president, said the vote sent a “powerful message that they want to keep their democracy -- and Beijing must respect that.”Among the early winners were Civil Human Rights Front organizer Jimmy Sham, who was previously hospitalized after he was attacked by hammer-wielding thugs. Starry Lee, chairwoman of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong, the city’s largest pro-Beijing party, won her re-election even though many other pro-establishment figures lost.The district councilors have few real powers, mostly advising the chief executive on matters like fixing up parks and organizing community activities. But they help appoint 117 of the 1,200 electors who select the chief executive, which would give pro-democracy forces more choice over candidates who must still be approved by Beijing.The election unfolded peacefully despite concerns it could be delayed or disrupted by violence following unrest in the leadup, with voters facing unusually long lines at polling stations across the city. Its elections have typically been plagued by low voter turnout and aren’t hugely competitive, compared with those for the Hong Kong’s more powerful Legislative Council.“I came out to vote because of the current situation in society now,” said Ken Lam, 19, a student and first-time voter. “The government is ignoring voices in the public. Policy-making lacks transparency in every aspect.”\--With assistance from Aaron Mc Nicholas, Josie Wong and Shelly Banjo.To contact the reporters on this story: Julia Fioretti in Hong Kong at jfioretti4@bloomberg.net;Iain Marlow in Hong Kong at imarlow1@bloomberg.net;Fion Li in Hong Kong at fli59@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Daniel Ten Kate at dtenkate@bloomberg.net, Linus ChuaFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2019 Bloomberg L.P.

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(Bloomberg Opinion) -- If you want a picture of the future, imagine a human face biting into a burger — forever.That’s certainly a popular view of the way the human diet is headed. As the world’s population grows and incomes rise, we’ll inevitably eat far more beef — the meat that’s considered the most expensive and prestigious in a remarkably wide range of cultures.That’s a worrying prospect for the planet. Grazing and providing animal feed for cattle already accounts for about 60% of the world’s agricultural land despite the fact that beef provides just 2% of calories. Domesticated cows and buffalo produce about 5 billion tons of carbon-equivalent emissions each year, the same as roughly one-seventh of all fossil-fuel emissions. Western countries need to reduce beef consumption by about 90% to avert disastrous climate change, according to a report last year.The good news is that cutting back this craving isn’t nearly as improbable as many think. Indeed, there’s ample evidence around that we may soon be approaching peak beef. While production is still creeping up, the pace of growth has slowed markedly in recent years. The compound annual growth rate over the past decade was just 0.11%, based on data from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. That's the slowest rate since the decade to 2001, when the impact of bovine spongiform encephalopathy or “mad cow disease” dealt a severe blow to eating beef in Europe and elsewhere, and well below forecasts of a growth rate just shy of 1% a year over the coming decade.Even in beef-loving America, appetites are changing. Thanks to decades of health warnings about red meat, chicken consumption overtook beef all the way back in the 1990s. Pork has been threatening to move ahead of beef for several years, too. While the population of the U.S. has grown about 40% since the 1980s, beef consumption is up just 15%.The change is even more dramatic in other parts of the world. Beef production in Europe in 2017 was 26% below its peak level in 1991; in Russia, it had fallen 55% from a 1992 peak. Even the ranching cultures of the Americas appear to be losing their appetite for steak and chuck: Production in Canada and Argentina in 2017 had fallen 41% and 16% from peaks in the mid-2000s.The wildcard in all this is the pace of consumption growth in emerging economies. If they converge on the levels seen in the Americas and Oceania, then we’re just in the foothills of the growth in beef consumption. But it’s an open question whether that’s going to be the case.China, a country that once considered beef as exotic an ingredient as palm civet and water deer, has been the driver of that growth in recent decades. That process may already be all but played out, though. China's per-capita beef consumption is already on a par with far richer Singapore and Taiwan, and is approaching the levels where Japan’s appetites topped out in the early 1990s; among affluent East Asian countries, only South Korea is still showing a rising trend of beef consumption.(1)China’s domestic beef industry appears to have long since hit capacity limits, with the inventory of cattle stable at around 100 million head to 108 million head for a decade. Imports have been supplementing that, a trend that may be accentuated by the decline in domestic pork production this year thanks to African swine fever. But a major shift to imports could be a challenge, given that outside of the wealthiest cities most beef is bought fresh from wet markets, rather than the frozen or chilled packaged meat that's best-suited to international trade.More to the point is the fact that China’s population peak is just over three years away. After that, the next wave of growth in the global middle-class will be found in India, where for religious reasons eating cows is even less likely to reach rich-country levels. Buffalo is another matter, and comprises about two-thirds of India’s bovine meat production — but that, too, has been caught up in often violent Hindu nationalist politics. Abattoirs in the country’s largest state were ordered to shut in 2017 because of fears among religious groups that cows as well as buffalo were being slaughtered. Taken together, India’s increase in beef and buffalo consumption over the past decade was smaller than that of Guatemala.Indeed, it's quite possible that the fastest growth in consumption over the coming decade comes not from the usual-suspect emerging markets in China and Southeast Asia, but from less-heralded regions like Central Asia, the Middle East and Africa. That may not be enough to compensate if the largest markets in North America, Europe, Oceania and India continue to decline or post flat growth.The world has had an almost unlimited appetite for beef in recent decades. It may soon be sated.(1) We're excluding Hong Kong, where the highest per-capita consumption rates in the world are likely due to transferacross the border to China.To contact the author of this story: David Fickling at dfickling@bloomberg.netTo contact the editor responsible for this story: Patrick McDowell at pmcdowell10@bloomberg.netThis column does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the editorial board or Bloomberg LP and its owners.David Fickling is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering commodities, as well as industrial and consumer companies. He has been a reporter for Bloomberg News, Dow Jones, the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times and the Guardian.For more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com/opinion©2019 Bloomberg L.P.

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"If One Feeds Animal, It'll Be Thankful": Andhra Minister On Unemployment

Minister of roads and building in the Andhra Pradesh government, Dharmana Krishna Das on Saturday made a bizarre statement at a job fair at Government Degree College in Narasannapeta town in Andhra...

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"I launched my business while living on the streets"

From sleeping in a phone box to founding a six-figure business, it's been an eventful two years for Gavin Eastham.

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BJP Leader Visits Lalu Yadav, Says "Nothing To Do With Politics"

BJP MLC Tunna Pandey met RJD leader Lalu Prasad Yadav at Ranchi's RIMS Hospital on Saturday.

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"Was Caught By Angels": 5-Year-Old Boy Thrown Off US Mall Balcony

The boy who was thrown off a third-floor balcony at the Mall of America in Minnesota earlier this year has returned to school.

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Gang Starr: The bizarre story behind their final album

How a posthumous album from one of hip-hop's most influential duos was held to "ransom".

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Lucette Destouches: Last witness to France's collaborationist regime

The story of a French dancer who wound up with pro-Nazi collaborators in a German castle.

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Why is Instagram deleting the accounts of hundreds of porn stars?

Adult performers say it has unfairly removed their accounts, despite no explicit images.

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The Japanese Christians forced to trample on Christ

Many who refused were tortured, forced into boiling hot springs or suspended upside down in excrement.

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Google tackles the black box problem with Explainable AI

AI chief explains how he is solving the infamous black box problem with "cool fancy maths".

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Flip Schulke: Photographer who links US civil rights movement to Berlin Wall

Flip Schulke photographed America's civil rights movement, and the rise and fall of the Berlin Wall.

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How Instagram trends wrestled wreaths from Christmas

The "picture-perfect life of Instagram" sees wreath-making explode into an "all-year trend"

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Serge Ibaka: NBA champion's YouTube cooking show

The Congolese basketballer racks up millions of views cooking unusual food on YouTube.

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India's Cheap Data, Voice Telecom Plans May Be Over

The precarious financial health of Indian telecom players came into sharp focus last week when two cellular providers announced disastrous quarterly results.

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The Papers: Free hospital parking and 'pension trap' payouts

As the Tories launch their manifesto, Labour offers compensation for past rises in the state pension age.

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Supreme Court Dismisses Karnataka Government Plea On Bengaluru Lakes

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea filed by the Karnataka government challenging a National Green Tribunal order asking it to deposit Rs 500 crore in an escrow account for failure to check...

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Sasha Baron Cohen: Facebook would have let Hitler buy anti-Semitic ads

Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen criticises the social media giant's stance on freedom of expression.

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Cancer immunotherapy drug 'less toxic and prolongs life'

Pembrolizumab held advanced head and neck cancers in a group of patients at bay for around two years.

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Greta Thunberg to guest edit Radio 4's Today programme

The environmental activist is one of five people to take control of the Radio 4 show over Christmas.

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'Freehold charges cost us our dream home'

A family says rentcharges on their home meant their move fell through and cost them thousands in fees.

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Chile protests continue amid deaths and injury

Chile's streets burn as people continue to protest the rising inequality, cost of living and policies of Chilean President Sebastian Piñera. Among others, 39-year-old Alex Nuñez Sandoval was killed during the protests. CNN's Matt Rivers reports from Santiago, Chile.

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