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Group including Olympians to begin legal action against British Gymnastics
AOL 26 Feb 2021
An independent review commissioned by UK Sport and Sport England and led by Anne Whyte QC to look into complaints of mistreatment within the sport is currently under way ... “This is just the beginning of the sweeping changes that we are demanding, and the justice that we will fight for.”. Gymnasts for Change campaign director Claire Heafford said ... .
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TikTok owner ByteDance to pay US privacy settlement
Belfast Telegraph 26 Feb 2021
TikTok’s Chinese parent company ByteDance has agreed to pay 92 million dollars (£65.72 million) in a settlement to US users who are part of a class-action lawsuit alleging the video-sharing app failed to gain their consent to collect data in violation of a strict Illinois privacy law ... PA. / ... .
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‘I’ll never shut up’: LeBron James hits back at Ibrahimovic after ‘politics’ remarks
Indian Express 27 Feb 2021
Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James on Friday fired back at Zlatan Ibrahimovic and vowed to never stay silent about social causes after he was criticised by the AC Milan forward for sticking his nose into politics ... “I will never shut up about things that are wrong ... “I speak from a very educated mind ... Sunil Gavaskar Interview ... Advertisement ... Photos ... .
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Saudi crown prince 'approved' Khashoggi murder operation: US intel report
ABC7 26 Feb 2021
The Office of Director of National Intelligence on Friday released its highly anticipated report on the murder of Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi, making public the U.S. intelligence community's assessment that Saudi Arabia's crown prince approved an operation to capture or kill him ... pressure ... That means the now public U.S ... U.S ... .
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School children abducted in Nigeria’s Niger state released, governor says
Metro USA 27 Feb 2021photo: AP / Patrick Semansky
Biden Says U.S. Air Strike In Syria A Warning To Tehran
Beijing News 27 Feb 2021
U.S. President Joe Biden says the air strike against an Iran-backed militia in eastern Syria should be seen by Tehran as a warning against any further aggressive actions. 'You can't act with impunity,' he told reporters on February 26 when asked what the message was from the air strikes announced a day earlier ... The U.S ... and other troops ... attack ... The U.S.
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US conducts air strikes against Iranian-backed militia facilities in Syria: Pentagon
DNA India 26 Feb 2021
President Joe Biden on Thursday directed U.S. military airstrikes in eastern Syria against facilities belonging to what the Pentagon said were Iran-backed militia, in a calibrated response to rocket attacks against U.S. targets in Iraq ... 15 attack that wounded Americans. "At President (Joe) Biden’s direction, U.S ... A U.S ... strike ... In the Feb ... .
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![President of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Organising Committee Seiko Hashimoto speaks during the opening remarks session of the press briefing on operation and media coverage of Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch Relay in Tokyo on February 25, 2021. - (Photo by Behrouz MEHRI / POOL / AFP) /// [EXTERNAL]President of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Organising Committee Seiko Hashimoto speaks during the opening remarks session of the press briefing on operation and media coverage of Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch Relay in Tokyo on February 25, 2021. AFP/Behrouz MEHRI](http://ecdn6.wn.com/ph/img/99/a4/fdf93c9fc2be490d034d4973e566-medium.jpg "President of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Organising Committee Seiko Hashimoto speaks during the opening remarks session of the press briefing on operation and media coverage of Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch Relay in Tokyo on February 25, 2021. - (Photo by Behrouz MEHRI / POOL / AFP) /// [EXTERNAL]President of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Organising Committee Seiko Hashimoto speaks during the opening remarks session of the press briefing on operation and media coverage of Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch Relay in Tokyo on February 25, 2021. AFP/Behrouz MEHRI")
Olympics will be held with fans in stands, says Hashimoto
Asahi News 27 Feb 2021
Seiko Hashimoto, dismissing fears about the COVID-19 pandemic, said the delayed Tokyo Olympics would go ahead as planned in July, adding that she did not contemplate the events being held without spectators in the stands ... 26, about a week after she was formally named the new head of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee ... .
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Boeing 777 makes emergency landing in Moscow
Manila Standard Today 26 Feb 2021
A Boeing 777 airliner on Friday made an emergency landing in Moscow with engine problems, the operating airline said, days after another model rained down engine debris over the United States ... The airline said the unscheduled landing went ahead without incident and that no one was injured ... .
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Algerian protesters march for a second time this week
Yahoo Daily News 26 Feb 2021
Thousands of people demonstrated in central Algiers on Friday for a second time this week, confirming the resumption of street protests that had been in abeyance for nearly a year because of the coronavirus pandemic ... "We are still able to achieve all our goals," said Farida Rechichi, a 25-year old student at the Algiers law faculty ... TRENDING ... .
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Myanmar police fire rubber bullets on protesters as UN envoy pleads for action against junta
The New Arab 27 Feb 2021
Myanmar police fired rubber bullets to disperse protesters in Yangon on Saturday. Myanmar police fired rubber bullets to disperse protesters in Yangon on Saturday, after the country's ambassador to the United Nations broke ranks to make an emotional plea for action against the military junta ... Live rounds have been used in isolated cases ... ....
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Falling sperm counts 'threaten human survival', expert warns
The Guardian 26 Feb 2021photo: AP / Rodrigo Reyes Marin / Zuma Wire
End of state of emergency expected Feb. 28 for 6 prefectures
Asahi News 26 Feb 2021
The government is moving toward an early lifting of the COVID-19 state of emergency for six prefectures on Feb. 28, but the four Tokyo-area prefectures will have to wait until the March 7 deadline. The government’s panel of experts on the health crisis will be asked its opinion about the matter on Feb. 26 ... would receive 20,000 yen a day.
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Biden heads to Texas to see storm damage, visit food bank
Las Vegas Sun 26 Feb 2021
President Joe Biden headed to Texas Friday on his first trip to a major disaster site since he took office a little over a month ago. The president’s empathy will be on full display as he and his wife, Jill, survey damage caused by severe winter weather and encourage people to get their coronavirus shots ... Greg Abbott ... Cornyn's plans were unclear ... .
