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Waldemar Haffkine: The vaccine pioneer the world forgot - BBC News

Waldemar Haffkine created the world's first vaccines for cholera and plague. Then a disaster derailed his life.

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Latin America politics: UK's 1960s covert activity revealed - BBC News

Declassified files reveal Britain's attempts to wield influence in Latin America in the 1960s.

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Pornhub: Mastercard severs links with pornography site - BBC News

The payments giant says an investigation has confirmed the presence of unlawful content on the site.

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Google fined £91m over ad-tracking cookies - BBC News

France's data privacy watchdog said it was the largest fine it had ever issued.

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The veteran spyplane too valuable to replace - BBC Future

Satellites – and drones – were intended to replace it. But the 65-year-old Lockheed U-2 is still at the top of its game, flying missions miles above our everyday world.

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Climate change: 700-year history of wind recorded in island mud - BBC News

Lake sediments on remote Marion Island tell the story of the Southern Hemisphere's westerlies.

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Covid: Trials to test combination of Oxford and Sputnik vaccines - BBC News

The aim is to see whether mixing two vaccines could improve protection against Covid-19.

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Pop Mart: China's mystery toymaker becomes multi-billionaire - BBC News

The founder of Pop Mart has seen his wealth surge as millions of Chinese buy collectible toys.

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How our views on work have changed forever - BBC Worklife

Now that the world has shifted, the way we feel about work and our careers will never be the same, either.

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Zodiac Killer: Code-breakers solve San Francisco killer's cipher - BBC News

A three-strong amateur team decodes one of several messages attributed to a US serial killer.

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Austria court overturns primary school headscarf ban - BBC News

The constitutional court rules that the law, brought in last year, breached rights on religious freedom.

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Aztec skull tower: Archaeologists unearth new sections in Mexico City - BBC

A further 119 skulls of men, women and children are found near a famous Aztec temple in Mexico City.

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US Supreme Court rejects Trump-backed bid to overturn election - BBC News

The lawsuit sought to invalidate results in four states where President Trump lost the US election.

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Kenya's black market baby trade: A mother's choice - BBC News

What drives a mother to sell her baby? The story of a woman caught between poverty and traffickers.

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Covid vaccines: Will drug companies make bumper profits? - BBC News

Governments and charities have invested billions in vaccines developed by private firms.

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Why some Chinese believe a name change could improve luck - BBC Worklife

Could adopting a new name improve your fortune? Some Chinese communities think so.

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BBC - Travel - A new way to travel across the US

Stretching an extraordinary 3,700 miles from Washington DC to the Pacific Ocean, an ambitious new bike trail is aiming to be “America’s Main Street”.

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Electoral College: The people who ultimately pick the US president - BBC Ne

Members of the US Electoral College meet on Monday - but who are they?

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Is eating fish healthy? - BBC Future

We know fish as a healthy food, but pregnant women are told to limit consumption. Do the health benefits of eating fish outweigh the risks, particularly as stocks grow more depleted?

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Google outage: YouTube, Docs and Gmail knocked offline - BBC News

Users around the world were unable to access applications including YouTube, Gmail and Docs.

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Cleveland Indians baseball team to change name: US media - BBC News

President Donald Trump tweets "cancel culture at work!" after reports of the move emerge.

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New Zealand sex worker wins six-figure sum in sexual harassment case - BBC

The payout comes after the woman filed a sexual harassment case against a business owner.

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US treasury and commerce departments targeted in cyber attack - BBC News

All federal civilian agencies are told to switch off a network tool exploited by "malicious actors".

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How to restore your sense of control when you feel powerless - BBC Worklife

Covid-19 has changed our lives in countless uncompromising ways. Yet we hate feeling powerless – so how do we take back control?

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Apple forces apps to display what they do with data - BBC News

Apps on all of Apple's app stores will now have to reveal what data they collect and what it is used for.

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