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The review comes after the tech giant was criticised for maps showing Crimea as Russian territory. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2qPvyAi

Guatemala's human rights prosecutor on Friday indicted another former top military official for genocide and crimes against humanity committed during the bloodiest phase of the Central American country's 36-year civil war. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/37UgemG

President Hage Geingob took a commanding lead in Namibia's presidential election with roughly two-thirds of the votes counted following Wednesday's vote, official data showed on Friday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2L7poT4

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 latest broadside in casting blame over forest fires that have generated international concern. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/34uxuN3

Katy Watson covered a turbulent time in South America while still producing a food supply for baby Isadora. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2OXUmhu

These aspiring politicians are big on Tik Tok, love Taylor Swift and are making their parents proud. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/34B58AL

YouTuber and make-up artist Manny Gutierrez found himself an outcast following an online feud. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2R4GnsE

Othelia Maimane, a mother-of-two from South Africa, describes her two-year battle with breast cancer. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2P0fkvU

The East India Company commissioned some remarkable artwork from Indian painters in the 18th Century. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2qXyZEX

Peruvian opposition leader Keiko Fujimori walked free from prison on Friday night after being jailed for more than a year pending a trial over allegations she accepted illegal campaign contributions from Brazilian construction firm Odebrecht. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2P3yLnY

Some 1,000 people were stranded without heat or power in a small Arizona town near the Grand Canyon on Friday during a major winter storm that threatened to disrupt travel for millions as it moves east one day after the Thanksgiving holiday. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/35XdS4H

The remains of 39 Vietnamese people found dead in a truck near London last month have been brought to Vietnam, bringing to a close a tragic saga that has devastated rural communities in the Southeast Asian country. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/35XcGOL

Peruvian opposition leader Keiko Fujimori walked free from prison on Friday night after being jailed for more than a year pending a trial over allegations she accepted illegal campaign contributions from Brazilian construction firm Odebrecht. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/34CxVEY

British police named the man who stabbed two people to death in London on Friday in what the authorities called a terrorist attack as 28-year-old Usman Khan, who had been convicted of terrorism offenses and was released from prison last year. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/35SPTDH

Australia's top attorneys agreed on Friday to standardize laws across the country forcing priests to report child abuse revealed to them during confessions in a move that could widen a schism between the church and the government. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2OztjKv

British police named the man who stabbed two people to death in London on Friday in what the authorities called a terrorist attack as 28-year-old Usman Khan, who had been previously convicted of terrorism offenses and released from prison last year. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/34zENDc

Christians await the return of the thumb-sized relic, which spent almost 1,400 years in Rome. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/37NXxRm

The East India Company commissioned some remarkable artwork from Indian painters in the 18th Century. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2qXyZEX

Katy Watson covered a turbulent time in South America while still producing a food supply for baby Isadora. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2OXUmhu

Carlota Prado had no memory of what had happened until she was shown it in the diary room. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2L6r133

Websites that copy news stories from legitimate sites are making money from Google and Amazon ads. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2XYX4r0

The fictional female superhero and her pet tiger fight trafficking in the latest Priya Shakti comic. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2qIHrHV

Nearly 260,000 properties have been bought using the Isa, Treasury figures show. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/37NCfTW

Stuffed with turkey after Thanksgiving feasts, shoppers headed out to stores across the United States in a quest to score the best Black Friday discounts, with early promotions marking the start of a condensed holiday shopping season. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2Dt5cXr

Aged 17 when she was diagnosed with HIV, one woman tells the BBC about living with the virus. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2DwvYOp

Have you been paying attention to what's been going on during the past seven days? from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2XXsCxw

Khai Aziz, lead singer of Second Combat, says convincing people of his no-drink, no-drugs lifestyle is challenging. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2st3frN

Donald Trump has a history of controversial comments about women, but are his attacks really gendered? from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2pZN6ZT

The stories of parents whose babies died or were seriously harmed at a Shropshire hospital trust. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2XWOOaV

Goo Hara's death shows it's often the victims of spy cams who are punished the most. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2OR97md

A breakthrough in battery technology would be an engineering triumph and spur to other technologies. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/34wHtkP

The Swedish teenager started a climate change protest that grew into a global movement of millions. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2OuG3C8

What happens to your old fridge when it's time to replace it, the BBC's Dougal Shaw reports. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2OSWGGr

The immersive show where the audience is invited into the tangled world of the infamous stockbroker. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/33pZsbj

Families, friends and survivors of the tragedy reflect on their search for answers. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2XWTA8l

Conservatives say Channel 4 broke impartiality rules while Labour claims the PM is "hiding from scrutiny". from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/35IL2EL

A historian pieces together clues to establish the author of the work at Lambeth Palace. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2OUj2av

Psychiatrists warn a quarter of young people have addictive behaviour towards their smartphones. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2smDaud

Members of a U.S.-Mexican religious community who lost relatives in a gangland massacre this month have come under fire from supporters of Mexico's government for pressing the United States to declare drugs cartels terrorist groups. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2pZY2Xr

Hong Kong braced for a fresh round of protests over the weekend as police said they would withdraw from a university on Friday that has been the site of some of the worst clashes between protesters and security forces in nearly six months of unrest. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2q0RYOx