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A consultancy that makes business training videos is advertising for a "deepfake expert". from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3acMuBv

Residential centres have given generations of schoolchildren a taste of outdoor life, but more are set to close this year. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2T7DBn6

Fox News Breaking News Alert CDC: 2nd coronavirus case due to 'community spread' confirmed in California 02/28/20 4:57 PM

The United States will invoke a federal defense law to boost production of masks, gloves, gowns and other items to protect against the new coronavirus, the Trump administration said, as a new case of unknown origin was confirmed in California on Friday. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2vgHld9

New York health officials are trying to get their own coronavirus testing kits up and running after getting stuck with faulty tests from the federal government that they said left them unable to diagnose people quickly in the nation's most populous city. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2Vs5pnY

A tenth case of coronavirus has been confirmed in California, health officials from Santa Clara County said on Friday.The county's top health official said she would provide further information at a news conference later on Friday afternoon. It was the third confirmed case of coronavirus in the county, which includes the Silicon Valley tech hub. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2T9fpkw

Americans should reconsider travel to Italy due to a coronavirus outbreak there, the U.S. State Department said on Friday. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2TnJQ5k

The Polish-French director is wanted in the US for the statutory rape of a 13-year-old in the 1970s. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2wikSfz

People around the world tell us what it's like being born on 29 February. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2TcbZ0p

Milda Romanova's home is an old rail station, and at 88 she still loves all things trains. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2VvjX6j

Canadian National Railway Co has started calling back many of the 450 workers it laid off earlier this month in eastern Canada, when blockades crippled operations on strategic rail lines, according to a company email sent to customers on Friday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2vhVO8G

The Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO), the biotechnology industry's largest trade association, told Reuters on Friday that former Biogen Inc CEO George Scangos would coordinate its response to the global coronavirus outbreak. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2I3WoJP

Congo's military intelligence chief died on Friday after suffering a heart attack, his wife said, following media reports that an investigation had been opened into allegations that he tried to destabilize the country. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2POyN4j

Roman Polanski, who faces accusations of rape, won France's Cesar Award for best directing for his film "An Officer and a Spy" on Friday, prompting several actresses to walk out of the ceremony in protest. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2uIQPgW

People around the world tell us what it's like being born on 29 February. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2TcbZ0p

The Polish-French director is wanted in the US for the statutory rape of a 13-year-old in the 1970s. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2wikSfz

Senior officers says it is "too easy" to blame cuts, social media and drugs for a rise in offences. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2PALFe9

ChopValue collects 350,000 used bamboo chopsticks from Vancouver restaurants every week. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2Pz5aDY

Milda Romanova's home is an old rail station, and at 88 she still loves all things trains. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2VvjX6j

A gallery selection of news photographs taken around the world this week. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2wiKitu

A former raver says calisthenics helped her through a difficult time and kickstarted a new lifestyle. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2ToMKqp

Laura Kuenssberg explores the scandals that shook faith in elites at the start of the 21st century. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2I5OQGp

Fox News Breaking News Alert President Trump holds a rally in North Charleston, S.C., 24 hours before the polls close in the state's Democratic primary. Watc 02/28/20 4:09 PM

Police in Milwaukee on Thursday identified the five brewery employees shot and killed by a co-worker who later took his own life in the latest spasm of gun violence plaguing U.S. workplaces and schools. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2PwQMfa

U.S. stocks plummeted on Thursday as fears about the effect of the coronavirus outbreak on economic growth flared even as U.S. officials pledged that they were stepping up efforts to safeguard Americans from the virus' spread. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2Pu5p2S

The risk to American people from coronavirus is low, but that could change, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said on Thursday. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/3ckIT6D

A C-130 tanker plane that crashed and killed all three Americans on board while fighting fires in Australia last month hit the ground shortly after making a two-second fire retardant drop at an altitude of 200 feet, investigators said on Friday. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/399mneL

Tightrope walker Nik Wallenda fears the worst-possible outcome as he prepares for his latest high wire act - trekking across a live volcano in Nicaragua on Wednesday. "I could fall to my death." from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2Vq6SLv