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Irish voters set to liberalise abortion laws in landslide -exit poll
The people of Ireland (Other OTC: IRLD - news) are set to liberalise some of the world's most restrictive abortion laws by a landslide, an exit poll showed on Friday, as voters demanded change in what two decades ago was one of Europe's most socially conservative countries. The Irish Times/
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New European privacy regulations went into effect on Friday that will force companies to be more attentive to how they handle customer data. Activists are already planning to use the right to access their data to turn the tables on internet platforms whose model relies on processing people's personal
Reuters•34 minutes agoEU states agree rules to make search engines pay for news
Search engines like Google and Microsoft's Bing could be made to pay for showing snippets of news articles under draft copyright rules endorsed by European Union ambassadors on Friday. The measure, which is not yet final, would allow press publishers to ask search engines to pay them for showing
- Business Insider UK•39 minutes ago
Giuliani: Briefing may prompt calls to end Russia probe
President Donald Trump's legal team wants a briefing on the classified information shared with lawmakers about the origins of the FBI investigation into Russia's meddling in the 2016 election. Rudy Giuliani, one of Trump's attorneys, told The Associated Press on Friday that the White House
- Business Insider UK•39 minutes ago
Trump: Melania 'doing great' after recent kidney treatment
President Donald Trump says his wife is "doing great" nearly two weeks after kidney treatment. Trump answered a reporter's question about the first lady as he departed the White House on Friday for a trip to the U.S. Naval Academy graduation in Annapolis, Maryland. Asked about her health
- Business Insider UK•48 minutes ago
Warriors facing elimination but undaunted entering Game 6
If the Golden State Warriors are worried as they head into Game 6 of the Western Conference finals on the brink of elimination, they aren't showing it. Now the series shifts to Oracle Arena, a place where the Warriors have lost just one time in their last 17 playoff games. Stephen Curry said the
- Business Insider UK•54 minutes ago
US raises concerns about illnesses tied to synthetic pot
U.S. health officials are urging states to regulate marijuana oil extracts after investigating a rash of illnesses tied to the products in Utah. In a report released Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that synthetic products falsely labeled as cannabidiol, or CBD, sickened
- Business Insider UK•57 minutes ago
Resentment over Trump election helped fuel Weinstein case
Throughout much of last year, millions of American women resented that a man who'd bragged about sexually assaulting women had been elected president. Then came an electrifying moment — detailed allegations that another powerful man had sexually assaulted or harassed dozens of women as one of Hollywood
- Business Insider UK•58 minutes ago
Trump-Macron tree faces at least 2 years in quarantine
WASHINGTON (AP) — The oak sapling that was a gift to President Donald Trump from French President Emmanuel Macron is facing at least two years in quarantine.
- Business Insider UK•1 hour ago
Kyle Hendricks goes 7 strong innings, Cubs beat Giants 6-2
Kyle Hendricks limited San Francisco to one run and two hits over seven innings, Ben Zobrist lined a tiebreaking two-run double in the seventh and the Chicago Cubs beat the Giants 6-2 on Friday. Hendricks (4-3) struck out seven and walked two to help the Cubs open the series on a winning note after
Reuters•1 hour agoExclusive - Tesla flies in new battery production line for Gigafactory
FRANKFURT/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Tesla Inc has flown six planes full of robots and equipment from Europe to California in an unusual, high-stakes effort to speed up battery production for its Model 3 electric sedan, people familiar with the matter told Reuters this week. Transporting equipment for
- Reuters - UK Focus•1 hour ago
Storm Alberto forces U.S. oil workers evacuation
Subtropical Storm Alberto, the first named storm of the 2018 Atlantic (Shanghai: 600558.SS - news) hurricane season, is forcing the evacuation of oil workers out of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico as it moves toward a Monday landfall between New Orleans and Florida's panhandle. Royal Dutch Shell (LSE:
- Business Insider UK•1 hour ago
Hot weekend to boost growth of U.S. Midwest corn, soy crops
Sizzling temperatures in the U.S. Midwest and Plains this Memorial Day weekend should help spur the growth of young corn and soybean crops following planting delays due to cold weather last month, agricultural meteorologists said on Friday. Highs should reach the low to mid 90s degrees Fahrenheit (32
- Business Insider UK•1 hour ago
Colombia has arrested Pablo Escobar's former top hit man — and the US helped bring him in
Authorities in Colombia working with US counterparts have arrested a self-proclaimed former hitman for Pablo Escobar, underscoring how the Andean nation continues to take down key figures in Medellín’s criminal world with help from the United States. Jhon Jairo Velásquez Vásquez, alias “Popeye,” was
Reuters•1 hour agoOil prices slump as OPEC and Russia consider output boost
Oil prices fell more than $2 per barrel on Friday as Saudi Arabia and Russia discussed easing production cuts that have helped push crude prices to their highest since 2014. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude slumped $2.83, or 4 percent, to finish at $67.88 a barrel. The energy ministers of
- Business Insider UK•1 hour ago
Cameroon court convicts Anglophone activists of rebellion and terrorism
A court in Cameroon on Friday convicted seven activists from the country's Anglophone minority of rebellion and acts of terrorism and gave them sentences ranging from 10 to 15 years, a defence lawyer said. Authorities arrested Mancho Bibixy, a radio presenter in the English-speaking Northwest Region
- Business Insider UK•1 hour ago
Irish voters set to liberalize abortion laws in landslide: exit poll
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- Business Insider UK•1 hour ago
Massachusetts judge resigns after suspension for courthouse affair
A Massachusetts judge who admitted to engaging in repeated sexual encounters including in his courthouse with a social worker announced his resignation on Friday, a day after the state's top court suspended him indefinitely. Judge Thomas Estes submitted his resignation letter after the Massachusetts
CNBC•1 hour agoNext time you buy a TV at Best Buy, you may be offered health care, too
Executives told Wall Street this week that they're interested in making money in the health space.
- Reuters - UK Focus•1 hour ago
Irish voters set to liberalise abortion laws in landslide -exit poll
Irish voters are set to liberalise one of the world's most restrictive abortion laws by a margin of 68 percent to 32 percent, an exit poll showed on Friday, following one of the highest reported turnouts ...
- Business Insider UK•1 hour ago
Veteran publicist to the stars Paul Bloch dead at age 78
Paul Bloch, a veteran Hollywood publicist for Rogers & Cowan who counted John Travolta, Eddie Murphy and Tom Cruise among his clients in a career that spanned five decades, has died after a long illness. He was 78.
- Business Insider UK•1 hour ago
Mallory, Indiana's winningest football coach, dies at 83
Bill Mallory, the winningest football coach in Indiana history who also led three other schools to bowl games, has died from a brain injury suffered in a recent fall. Indiana announced Mallory's death, a day after his son, Indiana State coach Curt Mallory, posted on Twitter his father was in hospice
- Engadget•1 hour ago
Apple pledges to disclose government app takedown requests
Tech titans have been refining and expanding their transparency reports:
Reuters•1 hour agoTesla agrees to settle class action over Autopilot billed as 'safer'
The Tesla owners said they paid an extra $5,000 to have their cars equipped with the Autopilot software with additional safety features such as automated emergency braking and side collision warning. Tesla has agreed to place more than $5 million into a settlement fund, which will also cover attorney
