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Italy stops tender for Turin-Lyon train tunnel

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Giuseppe Conte, the Italian Prime Minister had given tenders on hold for a high-speed railway to France. Several political clashes were going on over the project.

Mr Conte’s 5 Star Motion had been criticising the multibillion-euro TAV link (Treno Alta Velocita) but, is backed by its coalition associate, the League.

The impasse had put forward a talk regarding the shutdown of the Italian Government.

Giuseppe Conte said in a Facebook statement that he had asked TELT to stop the finalisation of tenders for the rail link since his government had committed to “totally re-discussing” the project.

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Stephen Barclay accuses EU of trying to ‘rerun old arguments’

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Stephen Barclay, the Brexit Secretary has accused the EU’s chief negotiator Michel Bernard Barnier, of trying “to rerun old arguments”. Michel Barnier said that Britain would be free to leave the proposed single customs territory which is designed to avoid physical border on the Irish border.

This is rejected by the Government and the DUP, since the Northern Ireland would have to remain within it. The UK had “put forward clear new proposals” said Barclay.

The Parliament has yet to agree the terms of withdrawal, but The UK is due to leave on 29 March. The UK and EU have been arguing over the contentious issue of the Irish backstop. This is to prevent the checking on the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

In some Tweets, Mr Barnier said the UK would not be forced into a customs union against its will through the Northern Ireland backstop. “With a very real deadline looming, now is not the time to rerun old arguments. The UK has put forward clear new proposals. We now need to agree a balanced solution that can work for both sides.”, Tweeted Barclay.

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Wall Street critic Warren vows to break up Amazon, Facebook, Google

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Senator Elizabeth Warren on Friday vowed to break up Amazon, Google and Facebook if elected US president to promote competition in the techn sector.

Warren, who is on a vie to be in the top positions in the presidential candidates said in a blog that on their way to the top, the big tech companies purchased a long list of potential competitors, like Facebook’s acquisition of Instagram.

She wrote: “They’ve bulldozed competition, used our private information for profit, and tilted the playing field against everyone else. And in the process, they have hurt small businesses and stifled innovation,”, said in reuters reports.

Amazon unexpectedly cancelled plans in February to build an important outpost in the neighborhood that might have created 25,000 jobs, blaming opposition from local leaders.

In an event held near the proposed Amazon site, Warren said that large tech companies come into towns, cities and states and “bully everyone into doing what they want” and “roll right over” small businesses and startups which are a threat.

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Donald Trump Visits Alabama After The Tornadoes

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US President Donald Trump visits communities in Eastern Alabama after deadly tornadoes that killed at least 23 people. Trump and his wife Melania Trump took a helicopter troll of the area before visiting the homes of some victims.

The Sunday’s tornadoes were the heaviest that hits the state since 2013. The President and his wife also visited a disaster relief center at the Providence Baptist Church in Opelika. They stopped at a memorial to honor the 23 people who were killed by the tornadoes.

Trump and Melania stood in front of 23 white crosses, decorated with flowers. The victims includes children also. Many people got injured by the tornadoes.

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The Paris Streets Gets Disturbed By Instagrammers

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Paris is a favorite spot or photographers and instagrammers. ‘Rue Cremieux’, the pretty cobbled street has become a trending destination for instagrammers.

The residents of this street are disturbed by these activities. BBC reports that these residents are calling on the city council to restrict access at certain times.

Reports says that the residents of this street have requested the city council to provide a gate that can be closed at peak times – evenings, weekends and at sunrise and sunset.

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Britain to give jailed British-Iranian aid worker diplomatic protection

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Foreign Minister Jeremy Hunt said that the UK decides to provide diplomatic protection to British-Iranian mother. This is to underline the government’s belief that Iran has made an unjust behavior in her treatment.

Hunt said that this move is unlikely to be a “magic wand”. He said that formally it recognizes that the U.K. government views her treatment as unjust and illegal.

In a video statement in Twitter, Hunt said that “This represents a formal recognition by the British Government that her treatment fails to meet Iran’s obligations under international law and elevates it to a formal state-to-state issue”.

Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who was a project manager in the Thomson Reuters Foundation, was arrested in April 2016 as she headed back to Britain with her daughter after a family visit.

She was convicted of plotting to overthrow Iran’s clerical establishment. The charge was denied by her family.

Zaghari-Ratcliffe had a hunger strike in protest at her treatment in jail. She had several health issues. She was undergoing tests for breast cancer and a series of panic attacks, and her emotional state had gone worse during her confinement.

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Russia to ban ‘fake news’ and ‘disrespect’ of government

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Russian Parliament has passed two bills on Thursday. The first bill bans any activities of ‘disrespect’ to the state, its officials and Russian society. The second one is against spreading of what the Kremlin perceives to be ‘fake news’. It is expected that the Russian President Vladimir Putin will be signing these bills into law soon.

Both these new crimes carries heavy fines. It is reported that oppositions came from journalists, human rights group and even government ministers. The body will consider both the bills on 13th March.

The punishments for the ‘disrespect’ to the state includes fines up to 100,000 roubles (£1,150; $1,500). Repeated violations of the law could double or even triple the amount in fines, or a 15-day jail sentence.

The punishments for spreading ‘fake news’ varies. Individuals, officials and businesses will be fined 300,000, 600,000 or 1 million roubles respectively if the news spread affects “functioning of critical infrastructure” like transport or communications. The articles that containing “blatant disrespect” for the government or “public morality” should be deleted within 24 hours.

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The California sky gets illuminated with Spectacular and unusual lightning

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A spectacular display of lightning decorated the Southern California night sky on Tuesday. At one point, 1,489 pulses of lightning in just five minutes off the California coast has been recorded by the National Weather Service (NWS).

A heavy group of thunderstorms created the beautiful visual effect. Earth Networks detected More than 20,000 pulses of lightning from 6 p.m. to midnight according to WTOP meteorologist Steve Prinzivalli.

Three terminals at Los Angeles International Airport also experienced the lightning and it struck a plane. Reports said that no harm were happened to the passengers and the Delta flight to Seattle returned to the airport, where passengers later boarded a different plane.

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Michael Jackson’s Nephew speaks out against the documentary ‘Leaving Neverland’

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‘Leaving Neverland’ is a long awaited documentary. Michael Jackson’s nephew Taj Jackson appeared on Good Morning Britain on Tuesday ahead of the UK airing of Leaving Neverland, the four-hour documentary in which Wade Robson and James Safechuck allege child sex abuse claims against Michael.

In 2005, Michael Jackson was acquitted in a trial, in which he was accused of child molestation. Until his death in 2009, Michael had denied all allegations of sexual harassment against children.

Taj Jackson said that he felt ‘angry, hurt and betrayed’ by one of the men who put Michael Jackson in the controversial documentary Leaving Neverland. Taj said: “You don’t put someone that you molested for seven years as your star defence witness,”. He added :”My uncle was probably one of the most scrutinised people in the world. It would have to be the most elaborate scheme the world has ever seen.”

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Mark Zuckerberg outlines ‘privacy-focused’ plans for Facebook

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The Facebook’s master Mark Zuckerberg said that secure, private messaging services will be having more chances to become popular than open platforms.

Zuckerberg, on Wednesday announced that Facebook plans to rebuild its services around several privacy-focused principles: “private interactions,” “encryption,” “reducing permanence,” “safety,” “interoperability” and “secure data storage.” He outlined his vision to transform Facebook into a “privacy-focused platform.” in his blog.

“I believe the future of communication will increasingly shift to private, encrypted services where people can be confident what they say to each other stays secure and their messages and content won’t stick around forever. This is the future I hope we will help bring about.”


“We plan to build this the way we’ve developed WhatsApp: focus on the most fundamental and private use case — messaging — make it as secure as possible, and then build more ways for people to interact on top of that, including calls, video chats, groups, stories, businesses, payments, commerce, and ultimately a platform for many other kinds of private services.” said Zuckerberg.

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