BBC at the scene of ‘intense’ blaze

BBC at the scene of ‘intense’ blaze

The UN climate talks COP30 have been evacuated due to a fire breaking out inside the venue in Belém, Brazil. BBC journalists including Climate Editor Justin Rowlatt saw flames and smoke in the pavilion area before they were rushed outside. The UN said the fire was extinguished after six minutes and 13 people were treated…

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CDC webpage claims vaccines may cause autism in latest RFK Jr.-era reversal

CDC webpage claims vaccines may cause autism in latest RFK Jr.-era reversal

A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention webpage that once stated unequivocally that vaccines do not cause autism has been rewritten, now suggesting without evidence that health authorities “ignored” possible links between the shots and autism. “The claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the…

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Meta gives Australian kids 2-week warning to delete accounts as world-first social media age restrictions loom

Meta gives Australian kids 2-week warning to delete accounts as world-first social media age restrictions loom

Melbourne, Australia — Technology giant Meta on Thursday began sending thousands of young Australians a two-week warning to downland their digital histories and delete their accounts from Facebook, Instagram and Threads before a world-first social media ban on accounts of children younger than 16 takes effect. The Australian government announced two weeks ago that the three…

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Amnesia, nostalgia, healing: Spain grapples with Franco legacy 50 years on | History News

Amnesia, nostalgia, healing: Spain grapples with Franco legacy 50 years on | History News

After Spain’s first fully fledged modern democracy and Second Republic began in 1931 despite ferocious opposition from hardline conservatives, Franco began a right-wing military rebellion on July 18, 1936, to put an end to its political and social reforms. Despite backing from fascist Italy and Nazi Germany, his uprising encountered greater resistance than expected from…

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