As electricity slowly returns to Texas, many residents still do not have access to running water.
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned Canadians that public health measures, including restrictions on indoor social gatherings, would have to continue for weeks to come as new Covid-19 variants, and a slow vaccine rollout, risk causing a dangerous third wave of the virus.
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It comes days after the UN chief condemned vaccine distribution as “wildly uneven and unfair”.
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Dubai’s royal family says Princess Latifa is “being cared for at home” after she accused them of holding her hostage.
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Facebook’s decision to block people from sharing news in Australia has been rebuked by lawmakers around the world, raising the specter of a much wider showdown between the world’s biggest social media platform and the governments and news organizations fighting to check its power.
Read More »UK Supreme Court rules that Uber drivers are ‘workers,’ not independent contractors
The UK Supreme Court has ruled that Uber must classify its drivers as workers and not independent contractors, a decision that could deliver a major blow to the company’s business model in one of its most important markets.
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