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St Agnes Cold War bunker for sale - BBC News

A bunker built during the Cold War is being auctioned with a guide price of £25,000.

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Coronavirus: UK variant 'may be more deadly' - BBC News

Evidence suggests the variant that emerged in the UK may be more deadly as well as faster-spreading.

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Iran's supreme leader tweets attack threat to golfing Trump - BBC News

A photomontage seems to show the ex-president playing in the shadow of a warplane or large drone.

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How Africa's largest city is staying afloat - BBC Future

The most populous city in Africa is also one of its most vulnerable to inundation. To stay above water, everything from its architecture to its transport may have to change.

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How Covid turbocharged the QR revolution - BBC News

As a cheap and reliable way to store information, the humble QR code is finding new uses.

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France passes ‘sensory heritage’ law after plight of Maurice the noisy roos

Senators approve law to protect the noises and smells of the countryside following high-profile cases

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Google threatens to withdraw search engine from Australia - BBC News

The tech giant says it will remove its main search function from Australia if it passes a new law.

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Covid: How a £20 gadget could save lives - BBC News

Doctors say people should buy a pulse oximeter to monitor their oxygen levels at home.

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Coronavirus: Hungary first in EU to approve Russian vaccine - BBC News

Its health authorities give preliminary approval to the Russian-developed Sputnik V coronavirus jab.

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Ghana 'baby-harvesting syndicate' arrested - BBC News

Doctors, nurses, mothers and social workers are apprehended after babies were sold for $5,000.

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EU orders next-generation Galileo satellites - BBC News

The European Commission issues contracts worth €1.5bn to advance technologies in its sat-nav system.

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Biden inauguration leaves QAnon believers in disarray - BBC News

Followers of the baseless conspiracy theory are split over failed inauguration day predictions.

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Elephants counted from space for conservation - BBC News

Satellite imagery is being used to count elephants in a breakthrough that could aid conservation.

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How the world embraced consumerism - BBC Future

Over the course of the 20th Century, capitalism moulded the ordinary person into a consumer. Kerryn Higgs traces the historical roots of the world's unquenchable thirst for more stuff.

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American Kristen Gray to be deported from Bali amid Twitter row - BBC News

Kristen Gray's tweets about life in Bali came to the attention of authorities after they went viral.

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Why you’re more creative in coffee shops - BBC Worklife

If we’re already working in isolation at home, why do we miss working with our heads similarly down in a public setting?

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Natural wonder: Wing 'clap' solves mystery of butterfly flight - BBC News

The cupped clap of a butterfly's wings may be the key to their flying abilities and their survival.

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Biden inauguration: Trump leaves White House vowing 'we will be back' - BBC

Donald Trump tells supporters "I will fight for you, I will be watching" as he heads to Florida.

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Theresa May: PM's foreign aid cut damaged UK's moral leadership, says prede

The UK has not always "lived up to its values" under Boris Johnson, his predecessor Theresa May says.

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Trump pardons Bannon in final acts of clemency - BBC News

Donald Trump issues pardons and commutations for more than 140 people in his final hours as president.

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What's the easiest sport to win a gold in? - BBC Future

You may have been inspired to dust off the trainers thanks to the athletic exploits in Rio. But if you want to emulate their podium poses, what’s the best sport to try?

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Shetland space launch plans submitted - BBC News

The proposals which have gone to the council and could support hundreds of jobs include three launch pads for rockets.

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Aaf Brandt Corstius over videobelclichés: ‘Zien jullie mij?’ | Onze Taal

Genootschap Onze Taal.

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Starbucks customer compensated over 'slanty' eyes drawing on cup - BBC News

A Dublin branch of the chain is to pay €12,000 to Suchavadee Foley after an employee drew on her cup.

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Aditya Singh: Man found 'living in airport for three months' over Covid fea

Aditya Singh was reportedly afraid to fly due to Covid-19, so lived in Chicago's O'Hare airport.

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