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From ‘they’ to ‘latinx’: how gender pronouns have expanded beyond the binary

From ‘they’ to ‘latinx’: how gender pronouns have expanded beyond the binary

From ‘they’ to ‘latinx’: how gender pronouns have expanded beyond the binary

From ‘they’ to ‘latinx’: how gender pronouns have expanded beyond the binary

Acceptance of a spectrum of gender and sexual identities is growing. The pronouns that people use to identify themselves in grammatically gendered languages are becoming more inclusive

UN report: half a billion people struggle to find adequate paid work

UN report: half a billion people struggle to find adequate paid work

Study also shows global unemployment due to rise for the first time in a decade

Angola vows to force return of Isabel dos Santos by 'all possible means'

Angola vows to force return of Isabel dos Santos by 'all possible means'

Pledge comes as former ruler’s daughter denounces Luanda Leaks investigation

Europe's privacy overhaul has led to $126 million in fines - but regulators are just getting started

Europe's privacy overhaul has led to $126 million in fines - but regulators are just getting started

The EU’s GDPR privacy law led to over 160,000 data breach notifications, according to law firm DLA Piper. The biggest penalty under GDPR to date was a fine of 50 million euros imposed on Google, DLA Piper says. DLA Piper Partner Ross McK...

Apple CEO calls for global corporate tax system overhaul

Apple CEO calls for global corporate tax system overhaul

Though it's one of the world's largest beneficiaries of favorable Irish tax minimization strategies, Apple is now calling for reform of the global loophole.

Amazon reportedly wants to turn your hand into a credit card

Amazon reportedly wants to turn your hand into a credit card

Technology giant Amazon is working to allow customers to connect their credit card information to their hands, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Drone footage shows massive dust storm sweeping across central New South Wales

Drone footage shows massive dust storm sweeping across central New South Wales

Drone footage shows massive dust storm sweeping across central New South Wales

Drone footage over the central New South Wales town of Parkes has captured a huge wall of dust moving across the landscape. Damaging winds produced by thunderstorms across the state whipped up the dust storms, turning daytime into night ...

Well that’s one way to close a door

At list at Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Also in UK: Sexual misconduct cases at record high in legal profession

Also in UK: Sexual misconduct cases at record high in legal profession

Sixty-three cases were reported to solicitors’ governing body last year, figures show

Prince Harry follows in mother’s footsteps with new title after royal exit

Prince Harry follows in mother’s footsteps with new title after royal exit

Prince Harry follows in mother’s footsteps with new title after royal exit

Prince Harry follows in mother’s footsteps with new title after royal exit

Prince Harry follows in mother’s footsteps with new title after royal exit

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are to drop their HRH styles and become known as Harry, Duke of Sussex, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex.

From Ethiopia to Iran, places that escaped colonisation by Europeans – how did they do it?

From Ethiopia to Iran, places that escaped colonisation by Europeans – how did they do it?

From Ethiopia to Iran, places that escaped colonisation by Europeans – how did they do it?

From Ethiopia to Iran, places that escaped colonisation by Europeans – how did they do it?

From Ethiopia to Iran, places that escaped colonisation by Europeans – how did they do it?

From Ethiopia to Iran, places that escaped colonisation by Europeans – how did they do it?

From Ethiopia to Iran, places that escaped colonisation by Europeans – how did they do it?

From Ethiopia to Iran, places that escaped colonisation by Europeans – how did they do it?

From Ethiopia to Iran, places that escaped colonisation by Europeans – how did they do it?

Nepal has its rugged terrain to thank for being saved from enforced Western ‘civilisation’. The king of Thailand played a clever diplomatic game to keep his nation from foreign domination

The complex ties between mothers and their domestic helpers

The complex ties between mothers and their domestic helpers

The complex ties between mothers and their domestic helpers

Megan K. Stack’s memoir Women’s Work takes an unflinching look at the relationship between an expat journalist and the Asian migrant women who helped raise her children.

Trove of documents shows Africa’s richest woman Isabel dos Santos stole hundreds of millions in public money

Trove of documents shows Africa’s richest woman Isabel dos Santos stole hundreds of millions in public money

Trove of documents shows Africa’s richest woman Isabel dos Santos stole hundreds of millions in public money

Trove of documents shows Africa’s richest woman Isabel dos Santos stole hundreds of millions in public money

The New York-based International Consortium of Investigative Journalists released the documents relating to the former Angola president’s daughter. Isabel dos Santos claims they are part of a groundless political vendetta

Influencers 'being offered thousands for sex'

Influencers 'being offered thousands for sex'

Influencers 'being offered thousands for sex'

Influencers 'being offered thousands for sex'

Influencers 'being offered thousands for sex'

.Top social media influencers are being propositioned daily by strangers with offers of thousands of pounds in return for sex, the Victoria Derbyshire programme has been told. One said social media had become "a catalogue" for men to sel...

Snapchat drug dealers target Middlesbrough school children

Snapchat drug dealers target Middlesbrough school children

Snapchat drug dealers target Middlesbrough school children

Snapchat drug dealers target Middlesbrough school children

Children as young as 14 can easily buy class A drugs using Snapchat, a BBC investigation has found.

A Kidnapped Teen Was Rescued After Using Snapchat To Tell Her Friends Where To Find Her

A Kidnapped Teen Was Rescued After Using Snapchat To Tell Her Friends Where To Find Her

A Kidnapped Teen Was Rescued After Using Snapchat To Tell Her Friends Where To Find Her

Police arrested three men in connection with the kidnapping and assault of the 14-year-old girl.

Prince Harry Said He And Meghan Markle Had "No Other Option" Than To Step Back From Royal Life

Prince Harry Said He And Meghan Markle Had "No Other Option" Than To Step Back From Royal Life

Prince Harry Said He And Meghan Markle Had "No Other Option" Than To Step Back From Royal Life

"Once Meghan and I were married, we were excited, we were hopeful, and we were here to serve. For those reasons, it brings me great sadness that it has come to this."

New technology: Are we trading our privacy for convenience?

New technology: Are we trading our privacy for convenience?

How the same devices we happily carry in our pockets are being weaponised against us.

TOI 700 d: Earth-sized planet found relatively nearby

TOI 700 d: Earth-sized planet found relatively nearby

TESS discovers Earth-sized world orbiting a star about 100 light years from Earth, NASA announces.

Yes, the UK media’s coverage of Meghan Markle really is racist

Yes, the UK media’s coverage of Meghan Markle really is racist

The UK press’s continued denial of racism just shows how entrenched these attitudes are.

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