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Pascale Davies

Work

Colonial Pipeline: How hackers are making millions from cyber threats

With cyber-attacks on the rise, we take a look at how and why they happen and what we can do to protect ourselves.

Tech News

High flier: Silicon Valley CEO Justin Zhu fired for taking LSD at work

Justin Zhu, CEO of Iterable, said he took small amounts of the illegal psychedelic drug in 2019 to improve his focus and creativity.

Next Series

COVID-19: Can remote working make a happy and productive employee?

In partnership with Accenture

With employees moving their offices home since the COVID pandemic, some have not missed the commuting times but others are craving the water cooler chats with colleagues.

Health news

Is online therapy the key to unlocking the mental health crisis?

Due to lockdowns, psychotherapists have had to quickly adapt to virtual appointments, which like any developing technology has a set of issues.

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Health news

French medtech companies make breakthroughs in heart disease care

Heart disease is the leading cause of death globally but two French companies are making strides in care for those suffering from advanced or terminal heart failure.

Health news

The diabetes epidemic is already upon us - can technology save us?

While the world focuses on the coronavirus pandemic another epidemic has been staring us in the face for 30 years: Diabetes.

Sport

Football for Friendship awards Bolivian 'superwomen' girls academy

In partnership with Gazprom

With her army of 'super poderosas' (superwomen) girls' football academy in Bolivia, sports journalist Carmen Pozo is raising the next generation of young female athletes.

Sport

Football for Friendship to set digital world record during pandemic

In partnership with Gazprom

“Even in difficult situations there are ways for us to be together and set a goal together as a united team spirit," says 14-year-old Irintsoa Rakotomamonjy, who participated in this year’s digital International Children’s Social Programme Football for Friendship (F4F).

Germany

Germany slams attempt to storm Reichstag after COVID-19 protest

Politicians in Germany on Sunday slammed an "unacceptable" attempt to storm the Reichstag parliament building after a mass protest in Berlin against coronavirus measures.

World News

Banksy funds pink boat to rescue migrants in the Mediterranean

The ship's website said the vessel "is as agile as she is pink" and that Banksy bought it with the proceeds of his sold artwork and decorated it with a fire extinguisher.

Travel News

COVID-19: Latest travel rules to UK from quarantine listed countries

Britain imposed a 14-day quarantine rule on travellers arriving from countries such as France, Spain and Belgium and confusion has mounted for those looking to take a short trip to the UK and what it means for family or friends you may stay with.

France

French nudist resort reports 'worrying' level of COVID-19 cases

The Regional Health Agency (ARS) said the rate of COVID-19 positive cases among those who visited the naturist village is four times higher than people who stayed in the nearby city of Adge and did not travel to the resort.

France

France reports record COVID-19 infections since May, global cases jump

Ireland

Golfgate: EU trade chief 'sorry' for dinner attendance

The event was held just a day after Ireland announced fresh COVID-19 restrictions, including no "formal or informal events or parties" to be held at hotel restaurants.

France

WWII memorial defaced in massacred French village

On June 10, 1944, troops from the SS "Das Reich" division brutally killed 642 villagers. They were herded into barns and a church before the town was set on fire.

Japan

Japan marks 75 years since Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bomb attacks

Here is how events unfolded and the pleas of the ageing survivors for a nuclear bomb ban.

France

Netflix boycott calls over film deemed offensive to Muslims

The 2017 Egyptian film Sheikh Jackson was criticised for a scene which shows an imam being disturbed during his prayers in a mosque by a flash mob dancing to Michael Jackson's infamous Thriller choreography.

Spain

Spain wants UK to reconsider 'unjust' coronavirus quarantine rule

Pedro Sanchez has condemned the British government's decision to impose a quarantine on all travellers returning from Spain.

France

France imposes on-the-spot fines for drug users

France's Prime Minister Jean Castex announced the move in the city of Nice, the capital of the French Riviera, which has been troubled by drug related crime.

USA

Singapore man admits being spy for Chinese intelligence in US

A Singaporean man pleaded guilty in the US to working as a foreign agent for China, as diplomatic tensions between Washington and Beijing escalate in a tit-for-tat consulate closure.

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