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  Last update: 10:05 GMT 29.02.2020

  10:05 GMT 29.02.2020

  UK

  UK Home Office Chief Civil Servant Rutnam Resigns - Report

  This comes amid media reports of a row between Rutnam and Home Secretary Priti Patel, including allegations that she had been mistreating officials, a claim she denies.

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  Last update: 11:24 GMT 29.02.2020

  11:24 GMT 29.02.2020

  Sport

  Juventus-Inter Match Postponed Over Coronavirus Restrictions - Italy Football Authority

  Four other competitions have also been delayed due to concerns over the spread of coronavirus, the authority added.

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  Last update: 09:56 GMT 29.02.2020

  09:56 GMT 29.02.2020

  Tech

  ‘We Have Gaps to Fill’: Starliner Manager Admits to Wrongfully Testing Spacecraft During Mission

  In December, the Starliner spaceship set off on its first test flight to the International Space Station, but docking was cancelled after the spacecraft failed to execute an orbit-insertion burn on schedule.

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  Last update: 11:31 GMT 29.02.2020

  11:31 GMT 29.02.2020

  Tech

  Resilient Ancient Humans Survived ‘Volcanic Winter’ 74,000 Years Ago Claims New Study

  The Toba super-eruption roughly 74,000 years ago was one of the most colossal that ancient man experienced. The so-called Toba catastrophe theory claims the event resulted in extreme cooling and triggered a glacial period that left humans on the brink of extinction.

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  Last update: 11:52 GMT 29.02.2020

  11:52 GMT 29.02.2020

  Opinion

  ‘Nasty Corona’: Gold Rushes to Record High, Stock Markets Crash – Experts on Coronavirus Impact

  The stock exchanges have plummeted and gold has risen to new heights; global media sources report that the Chinese virus COVID-19 is the culprit.

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  Last update: 10:03 GMT 29.02.2020

  10:03 GMT 29.02.2020

  Tech

  Dashcam Footage of Meteor Exploding Over Croatia Goes Viral - Video

  Dashcam video footage of an object streaking across the sky above Croatia in spectacular fashion and subsequently exploding has since gone viral on social media

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  Last update: 09:55 GMT 29.02.2020

  09:55 GMT 29.02.2020

  Viral

  Killer Whale Spotted Off Israel's Coast For the First Time - Video

  The marine mammal was seen by divers on Friday morning and was reported to the Nature and Parks Authority.

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  Last update: 09:30 GMT 29.02.2020

  09:30 GMT 29.02.2020

  Middle East

  The ‘Stolen Province’: Why Turkey Was Given A Corner Of Syria By France 80 Years Ago

  Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is becoming more and more embroiled in a direct fight with Syria over Idlib Province. The fighting is directly across the border from Hatay, a province which was given to Turkey in 1939 after a disputed referendum.