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'Work an extra 11 years' warning

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 20:59
Nearly half of people aged over 50 will have to work and save for 11 years beyond state pension age to keep their standard of living, a report says.
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Hard drives offer undeleted data

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 20:59
Many people are a "soft touch" for fraudsters because they fail to wipe data from old disks, says the UK's privacy watchdog.
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Mobile firms plan privacy tools

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 20:59
Tools to stop too much personal data being shared are being developed by a mobile industry body.
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The terrible price of a Korean defection

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 20:59
South Korean economist Oh Kil-nam regrets having defected to North Korea
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Rodney King reflects on an up-down life since riot

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2026-05-10 20:59
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- We saw his face a bloody, pulpy mess. And in 1992, when the four Los Angeles Police officers who beat him after a traffic stop were acquitted, it touched off anger that affected an entire generation. Now, 20 years later, this is the face of Rodney King, and this is what has happened to him in the interim....
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Rodney King reflects on an up-down life since riot

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2026-05-10 20:59
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- We saw his face a bloody, pulpy mess. And in 1992, when the four Los Angeles Police officers who beat him after a traffic stop were acquitted, it touched off anger that affected an entire generation. Now, 20 years later, this is the face of Rodney King, and this is what has happened to him in the interim....
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Terry apologises for sending-off

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 20:59
Chelsea captain John Terry apologises to fans for the red card against Barcelona which rules him out of the Champions League final.
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Breivik hears witnesses recall turmoil after blast

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-10 20:59
OSLO, Norway (AP) -- After testifying for five days, Anders Behring Breivik listened silently as others described the mayhem caused by his bombing of Oslo's government district, a scene one witness described as a "war zone."...

Breivik hears witnesses recall turmoil after blast

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-10 20:59
OSLO, Norway (AP) -- After testifying for five days, Anders Behring Breivik listened silently as others described the mayhem caused by his bombing of Oslo's government district, a scene one witness described as a "war zone."...

American Scene: Feds announce $40M settlement with construction firm

NEW YORK — A federal prosecutor has announced criminal charges and a $40.5 million settlement related to an investigation of a construction company involved in New York City projects including the New York Mets' stadium and the 9/11 Memorial.

Court papers in Brooklyn show Lend Lease U.S. Construction, a division ...

Angry EU voters, citizens rebel against austerity

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-10 20:59
BRUSSELS (AP) -- For more than a year, European Union officials have called for austerity, austerity and more austerity as a means to solve Europe's debt crisis. Now people who don't want to pay the price are taking their fight from the streets to the ballot box....

Angry EU voters, citizens rebel against austerity

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-10 20:59
BRUSSELS (AP) -- For more than a year, European Union officials have called for austerity, austerity and more austerity as a means to solve Europe's debt crisis. Now people who don't want to pay the price are taking their fight from the streets to the ballot box....

Angry EU voters, citizens rebel against austerity

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-10 20:59
BRUSSELS (AP) -- For more than a year, European Union officials have called for austerity, austerity and more austerity as a means to solve Europe's debt crisis. Now people who don't want to pay the price are taking their fight from the streets to the ballot box....

3 more Secret Service employees ousted in scandal

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-10 20:59
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Three more Secret Service employees have been forced out of the government, bringing to nine the number of people who have lost their jobs in the prostitution scandal roiling the agency. President Barack Obama said the employees at the center of the sordid episode were "knuckleheads," but not representative of the agency that protects his family in the glare of public life....

Di Matteo revels in Blues heroics

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 20:59
Chelsea boss Roberto di Matteo says his side's Champions League semi-final win over Barcelona is an "incredible achievement".
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Yemen: Al Qaeda leader dies in airstrike

CNN - Top Stories - Sun, 2026-05-10 20:59
The fourth-most wanted al Qaeda leader in Yemen was killed on Tuesday in an airstrike in the northeastern province of Mareb, the Yemeni government announced.
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Judge approves settlement restoring memorial cross in desert

LOS ANGELES — A veterans group can restore a memorial cross in the Mojave Desert under a court settlement that ends a decade-old legal battle, the National Park Service said Tuesday.

A federal judge approved the lawsuit settlement Monday, permitting the Park Service to turn over a remote hilltop area ...

Gingrich to decide next move after Tues. primaries

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-10 20:59
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Newt Gingrich declined to discuss his struggling presidential campaign Tuesday and said he would decide his next steps after the latest primaries, refusing to acknowledge the Republican nominating contest is essentially over....

Apple doubles quarterly profits

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 20:59
Apple reports better-than-expected results, with profits almost doubling in first three months of the year to $11.6bn (£7.2bn).
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Is the far right gaining in Europe?

CNN - Top Stories - Sun, 2026-05-10 20:59
The success of France's anti-euro National Front party in the first round of the country's presidential elections thrust the far right into the headlines.
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