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14:44 06/06/2019
Violent England fans an embarrassment to the team and not welcome, says FA

Two England fans were arrested after being baton-charged by police after hurling bottles at local supporters and police in a packed fan zone in Liberdade Square, and another was later arrested as more violence broke out.

14:26 06/06/2019
Millions of pigs culled across Asia as swine fever spreads

Experts say region is losing the battle to stop the biggest animal disease outbreak the planet has ever faced.

14:02 06/06/2019
'Incompetent climbers' drive Everest death toll, top mountaineer says

The 45-year-old British climber has just conquered Everest and completed all Seven Summits of the world - putting him into an elite group of around 500 people globally who have scaled the highest mountains on all seven continents.

13:38 06/06/2019
NASA has a new plan to get its Mars 'mole' digging again

InSight deployed both of these instruments on the Martian surface successfully, and the seismometers have already detected two marsquakes.

12:43 06/06/2019
Australia media raids: Police do not rule out prosecuting journalists

Broadcasters and rights groups have condemned searches by police at the Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC) and a News Corp reporter's home this week.

12:29 06/06/2019
Huawei signs deal with Russian telecoms firm to develop 5G

The companies will develop next-generation 5G networks in Russia over the next year, reports said.

11:38 06/06/2019
Oakland decriminalizes magic mushrooms

Move by northern California city comes one month after voters in Denver approved a similar initiative to decriminalize psilocybin.

11:16 06/06/2019
12 New Mexico firefighters injured by explosion while preparing fireworks for July 4

The noon incident occurred in a fireworks storage area at Roswell International Air Center, just south of the city, said police Capt. Lance Bateman.

10:45 06/06/2019
Doctor accused of murder in 25 patient overdose deaths

In one of the biggest cases of its kind ever brought against an American health care professional, William Husel was accused of ordering outsize doses of the powerful painkiller fentanyl. Many of the patients who died were on ventilators and receiving palliative care. The deaths occurred between 2015 and 2018.

10:27 06/06/2019
French bank Credit Agricole targets net profits of 5 bln euros in 2022

The profit target of 5 billion euros for 2022 compares to its net profit figure of 4.4 billion in 2018, with Credit Agricole hoping to win over clients for its retail banks in Italy and France and expects to attract mid-sized companies with corporate banking services such as cash management.

10:00 06/06/2019
Toyota, Subaru team up to develop electric SUV in battle against costs

The pair will apply Subaru’s all-wheel-drive technologies and Toyota’s vehicle electrification technologies to the new SUV, which each will sell under its own brands, the automakers said in a statement.

20:30 05/06/2019
YouTube says homophobic abuse does not violate harassment rules

Video-sharing site defends American user who called journalist ‘lispy queer’.

20:09 05/06/2019

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