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19:47 16/04/2019
Microplastics found in 'pristine' Pyrenees mountains

A team from Strathclyde and Toulouse universities spent five months in the area, which straddles France and Spain.

19:00 16/04/2019
18:38 16/04/2019
Police begin second wave of arrests in London climate protests

Disruption in capital by Extinction Rebellion demonstrators continues into second day after more than 100 people were arrested overnight.

18:16 16/04/2019
Aston Martin’s first electric car is finally here

Nearly four years and a some plan changes later, the Rapide E gets its debut at the Shanghai Auto Show.

17:45 16/04/2019
Danish police ban anti-Muslim provocateur's protest

Police said Tuesday they are investigating an object resembling a hand grenade found in the square where Rasmus Paludan was to stage his demonstration.

17:24 16/04/2019
Some overseas Indonesians may vote again after fraud claim

The commission at a news conference Tuesday also said the overseas vote in Sydney should be reopened because many expatriate Indonesians in the city were unable to cast ballots in time.

17:00 16/04/2019
BlackRock quarterly profit beats, assets under management top $6 trillion

Overall, the company sold $59 billion in stock, bond and other “long-term” investment funds, up from the $43.6 billion sold in the quarter ended Dec. 31.

16:39 16/04/2019
Battle over Trump tax returns could extend into 2020 election

Richard Neal, chairman of the House Ways and Means committee, which oversees tax matters, has given the Internal Revenue Service until April 23 to produce the documents.

16:16 16/04/2019
Credit Suisse seeks to seize oil trader's three London homes

The Swiss bank is owed about $3 million by Sanomi, who was a guarantor for a credit facility extended to one of his companies, Credit Suisse’s lawyer Andrew Brown said in written submissions to a London court last week.

15:45 16/04/2019
YouTube's new fact-check tool flagged Notre Dame fire coverage and attached an article about 9/11

The widget showing information about the Sept. 11 terror attacks appears to have been triggered by a new feature YouTube is testing to provide "topical context" around videos that might contain misinformation.

15:27 16/04/2019
BTS's 'Boy with luv' smashes YouTube's record for most views in 24 hours

The video platform also confirmed that it hit 100 million views in under two days, making it the fastest music video to reach that milestone of all time.

15:01 16/04/2019
Flood of ‘fake’ five-star reviews inundating Amazon, Which

Unverified reviews may be being used to artificially boost products, says consumer group.

14:44 16/04/2019
New Zealand suffers egg shortage as farmers scramble to go free-range

Supermarkets are struggling with supply as the nation’s hen flock decreases and demand for eggs soars.

14:26 16/04/2019
Roses at Puzhehei national wetland park attract visitors in SW China's Yunnan

The park has more than 80 hectares of fields of roses, which attract visitors from April to October each year.

14:02 16/04/2019
International community shocked as fire ravages Notre Dame Cathedral

Stunned people rushed to see the huge fire that plunged the French capital into sadness. As night fell, they remained rooted behind police cordons in front and nearby the landmark monument.

13:22 16/04/2019
26-year-old athlete Manvel Mamoyan has set goals for Guinness World Records

At the moment, he is actively working on a completely new tiger band push-ups exercise to set another record. The Athlete was registered in the Armenian 'Dyutsaznagirk', and then became Guinness Book of Records holder, but Manvel is not going to be limited to that. His goal is to become an absolute record holder.
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