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Google won’t comment on a potentially massive leak of its search algorithm documentation
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Trump heads to Davos more aggressive and ambitious than ever
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Glamour names nine trans activists as ‘Women of the Year’ – including a model who was fired by L’Oreal for calling ‘all white people racist’
Glamour Magazine has named nine transgender activists as their Women of the Year. The honourees include a mix of relatively unknown models, actors and musicians, with the most famous face being Munroe Bergdorf – a controversial activist who once branded ‘all white people racist’ and said that the Suffragettes were ‘white supremacists’. Last year she…
Breaking News | News | RussiaRussian-backed union signs free trade pact with Iran
MOSCOW, Dec 25 (Reuters) – Members of the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) have signed a fully-fledged free trade agreement with Iran, Russia’s economy ministry and the EEU said on Monday. The agreement will become permanent and replace a similar temporary pact in force since 2019. The previous deal facilitated mutual trade with Iran and…


