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• 5 Misconceptions About Sexual Assault

  14-10-2016 16:07
  
  Among the many reactions to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's lewd conversation in 2005, the question of whether what Trump was describing constituted sexual assault has struck a cord — and caused a sharp divide. In an interview with The Weekly Standard, for example, Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions said that he did not characterize the behavior Trump described — specifically, grabbing a woman's genitals without consent — as sexual assault. But Yolanda Moses, a profes
  
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• Scientists put a dying coral next to a healthy one — and watched it heal before their eyes

  23-10-2026 19:37 via CBC | Technology News
  
  Scientists at Stanford University in California stumbled on a promising discovery when two coral fragments in the lab — one bleached and one healthy — tipped over in a tank and touched.
  
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• Why should I stockpile and what will I need?

  23-10-2026 15:30 via BBC News
  
  The UK government has warned households to have three days of essential supplies on hand.
  
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• Wales plans to ban steel pylons as government launches consultation

  23-10-2026 15:26 via BBC News
  
  The Welsh government says it is consulting on an "undergrounding-first approach" to electricity lines.
  
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• Scotland to be hit with 80mph wind gusts as Storm Boelo alert upgraded to amber

  23-10-2026 15:00 via BBC News
  
  It is due to be the second of two storms to hit Scotland over the weekend, with Storm Austen bringing heavy rain on Friday.
  
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• Europe's killer heat this summer claims record 50,000 lives, study suggests

  23-10-2026 14:53 via CBC | Technology News
  
  Blistering record heat in Europe this summer helped kill more than 50,000 people, with nearly two-thirds of that death toll blamed on human-caused climate change, a new study found.
  
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• Weather warnings in place ahead of Storm Boelo

  23-10-2026 14:49 via BBC News
  
  The amber Met Office alert for counties Antrim and Londonderry lasts from 21:00 BST on Saturday until 21:00 GMT on Sunday.
  
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• October's full Hunter's Moon to light up night sky this weekend

  23-10-2026 14:24 via BBC News
  
  October's full Moon, known as the Hunter's Moon, will rise on Sunday night. Will the weather be in your favour?
  
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• Denmark nurdles may be from Tyne spill, agency says

  23-10-2026 13:56 via BBC News
  
  The Danish Environment Protection Agency says nurdles it has tested are similar to the Tyne pellets.
  
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• Hundreds of flights cancelled, schools closed as Typhoon Champi hits Taiwan

  23-10-2026 12:53 via CBC | Technology News
  
  Taiwan shut down schools and offices and grounded hundreds of flights as Typhoon Champi brushed by the island Friday, packing strong winds and torrential rains.
  
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• Fund to help businesses switch to green vehicles

  23-10-2026 12:15 via BBC News
  
  Council leader Stephen Place says it will help businesses counter the rising cost of fuel.
  
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• Storm Austen hits UK as yellow wind warnings in effect

  23-10-2026 11:30 via BBC News
  
  Disruption to travel is likely as the season's first named storm brings a swathe of powerful winds to south-west England on Friday.
  
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• BBC presenter battles strong winds as Storm Austen hits Newquay

  23-10-2026 10:26 via BBC News
  
  BBC lead weather presenter Simon King is in Newquay as the "full force" of the storm arrives.
  
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• Lights will stay on this winter, grid operator says after concerns

  23-10-2026 08:47 via BBC News
  
  The assurance from the National Energy System Operator comes amid concern from its engineers about their ability to ensure adequate supply.
  
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• Could experts have a solution to toxic algae?

  23-10-2026 07:17 via BBC News
  
  Experts from the University of Bath are testing out a new invention at a lake in Wiltshire.
  
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• 'Shock' of first England farmer hit by bird flu this season

  23-10-2026 07:10 via BBC News
  
  The first farmer in England hit by bird flu this season tells of the "emotional roller coaster" of losing 32,000 hens.
  
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• Blue Planet III: Moment octopus escapes death after hunt gone wrong

  23-10-2026 07:05 via BBC News
  
  The sequence is part of the latest Blue Planet series from Sir David Attenborough.
  
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• The haunting call of Canada's common loon is becoming less common amid widespread declines, study suggests

  23-10-2026 03:15 via CBC | Technology News
  
  A new study published Thursday in the journal FACETS reveals severe declines in loon chick populations across North America over the past three decades or more.
  
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• Tibet earthquake kills at least 16

  23-10-2026 02:23 via CBC | Technology News
  
  A magnitude 7 earthquake hit China's Tibet region on Thursday evening, killing at least 16 people, injuring 46 and collapsing hundreds of homes in the northern regional city of Nagqu, official media said.
  
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• Gasps as Prince William makes surprise appearance on Graham Norton Show

  22-10-2026 23:21 via BBC News
  
  The Prince of Wales was marking his Earthshot Prize, to which all of Norton's guests were linked.
  
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• Wolf euthanized after rare attack near Cameco site in northern Sask.

  22-10-2026 22:58 via CBC | Technology News
  
  The Ministry of Community Safety says a wolf attacked a person in a remote northern area of the province on Oct. 17.
  
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• Firefighters and public 'knowingly put at risk' during summer wildfires

  22-10-2026 20:48 via BBC News
  
  Crews and control centre staff say the fires were relentless with many firefighters still off work injured.
  
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• 1st human case of livestock virus Shamonda reported in France

  22-10-2026 16:59 via CBC | Technology News
  
  France on Thursday reported the first human case of the Shamonda virus usually found in livestock in a patient who later died, with authorities adding there was no risk to the general population at this stage.
  
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• Biologists seek justice for forgotten kingdom of fungi

  22-10-2026 10:00 via CBC | Technology News
  
  This week a UN summit aims to preserve the world's plants and animals. But a group of scientists wants to protect another diverse kingdom of species they say are too often forgotten – fungi. Here's a look at these beautiful organisms, why they aren't protected and why mycologists are fighting for 'justice' for them.
  
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• Jackdaw decision 'taken outwith Scotland about Scotland's energy'

  22-10-2026 09:26 via BBC News
  
  Scottish Green Mark Ruskell, the SNP’s Keith Brown and Scottish Labour’s Jenny Young weigh up the Jackdaw decision.
  
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• Is the UK set to green-light a huge untapped oil field?

  22-10-2026 08:09 via BBC News
  
  Scotland editor James Cook visits Rosebank - the UK's largest known untapped oilfield - in the North Atlantic.
  
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• NI risks missing 2030 energy goals, says Stormont committee

  22-10-2026 07:09 via BBC News
  
  A committee hears that Northern Ireland could lose out on economic opportunities if action is not accelerated.
  
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• Rabid skunk bites 'small number' of people in downtown Vancouver: officials

  22-10-2026 02:59 via CBC | Technology News
  
  Vancouver Coastal Health says anyone who had contact with a "sick or abnormally behaving" skunk between Sept. 22 and Oct. 17 should seek treatment.
  
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• Number of people bitten by rabid skunk in downtown Vancouver: officials

  22-10-2026 02:59 via CBC | Technology News
  
  Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) said in a Wednesday advisory that anyone who had contact with a "sick or abnormally behaving" skunk between Sept. 22 and Oct. 17 should seek treatment.
  
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• Why is Elon Musk plotting a mega-merger of SpaceX and Tesla?

  22-10-2026 01:04 via BBC News
  
  Musk says there's "a lot to be gained" by combining the firms in what would be the biggest merger in history.
  
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