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In an exclusive interview with Newsbeat its boss says: "We want to make sure we're a positive force". from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2K4utbW

Unilever has taken a stand against 'influencers' who buy social media followers to game the system. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2texL6f

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The European Union has gone ahead with retaliatory duties against $2.8bn worth of US-made products. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2KaINmv

The first lady's spokeswoman says "there was no hidden message" in her sartorial choice. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2JXzWpc

The Conners features many of the original cast, after ABC dropped Roseanne Barr over a racist tweet. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2yw9YDF

Police apologise for a picture of a lynched man being dragged by a mob with three officers present. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2yzK56c

The European planemaker says no-deal Brexit would force it to reconsider its investments in the UK. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2Mf4wXQ

The European Union has gone ahead with retaliatory duties against $2.8bn worth of US-made products. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2KaINmv

Creditors vote on Friday on the department store chain's plans to close more than half its stores. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2K2016F

Chancellor tells City the UK needs to protect patterns of trade with EU "built up over decades". from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2lotRmP

The company says Brian Krzanich is leaving because of "a violation of Intel's non-fraternisation policy". from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2lpK8b8

The Federal Reserve says US banks have the money to handle a recession, despite rising credit card debt. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2Ka8qUM

The French fashion house has made its financials public but is in no hurry to float the business. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2yFLU1B

Previously companies without a physical presence in a state were exempt from sales tax collection rules. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2JVYEq3

Young's Seafood said it was "naturally disappointed" by the news. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2tfzUyj

As supplies of carbon dioxide run low, the food and drink industry asks the government to take "urgent action". from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2K4ZVHe

Public sector borrowing fell to £5bn in May, down £2bn from a year earlier, official figures show. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2K62GrC

As a trade war becomes an increasing risk, how do governments use tariffs in international commerce? from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2tueZab

The desire for the perfect day has led to a boom in Uganda’s wedding industry - but these events come at a cost. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2M9UsPS

Unilever has taken a stand against 'influencers' who buy social media followers to game the system. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2texL6f

In India's desert state of Rajasthan, rural women are training as solar entrepreneurs, to bring power to those living off grid. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2tiR6mO

How city centres once abandoned by residents became the UK's most desirable areas to live. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2IhpTFA

Donald Trump's insistence that he needs to make trade more "fair" threatens to spark a global trade war. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2tuB2xI

New Zealand leader recovers with mac-n-cheese after birth New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was regaining her strength with macaroni and cheese on Friday and planned to spend at least one more night in an Auckland public hospital with her newborn girl.

Mexico opium poppy growers see price drop, turn to marijuana Opium poppy growers in southern Mexico who helped fuel the U.S. heroin epidemic say prices for their product have been driven so low — apparently by the use of synthetic opioids like fentanyl — that they are turning in desperation back to another crop they know well: marijuana.

2 Koreas meet to arrange reunions of war-split families North and South Korean officials met Friday for talks on resuming reunions of families divided by the 1950-53 Korean War as the rivals boost reconciliation amid a diplomatic push to resolve the North Korean nuclear crisis.

Immigrants in Mexico confused over changing policies President Trump's immigration policy has immigrants guessing; national correspondent William La Jeunesse reports from Tijuana, Mexico.

UN Yemen envoy: 'Confident' pact can be reached on port city The U.N. envoy for Yemen said Thursday he fears "severe" humanitarian and political fallout if fighting intensifies in the crucial port city of Hodeida, but he's confident a pact can be forged to prevent increased violence.

Pope: Countries should take in as many refugees as they can Pope Francis urged nations Thursday to take in as many refugees as they can integrate into their societies, but also to invest in places like Africa so migrants won't turn to human traffickers to reach countries that can offer a better life.

Iraq set for election recount to salvage tainted result Iraq's Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a disputed law ordering a hand recount of the ballots from last month's national elections after widespread allegations of fraud embarrassed political leaders and marred the initial result.

Messi, Argentina beaten 3-0 at World Cup, Croatia advances Lionel Messi's frustrating international career may be coming to an early and anti-climactic finish after Argentina's worst loss in World Cup group play in 60 years.

Clinic rescues hearts, and minds, of young Yazidis abused by ISIS A clinic near Stuttgart, Germany, treats Yazidi women who have been traumatized by ISIS.

Syria shells rebel-held areas ahead of possible offensive Syrian government forces shelled rebel-held areas in the south on Thursday, further undermining an international "de-escalation" agreement backed by the United States ahead of a threatened offensive, prompting a warning from the U.S. of "serious repercussions" for the violations.

SEOUL (Reuters) - Delegations from North and South Korea met on Friday for talks to arrange the first reunions in about three years for families separated by the Korean War, with the Red Cross paving the way. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2MLJhOE

SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. protectionism is self-defeating and a "symptom of paranoid delusions" that must not distract China from its path to modernization, Chinese state media said on Friday as Beijing kept up with its war of words with Washington over trade. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2tqlieZ

(Reuters) - The much-vilified U.S. policy of separating children from parents who illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border could continue under certain circumstances because of ambiguous language in President Donald Trump's order meant to end the practice, legal experts said. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2MeZlHI

JAKARTA (Reuters) - An Indonesian court on Friday sentenced to death a cleric linked to Islamic State, for masterminding from his jail cell a string of deadly militant attacks across the world's largest Muslim-majority country. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2tseEoA

BEIJING (Reuters) - Armed with interactive online courses, generous funding and new dedicated research institutes, China's universities are on the frontlines of an effort to promote the thinking of President Xi Jinping to China and the world. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2ltkEtI

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko has signed a decree to enact a recently adopted decision to expand sanctions on Russian companies and entities, Ukraine's council of national security and defense said on Friday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2IdB6XS

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir poured scorn over his predecessor Najib Razak on Thursday for denying knowing whether millions of dollars from scandal-plagued state fund 1MDB had been put in his personal bank account. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2K0iS1J

On June 21, 1975, NASA successfully launched the eighth Orbiting Solar Observatory aboard a Delta rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida. This satellite was the final in a series of spacecraft specifically designed to look at the Sun in high-energy wavelength bands. from NASA https://ift.tt/2tseeyr

Laser pointer burns hole in boy's retina A 9-year-old boy burned a hole in his retina by repeatedly looking into a green laser pointer, which doctors discovered after he began complaining of decreased vision.

First case of mosquito-borne Keystone virus found in humans A mosquito-borne illness that could seriously affect the brain and was previously thought to be transmitted only to animals has been found in a human for the first time

Childhood cancer survivor reconnects with favorite nurse 30 years later A child cancer survivor has been reunited with her "life-changing" nurse 30 years after she was told she was dying.

'Migrating' bumps on woman's face discovered to be parasite Tourists headed to the World Cup may want to pack an extra can of bug spray after one woman who recently traveled to a rural area outside of Moscow discovered random bumps on her face was actually a migrating worm, which she likely picked up from a mosquito bite.

Laser pointer burns hole in boy's retina A 9-year-old boy burned a hole in his retina by repeatedly looking into a green laser pointer, which doctors discovered after he began complaining of decreased vision.