Thousands of people are expected to witness the official inauguration of Gambia’s new president, Adama Barrow, today in Banjul. The event, to be attended by many African heads of state, also marks the country’s 52nd independence anniversary. Barrow, who was first sworn in on 19 January in the Senegalese capital Dakar, is the third president in the history of independent …
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Parents in Germany told to destroy talking toy ‘My Friend Cayla’
Germany’s Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur), which oversees telecommunications in the country, has recommended the destruction of the Cayla dolls after experts revealed they can be hacked. Researchers say hackers can use an unsecure Bluetooth device embedded in the toy to listen and talk to the child playing with it, posing a potential danger to the child. In the past few …
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The number of cases of severe diseases in Germany’s capital jumped from 13,418 in 2010 to 20,165 in 2016 the State Office for Health and Social Affairs confirmed to Deutsche Welle on Friday, reports Alistair Walsh. Health department figures published by regional daily “Berliner Morgenpost” and confirmed by the department, showed cases of diseases which doctors are legally obliged to report …
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