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Police at the scene where counter-terrorism officers are investigating after a couple were left in a critical condition, in Amesbury, England, Thursday, July 5, 2018. For the second time in four months, two people lie critically ill in England's Salisbury District Hospital after being exposed to a military-grade nerve agent developed in the Soviet Union, British police confirmed late Wednesday. (Steve Parsons/PA via AP)

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UK town faces new reality: Another nerve agent poisoning

by Gregory Katz Associated Press, Danica Kirka Associated Press, and Jill Lawless Associated PressJuly 5, 2018

A pedestrian walks by a Comcast Service Center in Miami. Comcast CEO Brian Roberts said Sky’s 23 million customers and leading positions in the U.K., Italy and Germany would provide “significant opportunities for growth.”

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Comcast challenges Murdoch with rival bid for UK-based Sky

by Danica Kirka Associated PressApril 26, 2018

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attends a meeting with China's Defense Minister Wei Fenghe in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, April 5, 2018. Russia's top diplomat has dismissed the recent expulsions of Russian diplomats as a mockery of international law. Two dozen countries have kicked out a total of more than 150 Russian diplomats in a show of solidarity with Britain, which blames Russia for last month's poisoning of a former Russian spy in Britain. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

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Daughter of poisoned spy says she’s getting stronger daily

by Danica Kirka Associated Press, and Vladimir Isachenkov Associated PressApril 5, 2018

Chief Executive of Cambridge Analytica (CA) Alexander Nix, leaves the offices in central London on Tuesday. Cambridge Analytica, has been accused of improperly using information from more than 50 million Facebook accounts. It denies wrongdoing.

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Academic says he’s being scapegoated in Facebook data case

by Danica Kirka Associated Press, and Gregory Katz Associated PressMarch 21, 2018

The offices of Cambridge Analytica (CA) in central London, after it was announced that Britain's information commissioner Elizabeth Denham is pursuing a warrant to search Cambridge Analytica's computer servers, Tuesday March 20, 2018. Denham said Tuesday that she is using all her legal powers to investigate Facebook and political campaign consultants Cambridge Analytica over the alleged misuse of millions of people's data. Cambridge Analytica said it is committed to helping the U.K. investigation. (Kirsty O'Connor/PA via AP)

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Zuckerberg asked to testify in Facebook data theft

by Danica Kirka Associated Press, and Gregory Katz Associated PressMarch 20, 2018

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May, centre, is briefed by members of the police as she views the area where former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter were found critically ill, in Salisbury, England, Thursday, March 15, 2018. May on Wednesday expelled 23 Russian diplomats, severed high-level contacts and vowed both open and covert action following the incident. (Toby Melville/PA via AP)

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US, France, Germany blame Russia for nerve agent attack

by Jill Lawless Associated Press, Danica Kirka Associated Press, and Vladimir Isachenkov Associated PressMarch 15, 2018

Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May speaks in the House of Commons in London, Monday.

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British PM: Russia ‘highly likely’ behind ex-spy’s poisoning

by Jill Lawless Associated Press, and Danica Kirka Associated PressMarch 12, 2018

A police tent is framed by police tape covering the the spot where former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter were found critically ill Sunday following exposure to an "unknown substance" in Salisbury, England, Wednesday, March 7, 2018. Britain's counterterrorism police took over an investigation Tuesday into the mysterious collapse of the former spy and his daughter, now fighting for their lives. The government pledged a "robust" response if suspicions of Russian state involvement are proven. Sergei Skripal and his daughter are in a critical condition after collapsing in the English city of Salisbury on Sunday. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

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UK police: Russian ex-spy was attacked with nerve agent

by Danica Kirka Associated Press, and Jill Lawless Associated PressMarch 7, 2018

Staff from the #OneLess campaign and Thames21 waterways charity prepare to bag and take away plastic bottles they used to make a heart during a media event organized to promote public awareness of the single-use plastic bottles that end up in rivers.

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Amid a flood of plastic, big companies try to clean up image

by Danica Kirka Associated PressFebruary 21, 2018

A member of British Library staff poses for a picture pointing at the Philosopher's Stone on the 16th-century Ripley Scroll, which describes how to make a Philosopher's Stone, at the "Harry Potter - A History of Magic" exhibition at the British Library, in London, Wednesday Oct. 18, 2017. The exhibition running from Oct. 20, marks the 20th anniversary of the publication of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, showing items from the British Library's collection, and items from author J.K Rowling and the book publisher's collection. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland)

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Harry Potter exhibit marks 20th anniversary of first book

by Danica Kirka Associated PressOctober 18, 2017