Telstra, Vodafone and Optus will be selling the controversial company’s latest phone design, the P30 series, which experts are saying trumps the latest iPhone and Samsung options.
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British MPs set to vote on series of Brexit options | Sky News AustraliaBritish MPs will soon to say what alternative Brexit plans they support in a series of indicative votes after they moved to seize control of the Commons agenda.\n\nMinisters will likely vote this week on the seven Brexit options, including a customs union, a second referendum, revoking Article 50 or a no-deal departure.\n\nMany MPs are now claiming only a second referendum or a general election will be able to break the deadlock.\n\n\n
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Polar bears are multiplying, despite global warming: Zoologist | Sky News AustraliaZoologist and author Dr Susan Crockford says polar bears have continued to increase their numbers since sea ice levels have decreased, with the current population hovering at about 39,000. \n\nThis figure is a rise from an estimated 5,000 to 15,000 in the 1960s, and 25,000 in 1993, meaning a 50 per cent growth over the past 25 years.\n\nDr Crockford says this shows that global warming activists and experts were wrong in their predictions for the vulnerable species.\n\nDr Crockford says the hunting ban on polar bears has helped the species multiply, and that bears are stronger at swimming, finding food and relocation than experts ‘gave them credit for’.\n\n\n
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Qld school bans students from using mobile phones | Sky News AustraliaResearcher have suggested implementing time limits on daily phone use to improve overall wellbeing Sharon_Horwood: The advice for parents is don’t be afraid to have a lot of control over your kids' devices, it’s not a human right to have a device. MORE:
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Facebook bans white nationalism and separatism content | Sky News AustraliaFacebook has announced it will ban praise or support for white nationalism and white separatism as part of a stepped-up crackdown on hate speech.\n\nThe social media giant's policies already banned posts endorsing white supremacy as part of its prohibition against spewing hate at people based on characteristics such as race, ethnicity or religion.\n\nThe ban had not applied to some posts because it was reasoned they were expressions of broader concepts of nationalism and for people's identity, according to the social network.\n\nThe social media giant says it will begin implementing the ban from next week. \n\n\n\n\n
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Facebook bans white nationalism and separatism content | Sky News AustraliaFacebook has announced it will ban praise or support for white nationalism and white separatism as part of a stepped-up crackdown on hate speech.\n\nThe social media giant's policies already banned posts endorsing white supremacy as part of its prohibition against spewing hate at people based on characteristics such as race, ethnicity or religion.\n\nThe ban had not applied to some posts because it was reasoned they were expressions of broader concepts of nationalism and for people's identity, according to the social network.\n\nThe social media giant says it will begin implementing the ban from next week. \n\n\n\n\n
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Unvaccinated kids banned from New York schools amid measles outbreak | Sky News AustraliaA suburb of New York City has banned unvaccinated children from public places for at least 30 days as it battles a measles outbreak.\n\nMore than 150 people have been infected since the autumn, prompting Rockland County to declare a state of emergency.\n\nUnder the measures, any under 18s who are not vaccinated against measles are barred from shopping centres, schools, restaurants and even places of worship.\n\nAnyone who violates the ban could face criminal charges and up to six months in jail.\n\n\n\n\n
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Australia's north braces for two severe tropical cyclones | Sky News AustraliaResidents in Northern Australia are on high alert with two severe tropical cyclones expected to make landfall this weekend.\n\nTropical Cyclone Trevor has prompted mass evacuations, with residents sheltering in Darwin and Katherine from the storm, which is pushing gale-force winds, rain and tidal surges 300 kilometres out from its core, late on Friday.\n\nPeople in Western Australia's north have been warned to prepare for Tropical Cyclone Veronica as the system moves towards the Pilbara region.\n\nImage: News Corp Australia \n\n\n\n\n
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