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Companies in the UK are being urged to check their details following a major glitch on the Companies House website which potentially exposed the personal data of millions of firms.

From BBC

"A large fire broke out in the Fujairah Oil Industries Zone as a result of being targeted by a drone, with no injuries reported," Fujairah authorities said, adding "efforts continue to bring it under control".

From Barron's

The coalition agreement could be announced this week, though details are still being discussed, the Journal reported.

From Barron's

"You can think of magnetism as being derived from tiny bar magnets sitting at the atomic sites in a crystal lattice," he said.

From Science Daily

The birds have a number of nicknames, with the most unusual being 'the goatsucker'.

From BBC