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1. Decolonise Diego Garcia The International Court of Justice says Britain should relinquish its control of the Chagos Archipelago, which it "wrongfully" seized from Mauritius in the 1960s, and from which the inhabitants were evicted so the US could build an airbase on the largest atoll, Diego Garcia. The Mauritius-based Chagos Refugees Group was elated. The court considered the matter at the request of the UN General Assembly. A UK foreign office spokesperson said: "This is an advisory opinion, not a judgment. Of course, we will look at [it] carefully." 2. Bezos gives Confounding critics who say he’s tightfisted, Amazon boss Jeff Bezos has emerged as the US’s biggest donor to charity. According to the Chronicle of Philanthropy’s list of the US’s top 50 donors, Bezos gave $2bn to good causes in 2018 — a mere 1.5% of his estimated $137bn fortune. Second was former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg ($767m; $6bn over the years) and third Pierre and Pam Omidyar of eBay ($392m). Mark Zuck...
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