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Canada Indigenous language included Google Translate has added a language called Inuktut to its translation service. Inuktut is spoken by nearly 40,000 Inuit people in Canada. The Inuit are indigenous people (the descendants of those who lived somewhere before another culture arrived and took over) who live in northern Canada, Greenland and Alaska. New York City, US Rules change on crossing roads A law has been changed so that people in New York can cross the road wherever they like, instead of only at pedestrian crossings. Crossing elsewhere is known as “jaywalking”. Lots of people were fined (ordered to pay money as punishment) up to £200 for jaywalking but officials say issuing fines took up too much police time. The Azores, Portugal Protecting the ocean A group of islands called…

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