After nearly seven years, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange left the embassy where he'd been protected and immediately was arrested by London police. He's been charged by U.S. officials and will now fight extradition. In India, hundreds of millions of voters head to the polls but won't know the results of their national election for more than a month. And watch what you say to Alexa - Amazon might be listening to a lot more than you think.

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