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Facebook losing the war on Myanmar hate speech
Reuters, Published on 16/08/2018
» YANGON: In April, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg told US senators that the social media site was hiring dozens more Burmese speakers to review hate speech posted in Myanmar. The situation was dire.
US urges China to cut trade by $100 billion
Reuters, Published on 16/03/2018
» WASHINGTON: The Trump administration is pressing China to cut its trade surplus with the United States by $100 billion, a White House spokeswoman said on Wednesday, clarifying a tweet last week from President Donald Trump.
Against stereotype, many US teens embrace gun culture
Reuters, Published on 01/03/2018
» SUNRISE, Florida: Reanna Frauens, a lifelong gun enthusiast and a proud member of the Markham Skeet, Trap & Sporting Clays Club, is about the same age as many of the 17 victims killed by a shooter with an assault rifle at a Florida high school about a dozen miles away.
Shell oil heist in Singapore: the story so far
Reuters, Published on 18/01/2018
» SINGAPORE: Singapore authorities say they have uncovered a complex, cross-border scheme to steal large quantities of oil from Shell's biggest refinery.
Bitcoin fever exposes crypto-market frailties
Reuters, Published on 14/12/2017
» LONDON/NEW YORK: As bitcoin raced to another record high on Tuesday, one of the biggest providers of digital currency wallets, Coinbase, went down under the weight of traffic, leaving many of its more than 10 million customers unable to access their funds.
Philippines police kill 26 in 2nd night of bloodshed
Reuters, Published on 17/08/2017
» MANILA - - At least 26 people died overnight in police operations in the Philippines capital Manila, police said on Thursday, a second night of heavy bloodshed this week in an intensification of President Rodrigo Duterte's fierce war on drugs and crime.
Scientists explore new hi-tech ways to cool planet
Reuters, Published on 26/07/2017
» OSLO -- Scientists are sucking carbon dioxide from the air with giant fans and preparing to release chemicals from a balloon to dim the sun's rays as part of a climate engineering push to cool the planet.
US demands more data on foreign travellers
Reuters, Published on 14/07/2017
» WASHINGTON - The US State Department will require all nations to provide extensive data to help it vet visa applicants and determine whether a traveler poses a terrorist threat, according to a cable obtained by Reuters.
Coal plan sparks ire as Myanmar struggles to keep lights on
Reuters, Published on 12/07/2017
» YANGON -- Opposition to a planned $3 billion (102 billion baht) coal-fired power plant in eastern Myanmar - to be developed by Thailand-based TTCL Public Company Ltd - is highlighting the challenges facing Aung San Suu Kyi's government in crafting a coherent energy policy in one of Asia's poorest and most electricity-starved countries.
More blood but no victory in Duterte's drug war
Reuters, Published on 26/06/2017
» MANILA - Launched a year ago, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's brutal war on drugs has resulted in thousands of deaths, yet the street price of crystal methamphetamine in Manila has fallen and surveys show Filipinos are as anxious as ever about crime.