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Facebook suspends thousands of apps
Associated Press, Published on 21/09/2019
» Facebook said Friday that it has suspended ``tens of thousands'' of apps made by about 400 developers as part of an investigation following the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
New book leaves Trump furious, 'disgusted' with Bannon
Associated Press, Published on 05/01/2018
» WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump launched a scathing attack on former top adviser Steve Bannon, responding to a new book that portrays Trump as an undisciplined man-child who didn't actually want to win the White House and quotes Bannon as calling his son's contact with a Russian lawyer "treasonous."
US authorities warn kidnapping scams are on the rise
Associated Press, Published on 26/07/2017
» LOS ANGELES -- The caller who rang Valerie Sobel's cellphone had a horrifying message: “We have Simone's finger. Do you want to see the rest of her in a body bag?'
Sri Lankan sex ring in Haiti reveals cracks in UN system
Associated Press, Published on 26/05/2017
» COLOMBO -- When a Haitian teenager alleged that she had been raped and sodomized by a Sri Lankan peacekeeper, the government here dispatched a high-ranking general suspected of war crimes to lead the investigation.
Chicago magazine vendor fights back
Business, Associated Press, Published on 13/10/2015
» CHICAGO: A cable TV ad salesman by day, Matt Smerge had hoped to join in the Chicago Cubs' smashing success this year -- the 19th selling his own, low-budget baseball magazine for $2 a copy right outside Wrigley Field. Nearly all the profits, he says, go into a college fund for his teenage son.
Testimony begins in Phuketwan case
Associated Press, Published on 14/07/2015
» PHUKET — Testimony began Tuesday in a criminal defamation lawsuit filed by the navy against a small news website over a report it posted saying military forces accepted money to assist or turn a blind eye to the trafficking of refugees from Myanmar by sea.
Chinese banks a haven for web counterfeits
Associated Press, Published on 08/05/2015
» SHANGHAI — Kim Sbarcea knew exactly what she wanted. She typed “Tiffany Elsa Peretti mesh earrings” into Google and scrolled through impeccable photos of the delicate US$450 diamond-shaped earrings until she chanced upon a pair for -- deal of deals! -- $32.
US ignores own law to allow imports of Thai fish caught by slaves
Associated Press, Published on 22/04/2015
» WASHINGTON — In its first report on trafficking around the world, the US criticised Thailand as a hub for labour abuse. Yet 14 years later, seafood caught by slaves on Thai boats is still slipping into the supply chains of major American stores and supermarkets.