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Twitter, Facebook ban fake users
Associated Press, Published on 21/12/2019
» NEW YORK: Twitter has identified and removed nearly 6,000 accounts that it said were part of a coordinated effort by Saudi government agencies and individuals to advance the country's geopolitical interests.
100 protesters still holding out in Hong Kong university
Associated Press, Published on 19/11/2019
» HONG KONG: About 100 anti-government protesters remained holed up at a Hong Kong university on Tuesday, unsure what to do next as food supplies dwindled and a police siege of the campus in its third day.
39 truck death victims in UK were all from China
Associated Press, Published on 24/10/2019
» LONDON: All 39 people found dead in a container truck near an English port were Chinese citizens, British police confirmed Thursday as they pressed to investigate one of the country's deadliest cases of people smuggling.
Ford to cut 12,000 jobs in Europe
Associated Press, Published on 27/06/2019
» FRANKFURT: Ford Motor Co says it is shedding 12,000 jobs in Europe as it streamlines its operations in the region to increase profitability.
40 countries agree to require automatic braking systems
Associated Press, Published on 12/02/2019
» GENEVA: A UN agency says 40 countries led by Japan and the European Union — but not the US or China — have agreed to require new cars and light commercial vehicles to be equipped with automated braking systems starting next year.
Sicilian airport reopens amid Mount Etna's latest eruption
Associated Press, Published on 25/12/2018
» ROME: Italy's Catania airport resumed full operations Tuesday, a day after an ash cloud from Mount Etna's latest eruption in eastern Sicily forced it to shut down.
Elon Musk unveils his underground transport tunnel
Associated Press, Published on 19/12/2018
» LOS ANGELES: Elon Musk unveiled his underground transportation tunnel on Tuesday, allowing reporters and invited guests to take some of the first rides in the revolutionary, albeit bumpy, subterranean tube - the tech entrepreneur's answer to "soul-destroying traffic".
French paramedics, students join riotous protests
Associated Press, Published on 04/12/2018
» PARIS: Anti-government protesters gained new allies Monday as French paramedics and students joined ongoing rallies while the prime minister met with political rivals in a bid to ease the anger following riots that rocked Paris.
West accuses Russia of global cyber-plots
Associated Press, Published on 05/10/2018
» BRUSSELS: The United States and other Western nations levelled a torrent of new allegations against Moscow's secretive GRU military spy agency on Thursday, accusing its agents of hacking anti-doping agencies, plane crash investigations and a chemical weapons probe as well as launching cyberattacks that rocked America's 2016 election and crippled Ukraine in 2017.
Death toll rises, flights resume in Japan quake
Associated Press, Published on 08/09/2018
» SAPPORO: Japanese rescue workers and troops searched on Saturday for the missing for a third straight day in a northern hamlet buried by landslides from a powerful earthquake. Power was restored to most households and international flights resumed to the main airport serving the Hokkaido region.