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Facebook blocks 30 accounts ahead of US elections
AFP, Published on 06/11/2018
» SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook said Monday it had blocked some 30 accounts on its platform and 85 accounts on photo-sharing social network Instagram over concerns they may be linked to foreign entities and aimed at interfering in US midterm elections.
On eve of vote, US warns voters to look for Russian fake news
AFP, Published on 06/11/2018
» WASHINGTON - US law enforcement and intelligence agencies said on the eve of crucial US midterm voting they had no indication of efforts to disrupt election infrastructure but that Americans should be wary of Russian attempts to spread fake news.
Iran vows to 'proudly bypass' US sanctions
AFP, Published on 05/11/2018
» TEHRAN - Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said the Islamic republic "will proudly bypass sanctions" by the United States that took effect on Monday targeting the country's oil and financial sectors.
China seeks to rebrand global image with import expo
Published on 04/11/2018
» BEIJING: Facing a blizzard of trade complaints, China is throwing an "open for business'' import fair hosted by President Xi Jinping to rebrand itself as a welcoming market and positive global force.
Poroshenko, Orthodox patriarch sign accord on independent Ukraine church
AFP, Published on 04/11/2018
» ISTANBUL - Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko and the Istanbul-based Orthodox patriarch on Saturday signed an accord that paves the way for the recognition of an independent Ukrainian church, provoking new fury in Moscow.
Russia turns up uninvited to major NATO wargames
AFP, Published on 04/11/2018
» ON BOARD NAVY USS MOUNT WHITNEY (NORWAY) - The whirring of a low-flying Soviet Union-era war plane signalled Russia's uninvited arrival to NATO's biggest military exercise since the end of the Cold War.
Iran braces for new sanctions
Published on 03/11/2018
» TEHRAN: Iran is bracing for the restoration of US sanctions on its vital oil industry on Monday, as it grapples with an economic crisis that has sparked sporadic protests over rising prices, corruption and unemployment.
Plans for huge Arctic ocean reserve blocked
AFP, Published on 03/11/2018
» SYDNEY: A plan to create the world's largest marine sanctuary in Antarctic waters was shot down when a key conservation summit failed to reach a consensus, with environmentalists on Saturday decrying a lack of scientific foresight.
Sacked Pisan wants FAT chief's scalp
Sports, Tor Chittinand, Published on 03/11/2018
» Sacked Football Association of Thailand secretary-general Pisan Jundilok has called for his friend Somyot Poompunmuang to be removed as FAT president.
Elderly Japanese pine for return to 'lost' northern islands
AFP, Published on 02/11/2018
» NEMURO, Japan: Yoi Hasegawa still remembers when armed Soviet soldiers burst into her house just days after Japan's World War II surrender and tried to drag away her teenaged sister.