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Twitter chief 'unprepared' for weaponised politics
AFP, Published on 06/09/2018
» WASHINGTON: Twitter was "unprepared and ill-equipped" for the vast campaigns of manipulation that affected social media in the past few years, chief executive Jack Dorsey told lawmakers Wednesday.
Newsmen among 16 dead in twin Kabul suicide bombings
AFP, Published on 06/09/2018
» KABUL: At least 16 people were killed by twin blasts at a Kabul wrestling club on Wednesday that left another 60 wounded, including four journalists, officials said, in the latest assault on the Afghan capital.
Paraguay to move its embassy in Israel back to Tel Aviv
AFP, Published on 06/09/2018
» ASUNCION - Paraguay said Wednesday it was moving its embassy in Israel back from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv, prompting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to order the closure his country's mission in the South American country in retaliation.
US, Canada working in 'good faith' to salvage three-country NAFTA
AFP, Published on 06/09/2018
» WASHINGTON - The US and Canada were working in "good faith" to salvage a continental free trade deal on Wednesday, but Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned he would stand firm on key issues as he questioned Donald Trump's respect for trade rules.
Israel retaliates after Paraguay says embassy to leave Jerusalem
AFP, Published on 06/09/2018
» ASUNCION - Paraguay said on Wednesday it was moving its embassy in Israel back from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv, prompting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to order the closure of Jewish state's mission in the South American country in retaliation.
Anonymous official says Trump staff working against 'amoral' president
AFP, Published on 06/09/2018
» WASHINGTON - Top members of Donald Trump's administration are so alarmed by the president's "erratic" and "amoral" behavior that they are actively working to undermine him, an anonymous "senior official" wrote in The New York Times Wednesday.
Anonymous official says Trump staff working against 'amoral' president
AFP, Published on 06/09/2018
» WASHINGTON - Top members of Donald Trump's administration are so alarmed by the president's "erratic" and "amoral" behavior that they are actively working to undermine him, an anonymous senior official wrote in The New York Times Wednesday.
Houses buried, dozens missing as 6.7 quake jolts Hokkaido
Published on 06/09/2018
» TOKYO: An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.7 rocked Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido early Thursday, cutting power supplies, disrupting public transportation and causing mudslides that buried houses, authorities said.
Landslides after powerful 6.6 magnitude quake hits Japan's Hokkaido
AFP, Published on 06/09/2018
» TOKYO - A powerful 6.6-magnitude quake rocked the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido Thursday, triggering landslides, collapsing houses, and killing at least one person with around 20 missing.
Two Koreas agree to hold September summit in Pyongyang: Seoul
AFP, Published on 06/09/2018
» SEOUL - Kim Jong Un will meet the South's President Moon Jae-in at a summit in Pyongyang in September to discuss nuclear disarmament, Seoul said Thursday.