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UK political shock as Zuckerberg spurns parliament
AFP, Published on 27/03/2018
» LONDON: Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday turned down a request by British parliament members to appear before them to respond to concerns about data privacy as the European Union set a deadline for the US social media giant to respond to its own questions.
Earth-bound Chinese spacelab plunging to fiery end
AFP, Published on 27/03/2018
» PARIS - An uncontrolled Chinese space station weighing at least seven tonnes is set to break up as it hurtles to Earth on or around April 1, the European Space Agency has forecast.
More countries expel Russian diplomats
Associated Press, Published on 27/03/2018
» LONDON: Two dozen countries including the United States and many European Union states, have announced they are expelling a total of more than 130 Russian diplomats, in a show of solidarity with Britain over the nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy in England.
Prayut delays decision on digital TV relief measures
Aekarach Sattaburuth and Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 27/03/2018
» Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha has deferred by one week the decision on whether to use his special powers to help digital TV and 900-MHz mobile operators amid conflicting views on the issue.
Lebanese suspect charged with murdering Filipina maid
Associated Press, Published on 27/03/2018
» BEIRUT: Lebanon's state-run news agency is reporting that a Lebanese man has been charged with murdering a Filipina maid whose body was found stuffed in a freezer in Kuwait.
Britain hails 'turning point' after Russian spy expulsions
AFP, Published on 27/03/2018
» LONDON: Britain Tuesday hailed the mass expulsion of suspected Russian spies around the world as a "turning point" for the West's attitude to a "reckless" Russia, as Moscow prepared its response.
Putin blames 'criminal negligence' for fire that killed 41 children
AFP, Published on 27/03/2018
» MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday blamed the mall fire that killed at least 64 people in the Siberian city of Kemerovo on "criminal negligence" as he visited the site two days after the tragedy.
Dozens of Chinese navy ships drill in South China Sea
Reuters, Published on 27/03/2018
» HANOI/HONG KONG: Dozens of Chinese naval vessels are exercising this week with an aircraft carrier in a large show of force off Hainan island in the South China Sea, satellite images obtained by Reuters show.
KBank waives fees for digital banking
Online Reporters, Published on 27/03/2018
» Kasikornbank will waive fees for money transfers and bill payments through its internet and mobile banking channels from Wednesday to the end of this year.
For exhausted Ghouta evacuees, a long bus ride out of 'hell'
AFP, Published on 27/03/2018
» QALAAT AL-MADIQ (SYRIA) - As the bus sets off, a young Syrian girl glues her face to the window to watch the ruined buildings of her hometown in Syria's Eastern Ghouta slip by one last time.