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Laptop Ban Sparks Ire Among Mideast Travellers

Travellers across the Middle East expressed frustration Wednesday at a ban on large electronic devices for flights to...

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Consumers Dissatisfied With Poor Telecom Services

Telecom users are demanding improved service delivery from service providers at a time that competition in the industry...

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New Syria Peace Talks As Fight Comes To Damascus

A fifth round of UN-backed Syria peace talks begins Thursday in Geneva with scant hope of a breakthrough against a...

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Google Apologises After Ads Appear Next To Extremist Content

Google’s European boss has apologised after adverts from major firms and government agencies appeared next to...

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US Stocks Dip On Oil Retreat, Protectionism Fears

Wall Street stocks dipped early Monday with worries about trade protectionism pressuring global markets, while...

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Google Pulls Beauty and the Beast ‘ad’ From Home

Google has removed audio about the movie Beauty and the Beast which played out unprompted on Google Home. “By the...

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Iraq Forces Say Near Mosul Mosque Where IS Declared ‘caliphate’

Elite Iraqi forces said they were battling house by house in the Old City of Mosul on Saturday, inching towards the...

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In Backing Syria’s Assad, Russia Looks To Outdo Iran

In Aleppo, portraits of Russian President Vladimir Putin hang shoulder-to-shoulder with those of his Syrian counterpart...

International

Snap Shares Drop 4 Percent, Fall Below $20 For the First Time

New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) with a Snap Inc. logo hunging on the front Snap Inc shares tumbled below $20 on Thursday...

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Trump Envoy Meets Israeli Settlers In Unusual Move

A top adviser to US President Donald Trump met Israeli settler leaders Thursday in an unusual move that may raise fresh...

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US Jobless Claims Dip In Mid-March

New claims for US unemployment insurance edged downwards in mid-March, continuing a record stretch of low-levels, the...

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New US Home Construction Rebounds In February

Construction of new US housing rebounded in February to its highest level in four months, the Commerce Department...

International

Twitter Accounts Hijacked With ‘Nazi’ Hashtags In Turkish

A diplomatic spat between Turkey, the Netherlands and Germany spread online on Wednesday when a large number of Twitter...

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US 12-Month Consumer Inflation Highest In 5 Years, Up 2.7%

US consumer prices in February rose at the fastest pace in nearly five years compared to the same month of 2016, while...

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Unilever Review Covers Costs, Deals, Balance Sheet

"We do see it as an inflection point," Pitkethly said at the conference in Florida. Unilever (ULVR. L) (UNc.AS) is...

International

Valeant Shares Fall As Ackman Exit Highlights Company’s Challenges

Valeant Pharmaceuticals Inc's stock price fell to its lowest level in eight years on Tuesday after the abrupt exit of...

Business

Tigo-Airtel Merger Could Cut 10% of MTN’s Market Share

Some players in the telecom industry are predicting the biggest telecom operator in the country, MTN, will be the most...

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Antibiotic-Free Meat Gets A Foothold In US

Facing pressure from environmentalists and shareholder activists, major US food companies and restaurant chains are...

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Kwesi Agyeman Busia Takes Over As New DVLA Boss

The Minister for Transport, Mr Kweku Ofori Asiama, has asked the Management and staff of the Driver and Vehicle...