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Facebook Prunes ‘shocking’ News Feed Posts

Websites that harbour “disruptive, shocking or malicious” adverts will appear less frequently on user’s news...

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Google Search Changes Tackle Fake News and Hate Speech

Google is changing the way its core search engine works to help stop the spread of fake news and hate speech. The...

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Apple Takes Swatch To Court Over ‘Tick Different’ Ads

Apple has filed a complaint against Swatch in a Swiss court over the use of the phrase Tick Different in a marketing...

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Trump Pivots To Tax Reform After Obamacare Shipwreck

After a crushing defeat in the effort to repeal Obamacare, the Trump administration is hoping for smoother sailing on...

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Zuma Orders S.Africa Finance Minister’s Return From UK

South African President Jacob Zuma has ordered his finance minister to return from an overseas investment trip, the...

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Uber President Jeff Jones Steps Down

Uber president Jeff Jones is leaving the company after less than six months. A source at the taxi booking app told the...

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Uber President Jeff Jones Steps Down

Uber president Jeff Jones is leaving the company after less than six months. A source at the taxi booking app told the...

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Israeli Patient Burns Nurse Alive At Clinic

An elderly man burnt a nurse alive at a clinic in central Israel on Tuesday after apparently being dissatisfied by the...

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FBI and CIA Launch Criminal Investigation Into ‘malware Leaks

US federal agencies have launched a criminal investigation into the public release of documents said to detail CIA...

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US Challenges Kremlin With New Russian TV Channel

Nearly three decades after it helped topple communist totalitarian regimes in Eastern Europe, US-funded Radio Free...

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Kidnapped German Archaeologists Freed In Nigeria

This is the excavation site from where the Germans were kidnapped Two German citizens who were rescued from kidnappers...

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Trump To Skip Correspondents’ Dinner As Media Row Heats Up

President Donald Trump ratcheted up an increasingly hostile feud with the media, announcing he will skip a century-old...

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Foreign-Owned Shops Attacked In South Africa

More than 30 foreign-owned shops were looted last night in two neighbourhoods in South Africa’s capital, Pretoria, a...

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Foreign-Owned Shops Attacked In South Africa

More than 30 foreign-owned shops were looted last night in two neighbourhoods in South Africa's capital, Pretoria, a...

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Far-Right Firebrand Yiannopoulos In Trouble Over Pedophilia Remarks

Milo Yiannopoulos, a firebrand editor of right-wing news site Breitbart, has lost a book deal and a speaking engagement...

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Blackberry Sues Nokia In Patent Clash

Blackberry wants Nokia to pay to use some of its data transmission patents Blackberry is suing Nokia over claims that...

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Angolan Vice-President Faces Corruption Charges In Portugal

Portuguese prosecutors are bringing charges of corruption, money-laundering and forgery against Angolan Vice-president...

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Morocco’s Independence Party Leader Accuses State of Liquidating Opponents

Morocco’s Interior Ministry filed a lawsuit against the accusations of the Secretary-General of the Independent Party...

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YouTuber Admits Fifa Gambling Offences

Two men who ran a betting website connected to the Fifa video game have pleaded guilty to offences under the UK’s...