Facebook paid users, including teens, to track their smartphone activity as part of an effort to glean more data that could help the social network's competition efforts, according to a new report that may raise

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Australia has unveiled plans to develop a network of police training centres in the Pacific, stepping up efforts to boost law and order in Papua New Guinea and across the region. Australian Federal Police told

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A grenade attack on a Mosque in the troubled southern Philippines killed two people early Wednesday, authorities said, just days after a deadly Catholic cathedral bombing and a vote backing Muslim self-rule in the region.

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US President Donald Trump upped the public row with his own intelligence services Wednesday in tweets slamming them as "naive" on Iran and in need of schooling. The broadside was a riposte to a far

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The United States accused Russia and China of not fully reporting their nuclear programmes Wednesday and called for more transparency, amid US threats to withdraw from a key arms control treaty. A senior US official

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Nickel prices rose to a three-month high on Wednesday as investors worried that one of the world's largest producers, Brazilian miner Vale, could curtail supply in an already tight market. Benchmark nickel on the London

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Middle East crude benchmarks were mixed on Wednesday as Oman's premium edged up, while cash Dubai's premium dipped. Taiwanese refiner Formosa Petrochemical closed a tender to buy Oman crude for April loading although the result

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Oil prices rose on Wednesday, as US government data that showed signs of tightening supply and investors remained concerned about supply disruptions following US sanctions on Venezuela's oil industry. US crude futures rose 92 cents

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Benchmark Tokyo rubber futures rose on Wednesday on falling production, despite losses in Shanghai futures market. Tokyo Commodity Exchange (TOCOM) futures, which set the tone for rubber prices in Southeast Asia, were also supported by

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Malaysian palm oil futures rose on Wednesday, recovering from their largest fall in two weeks in the previous session, as expectations of better export data lifted market sentiment. The benchmark palm oil contract for April

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