Archive for the August 29, 2019
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Italy's anti-establishment Five Star Movement and the centre-left Democratic Party clinched a deal Wednesday to form a new government and stave off elections in the eurozone's third largest economy. Five Star (M5S) said the coalition
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Indonesian authorities shot dead six protesters during a violent clash in its unrest-wracked Papua region Wednesday, according to an eyewitness and a media report, but police disputed that account. Local priest Santon Tekege said chaos
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A charity ship rescued some 100 migrants in the Mediterranean Wednesday, including 22 small children who had survived their foundering dinghy being pummelled by a wave fellow occupants said drowned six people. Charity Mediterranea Saving
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Apple on Wednesday apologized for its digital assistant Siri sharing some of what it heard with quality control workers as it unveiled new rules for handling data from conversations. Under the changes, Apple will allow
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A French researcher has exposed a security breach in an electronic voting system to be used in next month's municipal elections in Moscow, potentially giving hackers access to voters' choices. The University of Lorraine and
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Facebook said Wednesday it would tighten its rules for political ad spending ahead of the 2020 US elections, notably by requiring more information about who is paying for campaign messages. The move is the latest
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The US Treasury placed two Iranian business groups on its sanctions blacklist Wednesday, saying both were important suppliers of Tehran's missile programme and facilitators of its alleged proliferation activities. The Treasury, working with the Federal
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China has refused another planned port call by a US warship amid soaring tensions between the Pacific powers on trade, a US official said Wednesday. "We did recently receive word that it was inconvenient for
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Yemen government forces reclaimed the interim capital Aden and its presidential palace on Wednesday, a minister said, pushing back separatists who seized the city and other parts of the south earlier this month. The separatists'
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Executive Director of Afzaal Memorial Thalassemia Foundation (AMTF) and CSR & CSI Activist for Eradication of Thalassemia from Pakistan, Ateeq Ur Rehman has urged massive donation of blood to overcome blood shortage and saving lives
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