The Facebook Papers may be the biggest crisis in the company’s history
CNN By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Facebook has confronted whistleblowers, PR firestorms and Congressional inquiries in recent years. But now it faces…
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Road-blocking climate protesters resume campaign in London
LONDON (AP) — Environmental protesters pressuring the British government to insulate all homes within a decade have resumed a road-blocking…
Continue Reading Tokyo concerned over China-Russia naval drills near Japan
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan has expressed concern after China and Russia held a joint naval exercise in which 10 of their…
Continue ReadingFDA could authorize a Covid-19 vaccine for kids by this week. Here’s the most important thing to do while we wait, CDC director says
By Susannah Cullinane, CNN As the number of new daily cases of Covid-19 continues to fall in the US, the country awaits a major milestone that could…
Continue Reading 2 Polish troops hurt as migrants try forcing Belarus border
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Officials in Poland say that two soldiers were lightly hurt when a group of some 60 migrants tried to force their way across…
Continue ReadingThe Facebook Papers may be the biggest crisis in the company’s history
By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Facebook has confronted whistleblowers, PR firestorms and Congressional inquiries in recent years. But now it faces a…
Continue ReadingFacebook has known it has a human trafficking problem for years. It still hasn’t fully fixed it
By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Facebook has for years struggled to crack down on content related to what it calls domestic servitude: “a form of…
Continue Reading Israeli settlement plans anger some in governing coalition
By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s plans to advance the construction of thousands of new settlement homes in the…
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Jennifer Aniston leads tributes to ‘Friends’ actor James Michael Tyler following his death
By Toyin Owoseje, CNN Jennifer Aniston has led the tributes to her “Friends” co-star James Michael Tyler following his death, saying the…
Continue Reading Jennifer Aniston leads tributes to ‘Friends’ actor James Michael Tyler following his death
CNN By Toyin Owoseje, CNN Jennifer Aniston has led the tributes to her “Friends” co-star James Michael Tyler following his death, saying…
Continue Reading Opponents of critical race theory seek to flip school boards
By MICHAEL MELIA Associated Press GUILFORD, Conn. (AP) — In school board races around the country, activists are running against critical race…
Continue Reading Taiwanese delegation in Prague to boost ties; China protests
PRAGUE (AP) — Taiwanese government ministers are visiting the Czech capital accompanied by dozens of business and research representatives to boost…
Continue Reading Spanish volcano more active, spews ‘giant lava fountain’
MADRID (AP) — Officials say a volcano erupting for the past five weeks on the Spanish island of La Palma is more active than ever. New lava flows…
Continue Reading Sudan’s military dissolves transitional government in coup
CNN By Yasir Abdallah, Kareem El Damanhoury, Mostafa Salem, Jennifer Deaton and Kara Fox, CNN Sudan’s military dissolved its power-sharing…
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Facebook knew it was being used to incite violence in Ethiopia. It did little to stop the spread, documents show
By Eliza Mackintosh, CNN Facebook employees repeatedly sounded the alarm on the company’s failure to curb the spread of posts inciting violence…
Continue ReadingDoctors are often unaware of the only treatment for early Covid-19
By Elizabeth Cohen, CNN Senior Medical Correspondent On September 17, Mayra Arana made the phone call she says saved her life. Arana had been…
Continue Reading Liz Weston: Money mistakes could signal dementia
By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet Paying bills late can be an early symptom of dementia — and it can happen years before diagnosis. If you have a family…
Continue Reading Apple once threatened Facebook ban over Mideast maid abuse
By JON GAMBRELL and JIM GOMEZ Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Two years ago, Apple threatened to pull Facebook and Instagram…
Continue Reading Facebook’s language gaps weaken screening of hate, terrorism
By ISABEL DEBRE and FARES AKRAM Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Across the Middle East, journalists, activists and others have…
Continue Reading Canary Islands: Child dies after urgent migrant boat rescue
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Emergency agencies in Spain’s Canary Islands say a child who was among dozens of migrants rescued from a boat drifting in…
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