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US Justice Department, FBI probing Cambridge Analytica: report

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The US Justice Department and the FBI are investigating Cambridge Analytica, the British marketing analytics firm embroiled in the Facebook data scandal, and have questioned potential witnesses, The New York Times reported Tuesday. CA has vehemently denied exploiting data obtained from up to 87 million Facebook users for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, claiming it deleted data obtained in breach of the social network’s terms of service. The company announced early this […]

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Malaysia poll win offers hope: Anwar

  SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Jailed Malaysian leader Anwar Ibrahim Wednesday said his country was on the verge of a new “golden era”, with the toppling of a corruption-riddled regime offering hope to people “clamouring for freedom” everywhere. But Anwar, a leading member of the People’s Justice Party that teamed with former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad to oust scandal-tainted premier Najib Razak, also cautioned that “one election does not a democracy make”. “I always believed in […]

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Japan economy shrinks after two years of growth

    TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan’s economy shrank for the first time in two years in the first quarter of the year amid weak consumption, official data showed Wednesday. The world’s third-largest economy contracted by 0.2 percent quarter-on-quarter in the January-March period, compared with growth of 0.1 percent at the end of 2017, the Cabinet Office said. Private consumption was flat after an uptick of 0.2 percent in the final quarter of last year. Private […]

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As Mexico marks journalist Valdez’s murder, another colleague killed

by Miriam Ramírez © Agence France-Presse CULIACAN, Mexico (AFP) — A Mexican journalist was murdered Tuesday, the fourth of 2018, as the country mourned acclaimed reporter and writer Javier Valdez on the first anniversary of his killing. Juan Carlos Huerta was shot dead as he left his home in a suburb of Villahermosa, the capital of the southern state of Tabasco, the state government said. The 45-year-old radio and television journalist had a wife and two […]

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US moving ahead with N. Korea summit prep: State Dept

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States said Tuesday it was moving ahead with preparations for a much-anticipated summit next month between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, after Pyongyang appeared to cast doubt over the event. “We will continue to plan the meeting,” State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert told reporters, adding that Washington had received “no notification” of a position change by North Korea. “We have not heard anything from that […]

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N. Korea casts doubt on Trump summit

  SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea on Wednesday called into question a much-anticipated and unprecedented summit between its leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump. Pyongyang also cancelled high-level talks due Wednesday with Seoul over the Max Thunder joint military exercises being held between the US and the South, Seoul said. “There is a limit to the amount of good will and chances we can give,” the North’s official news agency KCNA […]

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Iran FM hails ‘good start’ in talks with EU to save nuclear deal

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — Iran’s foreign minister on Tuesday hailed talks with the EU to try to find a way to rescue the Iran nuclear deal after the US pulled out as a “good start”. “I believe it’s a good start. We’re not there, we’re beginning the process,” Mohammad Javad Zarif told reporters after meeting his French, British and German counterparts in Brussels. The three European signatories to the landmark 2015 deal are leading international efforts to […]

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Cyclists bike through New York City’s five boroughs

By Patrick Palugod EBC New York Bureau NEW YORK (Eagle News) – One of the worst days of traffic in New York City was the absolute best day of the year for cyclists – the TD Five Boro Bike Tour. Approximately 32,000 participants at North America’s largest cycling event got to pedal their way through all five boroughs of NYC on a 40-mile route, completely free of traffic. The usual scene of cars, buses, and […]

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Putin leads historic opening of Crimean Bridge, longest in Russia, Europe

(Eagle News Service) —  Only a month after the opening of the Simferepol Airport which was Crimea’s infrastructure showcase, the peninsula, once again, takes the global center stage as Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin unveiled the megabridge that connects the Crimean city of Kerch with the Krasdonar region in southern Russia. Called the Crimean Bridge, it is longer than the Vasco da Gama Bridge in Lisbon, making it not only the longest bridge in Russia […]

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Gaza toll rises to 59 with more protests against Israel planned

by Joe Dyke and Adel Zaanoun Agence France Presse GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories (AFP) — Fresh protests were expected Tuesday a day after Israeli forces killed 59 Palestinians during clashes and protests along the Gaza border against the US embassy opening in Jerusalem in the conflict’s bloodiest day in years. Palestinians on Tuesday mark the Nakba, or “catastrophe,” commemorating the more than 700,000 Palestinians who fled or were expelled in the 1948 war surrounding Israel’s […]

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Random ID checks at Australia airports amid terror fears

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australian police will be able to conduct random identity checks at airports under sweeping new security laws, the government said Tuesday, amid heightened terror fears following an alleged plot to bring down a plane. There has been growing concern over attacks by radicals inspired by Islamic State and other groups, with a failed effort last year in Sydney to target an Etihad flight with a crude bomb. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull […]

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Dismantling of N. Korea nuclear site ‘well under way’: US monitor

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Satellite photos indicate North Korea has begun dismantling its nuclear test site ahead of a historic summit between leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump, a US monitor said Tuesday. In a move welcomed by Washington and Seoul, North Korea said at the weekend it will “completely” destroy the Punggye-ri test site, in a ceremony scheduled between May 23-25 in front of invited foreign media. Punggye-ri, in the northeast […]

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