Thursday, 8 March 2018

U.S.' Tillerson says African countries should weigh Chinese loans carefully

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Thursday that African countries should weigh Chinese loans carefully, while adding that Washington was not trying to keep Chinese investment away from the continent.


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Germany looks to revise social media law as Europe watches

BERLIN (Reuters) - A German law requiring social media companies like Facebook and Twitter to quickly remove hate speech from their sites is set to be revised following criticism that too much online content is being blocked, according to officials.


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Afghanistan drone strike kills 20 Pakistani Taliban, officials say

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suspected U.S. drone strike on a training camp in an isolated part of Afghanistan's eastern province of Kunar on Wednesday killed more than 20 Pakistani Taliban preparing to launch suicide attacks in Pakistan, officials said.


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Exclusive: China plans to create energy ministry in government shake-up - sources

BEIJING (Reuters) - China plans to create an energy ministry to oversee the country's vast oil and gas sectors, part of a planned government shake-up aimed at making policymaking more efficient, four sources with ties to the country's leadership said.


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The $560 million secret behind this lottery ticket - Washington Post


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The $560 million secret behind this lottery ticket
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The mysterious winner of a $560 million lottery ticket in New Hampshire has finally claimed her prize, through her legal team, but she is still fighting to keep her identity a secret. William Shaheen, a lawyer for the woman who has thus far remained ...
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Danish inventor denies murder in Swedish journalist death trial: lawyer

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Danish inventor Peter Madsen denies murdering Swedish journalist Kim Wall aboard his homebuilt submarine in August but admits indecent handling of a corpse, his defense lawyer said at the opening of his trial in Copenhagen on Thursday.


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UPDATE 2-China Feb exports surge most in 3 years as global trade war fears build - Reuters


UPDATE 2-China Feb exports surge most in 3 years as global trade war fears build
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BEIJING, March 8 (Reuters) - China's exports unexpectedly surged at the fastest pace in three years in February, suggesting both its economy and global growth remain resilient even as trade relations with the United States rapidly deteriorate. Trade ...

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NYT: Trump asked witnesses about special counsel conversations - CNN


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NYT: Trump asked witnesses about special counsel conversations
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Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump reportedly asked his former chief of staff Reince Priebus if special counsel investigators had been "nice" during his interview, according to The New York Times, citing two people familiar with the conversation ...
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911 call led Clinton police to the wrong home. That mistake led to an officer's death - Kansas City Star


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911 call led Clinton police to the wrong home. That mistake led to an officer's death
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An error led Clinton police officers to the wrong address Tuesday night, where a dramatic gunfight ultimately killed an officer, injured two others and left the shooter dead. The trace of a 911 call in which two women could be heard screaming — but ...

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Officer killed in line of duty was sent to wrong house after 911 call - New York Post


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Officer killed in line of duty was sent to wrong house after 911 call
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Missouri police officer who was shot and killed and two others who were wounded had been sent to the wrong house following a 911 call, authorities said Wednesday. Missouri Highway Patrol Sgt. Bill Lowe said no one spoke when the ...

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Tillerson says African countries should weigh Chinese loans carefully

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Thursday that African countries should weigh Chinese loans carefully, while adding that Washington was not trying to keep Chinese investment away from the continent.


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FBI Used Paid Informants On Best Buy's Geek Squad To Flag Child Pornography - NPR


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FBI Used Paid Informants On Best Buy's Geek Squad To Flag Child Pornography
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The FBI paid Best Buy Geek Squad employees as informants, rewarding them for flagging indecent material when people brought their computers in for repair. That's according to documents released to the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital civil ...
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U.S. Secretary of State says African countries should weigh Chinese loans carefully

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Thursday that African countries should weigh Chinese loans carefully but said Washington was not trying to keep Chinese investment from the continent.


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U.S. Holocaust museum rescinds award to Myanmar's Suu Kyi

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum has rescinded its top award to Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi because of her failure to condemn and stop military attacks on her country's minority Rohingya Muslims, the museum said on Wednesday.


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