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EU renews calls to Facebook, Twitter to fight fake news 22 Mar 2019 - 09:44 pm
Twitter, along with Facebook and Alphabet Inc.’s Google, signed a code of conduct in September pledging to fight disinformation online in Europe. Google and Facebook have also started to deploy transparency tools for political ads in Europe after an initi
From California to Oslo: foreign subsidies fuel Norway's e-car boom, for now 22 Mar 2019 - 08:48 pm
An employee works on the automobile assembly line of Bluecar electric city cars at Renault car maker factory in Dieppe, western France, September 1, 2015. Reuters/Philippe Wojazer
Piles of pigs: Swine fever outbreaks go unreported in rural China 22 Mar 2019 - 08:48 pm
Workers in protective suits disinfect a vehicle at a checkpoint on a road leading to a farm owned by Hebei Dawu Group where African swine fever was detected, in Xushui district of Baoding, Hebei province, China February 26, 2019. Reuters/Hallie Gu
North Korea, seeking food aid, links sanctions to shortages 22 Mar 2019 - 07:01 pm
Farmers in a field as a section of the Great Wall is seen on the Chinese side of the Yalu River north of the town of Sinuiju in North Korea and Dandong in Chinese Liaoning province, April 2, 2017. Reuters/Damir Sagolj
American Airlines pilots will test 737 MAX software fix in Boeing simulator 22 Mar 2019 - 07:01 pm
A technician prepares to check Garuda Indonesia's Boeing 737 Max 8 airplane parked at the Garuda Maintenance Facility AeroAsia, at Soekarno-Hatta International airport near Jakarta, Indonesia, March 13, 2019. Reuters/Willy Kurniawan
Suspicion and strife strain Ethiopian plane crash probe 22 Mar 2019 - 07:01 pm
Candle flames burn during a commemoration ceremony for the victims at the scene of the Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET 302 plane crash, near the town Bishoftu, near Addis Ababa, Ethiopia March 14, 2019. Reuters/Tiksa Negeri
Facebook stopped Bangladeshi ad farm targeting utah in midterms 22 Mar 2019 - 07:01 pm
Silhouettes of laptop users are seen next to a screen projection of Facebook logo in this picture illustration taken on March 28, 2018. (Reuters/Dado Ruvic)
Former Blackwater contractor in Myanmar security venture 21 Mar 2019 - 11:02 pm
Myanmar personnel stand guard while a mob looks on following unrest at an Internally Displaced People camp for Muslim Rohingyas on the outskirts of Sittwe town in Rakhine State on August 9, 2013. (AFP)
Opinion: Apple's growth depends on Androids 21 Mar 2019 - 09:40 pm
A woman sets up her facial recognition as she looks at her Apple iPhone X at an Apple store in New York, November 3, 2017. Reuters/Lucas Jackson
Boeing to offer safety feature as standard in 737 MAX software upgrade 21 Mar 2019 - 09:19 pm
Visitors watch as a Boeing 737 Max lands after an air display during the Farnborough Airshow, south west of London on July 16, 2018. AFP/Ben Stansall
Amazon to launch mobile ads, in a threat to Google & Facebook 21 Mar 2019 - 09:19 pm
A smartphone being operated in front of GAFA logos-acronym for Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon as background in Hédé-Bazouges, western France, on September 28, 2017. AFP/Damien Meyer
India taps indebted Jet Airways’s rivals to take over planes 21 Mar 2019 - 08:43 pm
A SpiceJet passenger aircraft taxis on the runway at the airport next to a slum area in Mumbai December 19, 2014. Reuters/Shailesh Andrade
India state banks want Jet Airways' Goyal to reduce stake to 10%: CNBC-TV18 21 Mar 2019 - 08:43 pm
A Jet Airways Boeing 777-300ER taxis at San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, California, February 16, 2015. Reuters/Louis Nastro
Land lost, families uprooted as Myanmar pushes industrial zones 20 Mar 2019 - 09:26 pm
Residents fetch water in Myaing Thar Yar village, who were relocated for the Thilawa Special Economic Zone, about 23 km (9.3 sq miles) southeast of Yangon, Myanmar, February 12, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Rina Chandran
Asia's coal addiction puts chokehold on its air-polluted cities 20 Mar 2019 - 08:01 pm
Indian pedestrians walk near the India Gate monument amid heavy smog in New Delhi  (AFP file photo)
Jet Airways crisis worsens as Indian government steps in, pilots threaten strike 20 Mar 2019 - 12:00 am
Jet Airways aircraft stand on tarmac at the domestic airport terminal in Mumbai, September 9, 2009. Reuters/Punit Paranjpe
Opinion: Ericsson teaches Anil Ambani - and India - a lesson 19 Mar 2019 - 08:08 pm
Anil Ambani, Chairman of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, attends the annual general meeting of Reliance Communication in Mumbai September 4, 2012. Reuters file photo/Danish Siddiqui
An Indian software firm calls $480 million hostile bid a ‘grave threat’ 19 Mar 2019 - 09:31 am
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