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Zuckerberg promises a privacy-friendly Facebook, sort of

Thursday, 7 March 2019, 10:45 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Facebook, which grew into a colossus by vacuuming up your information in every possible way and using it to target ads back at you, now says its future lies in privacy-oriented messaging that Facebook...

China's Huawei sues to challenge US security law

Thursday, 7 March 2019, 10:43 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Chinese tech giant Huawei is challenging a U.S. law that labels the company a security risk and would limit its access to the American market for telecom equipment. Huawei Technologies Ltd.'s...

Beverly Hills star Luke Perry dies at 52 after suffering stroke

Monday, 4 March 2019, 19:36 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Luke Perry, who gained instant heartthrob status as wealthy rebel Dylan McKay on "Beverly Hills, 90210," died Monday after suffering a massive stroke, his publicist said. He was 52. Perry was...

UK's Labour says it will back new Brexit vote

Monday, 25 February 2019, 19:29 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Britain's main opposition Labour Party has thrown its weight behind efforts to hold a new referendum on the country's European Union membership. The party has previously said it would support a...

Vatican defrocks former US cardinal McCarrick over sex abuse

Saturday, 16 February 2019, 11:08 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Pope Francis has defrocked former U.S. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick after Vatican officials found him guilty of soliciting for sex while hearing Confession and sexual crimes against minors and adults,...

Notorious drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman convicted

Tuesday, 12 February 2019, 18:51 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Mexico's most notorious drug lord, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, was convicted Tuesday of running an industrial-scale smuggling operation after a three-month trial packed with Hollywood-style tales of...

French yellow vest protesters back on the streets

Saturday, 2 February 2019, 10:43 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

France's yellow vest protesters are taking to the streets to keep pressure on French President Emmanuel Macron's government, for the 12th straight weekend of demonstrations. Multiple protests are...

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