For the First Time, Facebook Spells out What It Forbids
NEW YORK — If you've ever wondered exactly what sorts of things Facebook would like you not to do on its service, you're in luck. For the first time, the social network is publishing detailed guidelines to what does and doesn't belong on its service — 27 pages worth of them, in fact.
Cambodian Opposition Supporters Attack Police At Protest
PHNOM PENH (DPA) — Clashes between police and opposition supporters broke out in Phnom Penh Tuesday over the barricading of a park to prevent anti-government protests.
Chinese Worker Killed During Anti-China Protest in Vietnam
HANOI (DPA) — A Chinese worker has been killed after anti-China protests turned violent at a Taiwanese-owned steel mill in central Vietnam, a local official said Thursday.
Mainland China Virus Cases Rise Again After Earlier Decline
BEIJING (AP) — Mainland China reported another rise in cases of the new virus Monday after a sharp decline the previous day, while the number of deaths grew by 97 to 908, with at least two more outside the country.
Indonesian President Calls for Reformed UN, New Economic Order
JAKARTA (DPA) — Indonesian President Joko Widodo called Wednesday for a new economic order in the world and reforms to the United Nations.
EU Leaders Agree to Ban 90% Of Russian Oil by Year-end
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders agreed Monday to embargo most Russian oil imports into the bloc by year-end as part of new sanctions on Moscow worked out at a summit focused on helping Ukraine with a long-delayed package of new financial support.
Report Suggests Russia Hackers Breached US Voting Software Firm
WASHINGTON — Russian hackers attacked at least one U.S. voting software supplier days before last year's presidential election, according to a government intelligence report...
US Deserter to NKorea Who Married Japan Abductee Dies
TOKYO - Charles Jenkins, a U.S Army deserter to North Korea who married a Japanese abductee and lived in Japan after their release, has...
The Bank of Japan Ends the Negative Rate With Its First Rate Hike in...
TOKYO - The Bank of Japan on Tuesday scrapped its negative interest rate policy in its first rate hike in 17 years, overhauling the...
Colin Powell: A Trailblazing Legacy, Blotted by Iraq War
WASHINGTON (AP) — A child of working-class Jamaican immigrants in the Bronx, Colin Powell rose from neighborhood store clerk to warehouse floor-mopper to the highest echelons of the U.S. government. It was a trailblazing American Dream journey that won him international acclaim and trust.