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Former DOJ officials call on Attorney General Barr to resign
WASHINGTON: More than 1,000 former US Justice Department officials yesterday called for Attorney General William Barr to resign over his handling of the trial of a longtime adviser of President Donald Trump. The former officials, who served under both Republican
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UK post-Brexit rules to ‘turn off tap’ of low-skilled foreign labour
LONDON: Britain will “turn off the tap” of foreign, low-skilled labour and require all skilled workers wishing to come to the country to have a job offer and meet salary and language requirements as it sets post-Brexit rules from next
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Treat Facebook like something between a telco and a newspaper, says CEO
MUNICH: Online content should be regulated with a system somewhere between the existing rules used for the telecoms and media industries, Facebook (FB.O) CEO Mark Zuckerberg told global leaders and security chiefs yesterday. Speaking at the Munich Security Conference in
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Twitter says Olympics, IOC accounts hacked
Twitter (TWTR.N) said yesterday that an official Twitter account of the Olympics and the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) media Twitter account had been hacked and temporarily locked. The accounts were hacked through a third-party platform, a spokesperson for the social
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Blasts hit US coalition base in Baghdad, damage unknown
Several blasts hit a US-led coalition military base in Baghdad early today from an apparent rocket attack, a US military official said. The official did not immediately say if the attack caused any casualties or significant damage. Rocket attacks which
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Chinese tourist in France becomes first to die in Europe of coronavirus
SHANGHAI/PARIS: An 80-year-old Chinese tourist infected with the coronavirus has died in France, the first fatality in Europe and the fourth outside mainland China from an epidemic that has shut Chinese factories, curbed travel and disrupted global supply chains. The
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R. Kelly accused of sex with teen girl in 1990s as indictment is updated
Singer R. Kelly, already facing trial in three states on sexual abuse, child pornography, kidnapping and obstruction of justice charges, has been hit with an updated indictment in Chicago stemming from a newly-identified victim, court documents showed yesterday. The superseding
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Bryant named Basketball Hall of Fame finalist, three weeks after death
CHICAGO: Three weeks after Kobe Bryant, one of the most dominant players in NBA history, was killed with his daughter and seven others in a helicopter crash, the global sports icon was named a finalist to the Basketball Hall of
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Emboldened, Trump defends right to interfere in criminal cases
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump yesterday said he has “the legal right” to interfere in criminal cases, capping a tumultuous week that raised questions about whether he is eroding the independence of the US legal system. Trump’s criticism of the
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White House memo says strike on Soleimani in response to past attacks
US President Donald Trump ordered a drone strike that killed a top Iranian military commander last month in response to past attacks, the White House said in a memo released yesterday, despite previous administration assertions that it was due to
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