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Facebook takes down RM37.26mil pro-Trump disinformation campaign
Facebook Inc has taken down a well-financed campaign that used dozens of artificially generated faces to spread pro-Trump and anti-Chinese government messages, the company and outside researchers said yesterday. Researchers from New York-based Graphika and the Digitial Forensics Research Lab,
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ICC to probe alleged war crimes in Palestinian areas
The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor said yesterday she would launch a full investigation into alleged war crimes in the Palestinian Territories as soon as the court’s jurisdiction had been established. The announcement opens the possibility of charges being filed
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Aussie PM apologises for vacation as firefighters killed in huge blazes
SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison issued a rare public apology today and cut short a Hawaiian vacation in response to mounting public anger after two volunteer firefighters were killed battling bushfires sweeping the country’s east coast. Some areas of
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Exclusive: US probe of Saudi oil attack shows it came from north
WASHINGTON: The United States said new evidence and analysis of weapons debris recovered from an attack on Saudi oil facilities on Sept 14 indicates the strike likely came from the north, reinforcing its earlier assessment that Iran was behind the
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Democrats: Trump is not king, aides should testify in Senate impeachment trial
LOS ANGELES: The Democratic US presidential candidates promised during a debate yesterday to make the case to a divided American public that the impeachment of Donald Trump was necessary, and some said they wanted to hear testimony from top White
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Hezbollah endorsed Lebanon PM, to form new government
BEIRUT: Former minister Hassan Diab, who has the backing of Hezbollah and its allies, gained enough votes from lawmakers on Thursday to be named Lebanon’s new prime minister. President Michel Aoun hosted consultations on Thursday with deputies to pick the
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Source: Goldman Sachs to pay US$2b fine to settle 1MDB probe
Goldman Sachs Group Inc is in talks with the US government and a state regulator to possibly pay up to US$2 billion (RM8.25 billion) and admit guilt to resolve investigations into its role in a Malaysia corruption scandal, according to
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Johnson promises to wrap up Brexit for X’mas, Parliament votes today
The British Parliament will vote on Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal today, a move the prime minister described as delivering on his promise to “get the Brexit vote wrapped up for Christmas” following his landslide election victory. After suffering several heavy
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Two firefighters die as flames circle Sydney, PM cuts short holiday
Two volunteer Australian firefighters died while battling blazes around Sydney, authorities said today, forcing Prime Minister Scott Morrison to cut short a vacation in Hawaii as temperatures were again set to soar. Australia has been fighting wildfires across much of
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Musharraf: Death sentence is a ‘personal vendetta’
Speaking from his hospital bed in Dubai, Pakistan’s former military ruler Pervez Musharraf said a special court’s decision to sentence him to death in a high treason case was the result of a “personal vendetta”. Musharraf, who was tried and
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