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Facebook let outside companies read its users' private messages for years
Facebook has been sharing its users' private data with other companies on a scale far beyond what it has publicly admitted, according to leaked internal documents.
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Trump signed letter of intent for Trump Tower Moscow
A newly obtained document shows President Donald Trump signed a letter of intent to move forward with negotiations to build a Trump Tower in Russia, despite his attorney Rudy Giuliani claiming on Sunday the document was never signed.
CNN's Chris Cuomo obtained a copy of the signed letter of intent that set the stage for negotiations for Trump condominiums, a hotel and commercial property in the heart of Moscow. The letter is dated October 28, 2015, and bears the President's signature.
When asked...
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Elon Musk unveils Boring Company tunnel, promising a new era in high-speed transportation
Engineers and workers have been boring the 1.14-mile-long tunnel underneath one of the main streets in Hawthorne, California.
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Japan's view on U.S. ties worsens on Trump's trade push
Japan's popular perception of the country's ties with the United States worsened significantly this year, an opinion poll showed on Wednesday, battered by U.S. President Donald Trump's hostile trade policies.
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Trust for US bondholders sues Venezuela over defaulted debt
A trust representing holders of Venezuelan bonds filed suit in New York federal court Tuesday demanding payment on more than $34 million in unpaid debt. The lawsuit is believed to be the first by a long list of investors not being paid by Venezuela's socialist government as it confronts a
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AP PHOTOS: Editors' picks for 2018 from Asia
The historic summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the riveting drama that unfolded in a cave in northern Thailand and a deadly earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia were just some of the memorable stories from Asia in 2018. Associated Press photographers
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Some advertisers drop Tucker Carlson after immigration remarks: Fox
A number of advertisers have dropped Tucker Carlson's show on Fox News, the network said on Tuesday, after the host said last week that immigration makes the United States "poorer and dirtier and more divided."
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Six baby seals found decapitated in New Zealand bay
Wildlife officials think the seals were killed elsewhere before being dumped from a boat.
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Boarding on obsession: K-pop fans 'falsely' check in on flights to glimpse stars
Korean Air will increase penalties after 35 cases of fans buying tickets to get close to their idols before cancelling
The latest trick employed by K-pop fans desperate to get close to band members, which sees them buy expensive airline tickets and then abruptly cancelling their flight once they have taken photos of their idols, has prompted South Korea’s flagship airline to increase refund penalties for late cancellations.
Korean Air announced the decision days after three fans of the boy band...
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Bipartisan criminal reform bill passes Congress
On the afternoon of September 5, President Donald Trump sat in the Oval Office debating whether to throw his support behind the most extensive overhaul of prison and sentencing laws in years.
Across the room, an unlikely group of allies tried to persuade him to join them. His son-in-law, Jared Kushner -- the driving force behind the effort -- had invited the liberal commentator and former Obama administration official Van Jones and celebrity Kim Kardashian West to the White House for an...
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Tinder fires employees who sued its parent companies
Tinder this week fired multiple employees who were part of a $2 billion lawsuit against the dating app's parent companies, Match Group and IAC/InterActiveCorp. Among the fired employees was Rosette Pambakian, who was Tinder's vice president of marketing and communications.
The lawsuit was brought in August by the co-founders of Tinder and several other employees. It alleged that current owners manipulated the company's valuation to deny them millions. The suit also alleged that Tinder's former...
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Cuba removes support for gay marriage in new constitution after protests
Language saying marriage was between ‘two people with absolutely equal rights’ was dropped due to public pressure
Cuba’s government has backed away from enshrining gay marriage protections in its new constitution after widespread popular rejection of the idea.
Gay rights advocates had proposed eliminating the description in the constitution of marriage as a union of a man and woman, changing it to the union of “two people