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Facebook says the company has removed 32 pages and accounts from its social media sites ahead of midterm elections in the United States. In a statement July 31, Facebook said those removed had violated company policy barring inauthentic coordinated b

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New findings from an American space rover on Mars show that much of the planet might have been too salty to sustain life. But scientists are not ruling out the possibility of life altogether, as Sky's Alistair Bunkall reports Of all the planets in t

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Yesterday, the Conservation Minister, Dr Nick Smith, went to Akaroa near Christchurch to tell local people that part of the harbour will be a marine reserve. A marine reserve is like a park for recreation in the sea. It means that nobody can catch fi

Yahoo confirms 400,000 user accounts stolen by hackers

SAN FRANCISCO, July 12 (Xinhua) -- Yahoo on Thursday confirmed that hackers had stolen around 400,000 account credentials from its computer system. In a statement to technology blog TechCrunch, Yahoo said that approximately 400,000 Yahoo! and other c

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By Michael Bowman Washington 28 March 2007 The United States' top monetary official says the country's economy continues to grow and create jobs, but is hindered by several factors, including negative developments in the housing industry. VOA's Micha

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Suspect in Wildlife Reserve Attack Escapes The manhunt has resumed for the leader of a DRC militia that attacked a wildlife reserve in June. Six people were killed and 14 endangered forest giraffes, known as Okapi were slaughtered. He had been in the

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WFP: Ethiopia's Emergency Food Reserve Near Zero The head of the U.N. World Food Program (WFP) in Ethiopia says the country's emergency food stocks are almost completely exhausted, with drought conditions expected to worsen before they improve. There

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AILSA CHANG, HOST: We're learning more today about ongoing cyberattacks against political targets in the United States. We've been talking a lot about how Russia has been involved in disinformation campaigns, but now they're not the only state actor

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China cuts its reserve ratio again

BEIJING, May 13 (Xinhuanet) - China's central bank announced on Saturday it would lower the reserve requirement for commercial lenders by 50 basis points, the second time it has taken such action this year to inject more market liquidity and shore up

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By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 19 May 2007 In the West African nation of Senegal, fewer than 10 per cent of people have accounts at traditional banks. Such accounts have traditionally been seen as only for the very rich. But a growing network of branches ext

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WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- Nearly a fifth of all Americans 12 years or older have hearing loss so severe that it may make communication difficult, according to a new study led by Johns Hopkins University researchers and published Monday in the A

JPMorgan Loss Hits $5.8 Billion

The largest U.S. bank, JPMorgan Chase, says it lost $5.8 billion in bad trades this year, nearly triple its original estimate. The Wall Street investment bank said two months ago it estimated that losses originating in its London trading office would

2018年CRI African countries discuss using RMB as reserve currency

Finance officials from 14 nations in eastern and southern Africa have gathered in Zimbabwe, discussing the possibilities of using the Chinese yuan as a reserve currency in the region. They are also vowing to use the Chinese currency more often with t

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