(CNN) An independent United Nations investigation into alleged human rights abuses carried out against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar has called for the country's military leaders to be investigated and prosecuted for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. ....
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A court in Myanmar is set to hand down verdicts on Monday in the case of two Reuters journalists accused of obtaining secret state documents.
Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, are charged with breaching the Official Secrets Act, which carries a …
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The nonprofit organization behind “Sesame Street” has been awarded a $100 million grant from the MacArthur Foundation, the largest of its kind, to create programming for children displaced by Syria’s civil war.
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President Donald Trump vetoed a tweet from the White House that paid tribute to late Senator John McCain’s achievements, according to the Washington Post.
The newspaper reported Sunday that the leader didn’t want to send out a message that called the man who fought in the …
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As the US-China trade war rages on, two Chinese tech companies are facing a new headache: Australia’s government has joined the US in effectively banning its wireless carriers from buying gear for 5G networks from Huawei and ZTE.
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(Reuters) – Investors on Monday will render their verdict on Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk’s decision to abandon a proposed $72 billion buyout to take the luxury electric car maker private. ..
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"He’s a decent family man, citizen, that I just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues," McCain said when a constituent appeared to question Obama’s citizenship....
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A few years ago, a man named Paul Ceglia filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit against Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, claiming that the two signed a software development contract in 2003 with provisions conveniently giving Ceglia retroactive co-ownership of …
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Tesla Tesla’s Semi truck has already made some city-to-city trips, but how does it fare on cross-country jaunts — you know, what it’ll be doing when it enters service? Just fine, if you ask Elon Musk.
In response to an Electrek piece on the Semi’s latest visit (to Arkansas …
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Big U.S. technology companies are involved in the construction of one of the most intrusive citizen surveillance programs in history, HuffingtonPost notes in a new report.
From the story: For the past nine years, India has been building the world’s biggest biometric database by collecting the...
Daimler Mercedes is nearly done with showing off concepts and prototypes for the EQC.
The automaker has teased the production version of the electric SUV in a video that promises a full reveal at its September 4th event in Stockholm. While it’s only the briefest peek, the clip makes …
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The Chinese government announced it will reform the transportation industry to safeguard passengers, three days after a female passenger was allegedly raped and murdered by a Didi Chuxing driver last Friday.
Provinces and autonomous regions are now tasked with setting up passenger safety...
Neil Simon, the enormously productive comic playwright who often adapted his work into screenplays, died on early Sunday morning. He was 91.
The cause of death was complications from pneumonia, according to Bill Evans, his longtime friend and publicist. ...
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South African farmers have demanded Donald Trump “leave us the hell alone” after the US president criticised the country’s land reform plans, accusing him of trying to deflect attention from his own scandals.
“The people were furious about …
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WAR veterans have dismissed former President Robert Mugabe’s half-hearted congratulatory message to newly inaugurated President Emmerson Mnangagwa, slamming the former state leader for sending his “innocent” daughter to take his place at the Sunday event.
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Days of mourning for the Arizona senator, including a lying-in-state in the Capitol Rotunda and the pomp of a service in Washington’s National Cathedral, are certain to become about more than simply honoring a singular political leader and national hero.
In Washington, even death is...
Sunday's Rodong Sinmun newspaper, the official mouthpiece of the ruling Worker's Party of Korea, called out what it claims were US military movements in the region as practice for a potential invasion of Pyongyang.
North Korean state media has accused the US …
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Several people have been killed in a mass shooting at a video game tournament in the northern Florida city of Jacksonville, local police said Sunday, adding that one suspect was dead.
“Multiple fatalities at the scene, many transported,” the Jacksonville Sheriff’s...
Former United Nations Secretary-General and Noble prize laureate Kofi Annan will be buried in his home country Ghana on Sept 13, the West African nation’s president said on Friday.
Nana Akufo-Addo told a delegation of ...
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