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US: ISIS extremists in Iraq ‘remain a threat’

Daily Dispatch March 28, 2018

Extremists from the Islamic State terror group still remain a threat, a report from the Inspector-Generals of the departments of Defence, State and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) warned. “ISIS [Islamic State] itself has not been eliminated,” the report said. “If Iraq does

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Govt shuts 23 radio stations for promoting witchcraft

Daily Dispatch March 28, 2018

Ugandan authorities have shut down 23 radio stations for “promoting witchcraft’’ and trying to con people out of money. The stations’ licencses were suspended after they had guests on air who claimed they could heal diseases like HIV, Pamela Ankunda, the Uganda Communications Commission spokesperson, told dpa on Wednesday. “The radios have been promoting witchcraft. […]

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BREAKING: Facebook announces new steps to protect users’ privacy

Daily Dispatch March 28, 2018

Facebook said Wednesday it would overhaul its privacy settings tools to put users “more in control” of their information on the social media website. “We’ve heard loud and clear that privacy settings and other important tools are too hard to find and that we must do more to keep people informed,” Chief Privacy Officer Erin […]

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Data privacy: Zuckerberg turns down invite to appear before British lawmakers

Daily Dispatch March 27, 2018

Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday turned down a request by British lawmakers to appear before them to respond to concerns about data privacy as the European Union set a deadline for the US social media giant to respond to its own questions. Zuckerberg instead offered to send one of his deputies as the US […]

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How 41 children died in Siberia shopping mall fire

Daily Dispatch March 27, 2018

There are 41 children among those killed in a major fire in a shopping center in the Siberian city of Kemerovo, a source in the region’s emergencies service told Sputnik. “There are names of 41 children on the list of victims,” the source said. On Sunday, the major fire broke out in the Zimnyaya Vishnya […]

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BREAKING: EU gives Facebook two weeks to answer data scandal questions

Daily Dispatch March 27, 2018

The European Union has given Facebook two weeks to answer questions raised by the scandal over personal data harvested from the social network, according to a copy of a letter obtained by AFP on Tuesday. “Have any data of EU citizens been affected by the recent scandal?” the EU’s justice commissioner Vera Jourova wrote Facebook, […]