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The European Commission on Thursday slapped a 110-million-euro (122-million-dollar) fine on Facebook for providing deceptive information during a 2014 EU investigation into the company’s acquisition of the mobile messaging service WhatsApp.The

HONG KONG (AP) — Death is inevitable but it doesn’t have to be bad for the environment.Caskets made of paper and wicker coffins on display at a recent Hong Kong funeral industry trade highlighted a trend toward “green burials&rdquo

The European Commission (EC) has banned Zimbabwe’s struggling flag airline, Air Zimbabwe, from their airspace over safety concerns.On Tuesday, the EC said they had updated the European Union (EU) Air Safety List, the list of non-European

Hanoi (dpa) – A woman has been detained at Ho Chi Minh City’s airport carrying leopard skins, ivory, and other African wildlife products,local media reported Monday.The suspect, a 62-year-old Vietnamese national, was caught at Tan Son

Microsoft on Sunday slammed governments for stockpiling software vulnerabilities, saying last week’s ransom-ware cyber attack on 150 countries should be a “wake-up call” to them.“This attack provides yet another example of

MOSCOW, May 14 (Sputnik) – The Russian missile attack warning systems registered a launch of ballistic missile from the North Korean territory, however the launch has not posed any threat to Russia, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a

BUJUMBURA, May 14 (ANA) – Chinese Vice President Li Younchao has announced that China has decided to increase its aid to Burundi.At the end of his three-day visit to Burundi on Friday, Li said Burundi was a long-time friend that China was not

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A spokesman says Zimbabwe’s 93-year-old president isn’t sleeping in meetings. He’s just protecting his eyes.The state-run Herald newspaper on Thursday quoted spokesman George Charamba as saying

One in five Australians have been the victim of so-called “revenge porn” or other image-related abuse, a new study released on Monday said.The national survey of 4,274 people by researchers from Australia’s RMIT and Monash