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SAN FRANCISCO, May 7 (Xinhua) — Ride-service company Uber is under a criminal investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice for its use of a software to deliberately evade local transportation regulators, two sources familiar with the matter told the Reuters. The software, known as Greyball, uses data collected from the Uber app and other […]
Read MoreMOGADISHU, May 7 (Xinhua) — Somali security forces killed a senior Al-Shabaab leader heading the group in Lower Shabelle region on Friday in southern Somalia, a government official confirmed on Sunday. Information Minister Abdirahman Omar Osman said the security forces killed Moalin Osman Abdi Badil alongside his three associates in a raid in Bariiree area, […]
Read MoreJERUSALEM, May 7 (Xinhua) — Israel’s cabinet on Sunday voted in favor of the controversial “Nationality Bill,” which claims Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people and cancels Arabic as a formal language. The bill was approved by the Ministerial Committee for Legislation, but it still needs to pass three rounds of votes in […]
Read MorePARIS, May 7 (Xinhua) — Polling stations opened on France’s European mainland on Sunday for the decisive round of a presidential election crucial for both the country and the European Union (EU). Nearly 47 million voters are expected to cast their ballots, choosing between pro-Europe, pro-business centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron, and anti-immigration, anti-EU far-right leader […]
Read MoreJUBA, May 7 (Xinhua) — The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) said Sunday it has deployed peacekeeping troops to Aburoc in the Upper Nile region to help enable the delivery of much needed humanitarian assistance. Head of UNMISS David Shearer said the peacekeeping troops’ immediate focus will be on securing the roads to […]
Read MoreMANILA, May 7 (Xinhua) — Troops from Australia and Japan will participate in the annual joint exercises between U.S. and Philippine militaries that will officially kick off on Monday, a Philippine military spokesman said on Sunday. Maj. Celeste Sayson, Balikatan public affairs director, said 2,600 U.S. troops and 2,800 Philippine troops will participate in this […]
Read MoreKIRKUK, Iraq, May 7 (Xinhua) — Five suicide bombers affiliated with the extremist Islamic State (IS) group and two Kurdish security members were killed on Sunday in an attack on a Kurdish military base near Iraq’s northern city of Kirkuk, a local security source told Xinhua. The attack occurred at about 3:30 a.m. local time […]
Read MorePARIS, May 7 (Xinhua) — The two presidential candidates facing off in the final round of a watershed election for both France and Europe casted their votes on Sunday morning. Centrist former economy minister Emmanuel Macron arrived at a polling station in Le Touquet, north France, accompanied by his wife Brigitte, and casted his vote […]
Read MoreDHAKA, May 7 (NsNewsWire) — Samsung Electronics, the global leader in Consumer Electronics, has inaugurated its first Executive Briefing Center (EBC) in Bangladesh considering the prospect in Enterprise Solutions Category in Bangladesh. Country’s first EBC in Banani has been opened in collaboration with Fair Distribution Limited (FDL). The executive briefing center is the place where […]
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