Facebook promises crackdown on fake news in Australia
Social media giant Facebook Inc said on Friday it would strengthen measures to fight fake news in Australia and briefly block foreigners from buying political advertisements in the lead-up to a national election due in a few weeks.
Firefighters start to contain South Korean wildfires; thousands evacuated
Thousands of firefighters and soldiers are starting to contain wildfires in South Korea on Friday which have killed one person and forced more than 4,000 people to flee their homes, the South Korean government said.
Taliban storms west Afghanistan district, kills dozens
Hundreds of Taliban fighters stormed a district in Afghanistan’s western Badghis province, with both Afghan government forces and the insurgent group suffering dozens of casualties, provincial officials said.
New Zealand massacre suspect charged with 49 more mosque murders
Australian Brenton Tarrant appeared in a New Zealand court on Friday where the suspected white supremacist was charged with an additional 49 counts of murder at two mosques last month.
Brazil rejects U.N. appeal not to revise history by denying 1964 military coup
The government of Brazil’s right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro has rejected an appeal by a United Nations expert not to revise Brazilian history by denying a military coup occurred in 1964.
Thousands flee wildfire in South Korea’s eastern coast, one dead: Yonhap
A wildfire in South Korea killed one person and forced more than 4,000 people to flee their homes, Yonhap news agency reported on Friday.
See us if you can? GCHQ surveillance agency reveals London base
A nondescript red brick building tucked away beside a pub near a park in central London was revealed on Friday to have been the base of one of the world’s most sophisticated spy services – Britain’s GCHQ eavesdropping agency.
Brazil’s Bolsonaro warms to old-style politics to push pension bill
Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro appealed to leaders of five big centrist parties on Thursday to back his pension reform plan, resorting to the traditional political methods he had condemned during the election campaign.
Brazil’s Bolsonaro sees pension bill approval after meeting party leaders
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday after meeting with party leaders that he expects Congress to pass his pension reform bill aimed at reducing Brazil’s budget deficit.
Australia announces disability inquiry as election looms
Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison, in one of the government’s last moves before an imminent election, said on Friday a powerful public inquiry into the country’s disability care would run for three years and address abuse, neglect and exploitat…
