Facebook Inc plans to add a dating service, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Tuesday, marking the first time the world’s largest social media network has actively tried to help people form romantic relationships. Zuckerberg told software developers at Facebook’s annual F8 conference that a dating service would be a natural fit for a company …
U.S. regulators on Tuesday issued warnings to 13 companies selling e-cigarette liquids for using child-friendly images in their packaging, in the latest crackdown aimed at preventing tobacco sales to minors. The packaging resembles that of juice boxes, candy or cookies, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Federal Trade Commission said, noting a recent …
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Чоловік, який ударив народного депутата від «Блока Петра Порошенка» Мустафу Найєма, залишив Україну через дві години після сутички, повідомила речниця прокуратури Києва Надія Максимець у Facebook. «На сьогодні вже відомо, що цей чоловік через дві години після сутички, а саме о 19:38 30 квітня 2018 року, перетнув державний кордон і літаком Київ – Баку покинув …
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Armenian opposition leader Nikol Pashinian called for a general strike in response to parliament failing to elect him interim prime minister. His comments were carried live by RFE/RL’s Armenian service, as he addressed mass crowds of supporters in Yerevan. …
RFE/RL Afghan service journalist Sabawoon Kakar was buried in Kabul on May 1, a day after he was killed in a suicide bombing. His colleague Abadullah Hananzai, was buried on April 30, as was Maharram Durrani — who was training to become a journalist at RFE/RL’s Kabul bureau. They were all killed in the same …
The U.S. government’s watchdog on Afghanistan says the number of Afghan security forces has decreased by nearly 11 percent during the past year as security in the country has deteriorated. …
Pakistan’s environmental protection agency is installing air quality monitors and warning factories to add pollution filters after a panel of the country’s top judges ordered the government to detail its efforts to control worsening air pollution. The court ruling earlier this month followed a lawsuit by a Karachi man challenging the government’s failure to control …
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When Travis Reinking’s semi-automatic rifle was confiscated after his attempt to enter the White House last year, he simply moved from Illinois to nearby Tennessee where signs of mental illness are no bar to gun ownership. How and when Reinking’s father returned the AR-15-style weapon and other firearms to his 29-year-old son, accused of shooting …
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U.S. President Donald Trump has postponed a decision on imposing steel and aluminum tariffs on Canada, the European Union and Mexico until June 1, and has reached an agreement in principle with Argentina, Australia and Brazil, a source familiar with the decision said on Monday. The decision came just hours before temporary exemptions were set …
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