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WhatsApp limits message-forwarding to counter fake news
Monitoring Desk WASHINGTON: WhatsApp is limiting all its members to forwarding any single message up to five times in an effort to tackle the spread of false information on the platform, reported BBC. The Facebook-owned business had already introduced the policy in India six months ago. The move followed a number of mob lynchings that were blamed...
Ten sailors dead, 14 saved after two ships catch fire near Crimea
MOSCOW: Ten crew members have been found dead and 14 have been rescued after two ships caught fire in the Kerch Strait near Crimea, Russia’s transport ministry said on Monday, with a rescue operation still underway. The ministry said earlier on Monday that crew members were jumping into the sea to escape the blaze, which probably broke out...
Ambassador of Kyrgyzstan to Ukraine attends annual president’s reception of ambassadors
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Israel, Ukraine ink free trade deal
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands during their meeting in Jerusalem. (Reuters pic)JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ukranian President Petro Poroshenko announced Monday the two countries had signed a free trade agreement. “Today a free trade agreement was signed...
Missile treaty crisis Nato, Russia to hold talks
BRUSSELS: Nato and Russian officials will hold talks this week, the alliance said Monday, with the future of a key Cold War era arms treaty hanging by a thread.Diplomats said the Intermediate Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty will be on the agenda for Friday’s meeting of the Nato-Russia Council, which is also expected to cover the crisis in...
Deadly blast hits cargo ships near Crimea
Smoke rises from a fire at a ship in the Kerch Strait near Crimea. (Reuters pic)MOSCOW: Ten crew members have been found dead and 14 have been rescued after two ships caught fire in the Kerch Strait near Crimea, Russia’s transport ministry said on Monday, with a rescue operation still underway. The ministry said earlier on Monday that crew...
Ten sailors dead, 14 saved after two ships catch fire near Crimea
January 22, 2019 2:07 AMMOSCOW (REUTERS) – Ten crew members have been found dead and 14 have been rescued after two ships caught fire in the Kerch Strait near Crimea, Russia’s transport ministry said on Monday (Jan 21), with a rescue operation still underway. …read more Source: The Straits...
Ten sailors dead, 14 saved after two ships catch fire near Crimea
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Ten crew members have been found dead and 14 have been rescued after two ships caught fire in the Kerch Strait near Crimea, Russia’s transport ministry said on Monday, with a rescue operation still underway. …read more Source: The...
Ten crew members dead after two ships catch fire near Crimea
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Ten crew members have been found dead and 14 have been rescued after two ships caught fire in the Kerch Strait near Crimea, Russian’s transport ministry told Reuters on Monday, with a rescue operation still underway. …read more Source: The...
WhatsApp restricts message-forwarding to fight fake news
WhatsApp is limiting all its members to forwarding any single message up to five times in an effort to tackle the spread of false information on the platform, reported BBC. The Facebook-owned business had already introduced the policy in India six months ago. The move followed a number of mob lynchings that were blamed on fake reports spread via...
