SAN FRANCISCO/LONDON (Reuters) – Opinion polls published on Sunday in the United States and Germany indicated that a majority of the public were losing trust in Facebook over privacy, as the firm ran advertisements in British and U.S. newspapers apologizing to users. Fewer than half of Americans trust Facebook to obey U.S. privacy laws, according
Kurdish-led forces seized the Isil’s main hub of Hajin Friday, a milestone in a massive and costly US-backed operation to eradicate the jihadists from eastern Syria. The Syrian Democratic Forces secured Hajin, the largest settlement in what is the last pocket of territory controlled by Isil, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. "After a
The Weinstein Company reportedly plans to file for bankruptcy protection after last-ditch talks to sell the studio collapsed. The company board of directors said late Sunday that bankruptcy is the only “viable option” after negotiations “concluded without a signed agreement,” according to Reuters. The board said it “has no choice but to pursue the only
The doomed 1845 voyage of Sir John Franklin to the Northwest Arctic Passage was one of the greatest disasters of British polar history, ending in the deaths of 129 crewmen. Now the Inuit community where the wreckage of the HMS Terror and its sister the Erebus were found say its curse has been reawakened – and is
TORONTO — Starbucks is closing about 1,100 Canadian locations this afternoon for training on race, bias and inclusion. In a letter to customers, Starbucks Canada president Michael Conway says the training will involve sharing experiences, listening to experts, reflecting on the realities of bias in society and talking about how employees can create public spaces
New York’s skyline was filled with an eerie, pulsating blue light that caused scattered power outages and flight delays on Thursday night, prompting a storm of jokes about an alien invasion on social media. The city’s police department assured residents the source was rather more mundane; a transformer explosion at an electrical plant had produced
VANCOUVER — The city of Vancouver is moving to legalize short-term rental accommodation like Airbnb but operators will only be able to advertise their principal residence. Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson said Wednesday that new regulations to be enacted next week are designed to protect and free up rental housing in response to a critically low
Japan has chosen the character for ‘disaster’ to symbolise 2018. The public chose the symbol following a series of natural disasters. In July, 200 people died in floods and millions were evacuated from their homes, and mere days later 65 people died in a heatwave that hospitalised more than 20,000 people. The country was also hit by an
NEW YORK — Stella Artois says it’s recalling beer packaged in 330 millilitre glass bottles as a safety precaution. The company says some bottles have a flaw that may cause a small piece of glass to break off and possibly fall into the beer. Stella Artois said the bottles were manufactured by one of its
Cuba will leave out of its new constitution changes that would have paved the way for legal same-sex marriage, despite majority support in local assemblies, a government official said Tuesday. It was a surprising twist given public support nationwide for the reform and earlier remarks from lawmakers in the Americas’ only one-party Communist regime. The measure