Trump team met with Russian lawyer during campaign
Updated 0319 GMT (1119 HKT) July 10, 2017
President Donald Trump's eldest son says he met with an individual he had been told "might have information helpful to the campaign" in June 2016.
Donald Trump Jr.'s statements come in response to The New York Times' reporting that he "was promised damaging information about Hillary Clinton before agreeing to meet with a Kremlin-connected Russian lawyer during the 2016 campaign." The New York Times cited three advisers to the White House briefed on the meeting and two others with knowledge of it.
The revelations underscore the fundamental issue for federal investigators as they probe Russia's interference in last year's election: Did the Trump campaign collude with Russians in an effort to hurt Clinton and win the White House?
Gaza electricity crisis: 'It is the worst I can remember – but we expect it to get worse
Move by Mahmoud Abbas to cut electricity to 2-4 hours a day in escalation of row with Hamas is affecting quality of life for Gazans
In Imad Shlayl’s electronics shop in Gaza City, the customers crowding his store are interested in only two products: LED lights and the batteries to power them.
In the already impoverished Gaza Strip, residents have learned to adapt to the fact that electricity is only available for between two and four hours a day.
But fresh anger was sparked when availability was cut further last month, at the request of the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, in an escalation of his conflict with Hamas, the Islamist group that wrested control of the Gaza strip from forces loyal to Abbas 10 years ago.
US news giants prepare to do battle with Google and Facebook over digital advertising revenue
News Media Alliance sees publishers unite in appeal to Congress for right to negotiate collectively with big social media platforms
Google and Facebook continue to gobble up the digital advertising market, siphoning away revenue that once paid for the quality journalism that Google and Facebook now offer for free.
They are gaining increasing control over digital distribution, so newspapers that once delivered their journalism with their own trucks increasingly have to rely on these big online platforms to get their articles in front of people, fighting for attention alongside fake news, websites that lift their content and cat videos.
And for all of Google’s and Facebook’s efforts to support journalism by helping news organisations find new revenue streams — and survive in the new world that these sites helped create — they are, at the end of the day, the royals of the court. Quality news providers are the supplicants and the serfs.
ANALYSIS
Mosul is in ruins. But it is the idea of Iraq itself that needs to be rebuilt.
Mosul is a pile of rubble. Until you stand in what's left of the western part of the city – a city which, in part, dates back to the 12th century – it's hard to appreciate just how shattered it has been by car bombs, air strikes and gunfire.
The pictures below are not journalistic selectivity. You could point the camera anywhere and capture a similar scene.
So when Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi ventures into these streets to claim victory from Islamic State, he is standing on the bones of his people and the ashes of part of his country's history.
His task as leader will be to rebuild. This will not just be a matter of bricks and mortar. As massive a task as that will be, it's only a small part of his challenge.
'Comfort women': Researchers claim first known film
South Korea has released what it says is the first known footage of "comfort women" forced to work as sex slaves for Japanese soldiers during World War Two.
Filmed by US troops in China, the clip was found by government-funded researchers at Seoul National University in US archives.
The 18-second clip shows several women lined up talking to a Chinese soldier.
South Korean activists estimate 200,000 women were forced into brothels for Japan's military.
They are believed to have been mainly from Korea, but also from China, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Taiwan.
IOC planning refugee team at 2020 Tokyo Games
Today 03:55 pm JST
LAUSANNE, Switzerland
Refugees are likely to compete at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics with the International Olympic Committee planning another refugee team after its first appearance at last year's Rio de Janeiro Games.
The IOC unveiled its first team of refugees last year in an effort to raise awareness of the issue and it was one of the feel-good stories of the 2016 Olympics.
The 10-member team from Syria, Congo, Ethiopia and South Sudan hogged the spotlight after marching as the penultimate team before host nation Brazil in the Opening Ceremony at the Olympic stadium.
The athletes took part in athletics, swimming and judo.
"We are already discussing a potential refugee team for Tokyo 2020," IOC spokesman Mark Adams told reporters on Sunday.
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