Facebook's Zuckerberg 'sorry' over Cambridge Analytica 'breach'
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has admitted that the social network "made mistakes" that led to millions of Facebook users having their data exploited by a political consultancy.
Cambridge Analytica is accused of improperly using the data on behalf of political clients.
In a statement, Mr Zuckerberg said a "breach of trust" had occurred.
In a later interview with CNN he said he was "really sorry", and pledged to take action against "rogue apps".
He added that he was "happy" to testify before Congress "if it's the right thing to do".
In his statement posted on Facebook, he promised to make it far harder for apps to "harvest" user information.
Philippines police kill 13 suspects in one day during drug raids
Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody drug war continues with more than a dozen deaths on Wednesday after officers fire ‘in self defence’
Philippine police killed 13 suspected drug dealers and arrested more than 100 people in dozens of anti-narcotics operations on Wednesday in a province north of the capital, its police chief said.
More than 4,000 Filipinos have been killed by police, and thousands more by unidentified armed men, during President Rodrigo Duterte’s controversial 20-month war on drugs. Most killings have been in rundown areas of Manila and the nearby provinces of Bulacan and Cavite.
I fought with the YPG and I'm upset by the patronising reaction to Anna Campbell's death
Last week, 26-year-old Anna Campbell was killed in Rojava, Syria, by advancing Turkish troops or their allied forces. She is the first British woman to die fighting for the YPJ; a feminist, all-woman army established by Kurds in Northern Syria which helped defeat Isis in Kobane, Manbij and Raqqa.
Before arriving in Syria she had been an animal rights, migrant rights and environmental activist. It is no wonder that she was drawn to the Rojava revolution – since gaining autonomy in 2012 from Syria this region has espoused a broad programme of ecology, direct democracy, feminism and anti-capitalism. It was for these very reasons that, like Anna, I joined the YPG (the YPJ’s male equivalent).
Chevron attorney admits humans play role in climate change
Rather than debating the facts of climate change, oil companies in the dock in California are questioning how long a climate consensus has existed. Two cities are suing oil companies for costs related to global warming.
An attorney for the Chevron oil company acknowledged in federal court that the company agreed with the scientific consensus showing humans are responsible for global warming.
But Chevron attorney Theodore Boutrous told the court in San Francisco that the scientific consensus on greenhouse gas emissions was not fully formed until the past decade.
"The notion that we know today of a dynamic changing climate is relatively new in human understanding," he said
Main Street and Wall Street are bracing as the United States prepares to levy more tariffs on China.
President Trump is expected to announce more taxes, or tariffs, on Chinese goods coming into the United States. He is expected to announce the tariffs on China Thursday, according to an administration official.
What's expected to happen
Trump is widely expected to place tariffs on $60 billion worth of Chinese goods coming to the United States. That's a little more than 10% of all Chinese goods sent to the United States in 2017.
Is Bosnia the next Ukraine?
The arrival of a US-blacklisted Russian motorcycle club in Bosnia and Herzegovina as part of their nine-day "Russian Balkans" tour has stoked fears among Bosnian and international authorities.
The Night Wolves are visiting Serbia and Bosnia's Serb-dominated Republika Srpska semi-autonomous region this week. About 20 members arrived on Tuesday.
Their stated purpose is to "research the cultural influence of the Russian empire in the Balkans".
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