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Obama to guest-edit issue of Wired magazine - 08/31/2016

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES- Is President Barack Obama already thinking about his next job? In the coming months, he will guest-edit an issue of tech-focused Wired magazine. It is the first time a...

NASA probe set to make closest approach yet to Jupiter - 08/29/2016

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES- NASA's Juno space probe on Saturday was set to pass the closest it will get to the planet Jupiter during the main phase of its planned mission to the gas giant, the US...

Relative of Charlie Hebdo killer held on terror-linked charges - 08/28/2016

PARIS, FRANCE- The brother-in-law of one of the jihadists who attacked French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo last year faced terrorism charges on Saturday for allegedly trying to join Islamic State...

Apple issues update after cyber weapon captured - 08/27/2016

SAN FRANCISCO, UNITED STATES, Glenn Chapman- Apple iPhone owners on Friday were urged to install a quickly released security update after a sophisticated attack on an Emirati dissident exposed...

Facebook, Twitter failing on extremist content: UK MPs - 08/25/2016

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM- Facebook, Twitter and Google are not doing enough to prevent their social networks from being used by extremists for a recruitment drive, a panel of British MPs said Thursday....

Oman journalist freed on bail, two colleagues still held - 08/23/2016

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES- An Omani court on Monday released on bail one of three journalists on trial for allegedly criticising the judiciary, the sultanate's human rights commission said. The...

From Solo Cup to an asteroid: NASA's newest space mission - 08/22/2016

MIAMI, UNITED STATES, Kerry Sheridan- The idea for a device that could unveil the origins of life in our solar system began with a Solo cup. Next month, an invention inspired by that plastic,...

Facebook aims for video-loving teenagers with new app - 08/21/2016

SAN FRANCISCO, UNITED STATES- Facebook on Friday took direct aim at video-loving adolescents, and Snapchat, with the release of a new iPhone app that allows teens to watch clips about the lives of...

A North Korean defector's life ... in webtoons - 08/18/2016

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA, Hwang Sung-Hee- When North Korean defector Choi Sung-Guk decided it was time to go public with his experiences, he avoided the well trodden "harrowing memoir" route in favour of a...

Jailed Egypt photographer says he's been 'forgotten' - 08/15/2016

CAIRO, EGYPT, Haitham El-Tabei- Shouting to make himself heard from the soundproof glass dock during a break in his trial, Egyptian photographer Mahmoud Abdel Shakour said he feels he has been...
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