Chinese tech company ByteDance censors media criticizing the Chinese government over apps for news aggregation in Indonesia until mid-2020, Reuters reported Thursday. In 2018, ByteDance bought the Indonesian news aggregation app Baca Berita (BaBe) after the country briefly banned the tech giant’s TigTok video sharing platform. Shortly after BaBe’s acquisition …
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Trump said he expects more countries to “follow the lead of the United Arab Emirates.” August 13, 2020, 5:30 p.m. 5 min reading Share on FacebookShare on TwitterEmail this article President Donald Trump said Thursday in a surprise announcement that Israel and the United Arab Emirates had agreed to normalize …
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Democrats dismissed it as a Frisian group of conspiracy-minded elots. Moderate Republicans longed for the potential to tarnish the image of their party, while more conservative lawmakers carefully sought to harness the energy of their roots. Sympathetic media outlets covered his rallies, painting it as an emerging strain of populist …
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The Justice Department on Thursday announced the “dismantling of three cyber-enabled terrorist financing campaigns”, targeting efforts by the al-Qassam Brigades – the military wing of Hamas – Al Qaeda and ISIS. U.S. officials said these terrorist groups used cryptocurrency and social media to raise money from around the world for …
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If you are in the process of refinancing your mortgage, you may end up paying more than you expected. Fannie Mae FNMA, + 1.42% and Freddie Mac FMCC, + 1.67% announced Wednesday night that they will now charge a 0.5% negative market fee on all refinances, including both cash-out and …
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