Opinion polls published yesterday in the United States and Germany cast doubt over the level of trust people have in Facebook over privacy, as the firm ran advertisements apologizing to users. However, anyone tempted to #DeleteFacebook is still likely to be monitored by the social network, which tracks nearly 30 percent of global website traffic.
At least 64 people, including children,were killed by a fire which engulfed a busy shopping mall in the Siberian city of Kemerovo. The fire, one of the deadliest in Russia since the break-up of the Soviet Union, swept through the “Winter Cherry” shopping center yesterday afternoon.
Chinasaid it is willing to hold talks with the United States to resolve their differences over trade, as alarm grows over a possible trade war between the world’s two largest economies. World stocks came off six-week lows and U.S. stock futures jumped on optimism surrounding the talks.
Commentary:A growing cohort of pro-Russian politicians in Europe is untroubled by Putin's illiberal policies and benefits from his support. “The danger of the populist-nationalist-far-right/far-left affection for Russia ... is that it renders increasingly faint the distinction between a charismatic authoritarian leader and the messiness of democratic rule,” writes John Lloyd.
The great @patpichatan interviews the fabulous queens of Drag Race Thailand as they sashay and lipsynch their way for greater LGBTQ acceptance in Thailand. Some fierce performances, beautifully illustrated by TV/pix https://reut.rs/2DUx9Ft
Ride-hailing firm Uber has agreed to sell its Southeast Asian business to bigger regional rival Grab, marking the U.S. company’s second retreat from an Asian market.
Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom won one battle with New Zealand authorities when a Wellington court ruled the attorney general broke the law by refusing his request to be given all information about him held by public agencies.
Executives from Apple and IBM have called for more oversight on how personal data is used following the Facebook breach that saw roughly 50 million users’ data misused by consultancy Cambridge Analytica.
