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   Play Video London and New York   A  controversial policy  allowing politicians to run false ads on Facebook will extend to the United Kingdom as the country prepares to vote in a historic December election, Facebook confirmed to CNN Business. The policy is being championed by Facebook executive Nick Clegg, the former deputy prime minister of the United Kingdom who himself once  complained about  "lies" spread during the 2016 Brexit referendum. The company will not fact-check ads run by British political parties and the thousands of candidates running for election to the House of Commons. Ads from other political groups, like the pro-Brexit group Leave.EU, will be subjected to fact-checking, the company confirmed. The same policy in the United States has led to a backlash from Democratic presidential candidates, Congress, and even some Facebook employees. The scruti...

Chinese phone giant Huawei said Sunday it was ready to roll out 5G infrastructure across Southeast Asia, dismissing US warnings its tech could be used to hoover up data for Beijing. The firm has emerged as a key protagonist in the wider US-China trade war that has seen tit-for-tat tariffs imposed on hundreds of billions of dollars worth of goods. President Donald Trump's administration has warned Huawei's equipment could allow China to spy on other countries and has effectively blocked American companies from selling US technology to the firm. But the company has repeatedly denied the accusations, saying it is the victim of tech envy. Thailand and the Philippines have shrugged off the cyber-security warnings in a rush to exploit the ultra-fast 5G network promised by the China's biggest smartphone maker, while Vietnam has edged away from Huawei. "China and the US now is in the trade war and also there is some kind of technology war (which) Huawei is very f...

Airbnb banned "party houses" on Saturday after five people were killed in a shooting at a large Halloween gathering inside a rental home in Northern California that was advertised on the online listing service. Police were still searching for the shooter who opened fire on Thursday night at the costume party, which authorities say was attended by more than 100 people at the house in Orinda, less than 20 miles (30 km) east of San Francisco. The death toll rose to five when a 19-year-old victim died of her wounds at a hospital, the Contra Costa Sheriff's Office said on late on Friday. The party host rented the home through Airbnb and told its owner she was holding a reunion for only a dozen people, the San Francisco Chronicle reported citing the owner, Michael Wang. "Starting today, we are banning 'party houses' and we are redoubling our efforts to combat unauthorised parties and get rid of abusive host and guest conduct, including conduct that leads to...

A lot of protesters in Iraq attacked the Iranian consulate in the Shia holy city of Karbala on Sunday night, scaling the concrete barriers surrounding the building, bringing down an Iranian flag and replacing it with the Iraqi flag, witnesses said. Security forces fired in the air to disperse the protesters who threw stones and burned tires around the building on a street corner in Karbala south of Baghdad. There were no immediate reports of casualties in the incident, which comes amid ongoing protests in the capital Baghdad and majority-Shia provinces in the south. The witnesses spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because of security concerns. There have been reports of the government authorities deploying police in the area. The protests are directed at a post-war political system and a class of elite leaders that Iraqis accuse of pillaging the country's wealth while the country grows poorer. To read full article - https://www.aljazeera.com/ne...

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by Mathew Dania     2   days ago Ex-Bigbrother housemate Khafi Kareem,the met police officer in UK who appear to sleep with another contestant, says she has been asked to return to work.  She went to the UK penultimate week and met with her superiors which they discuss her conduct. The Mirror of London quoted her yesterday as saying she is returning to her beat. “Work has been really great, we’ve been speaking and communicating, they asked me when I’d be coming back to work,” she said. “I’m not sure when I’m going to go back yet – I want to get back as soon as possible, I’m passionate about keeping London safer.” Kareem, 29, had really caused outrage among senior officers by appearing on the BBN without permission. The Met confirmed that Kareem had actually asked for permission to appear on the show but wasn't permitted and that she  choose to accept a place in the house “without authority”. Top brass at the force were to fac...