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In this April 4, 2013 file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg walks at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. Facebook is having one of its worst weeks as a publicly traded company with a share sell-off continuing for a second day. Britain's Commissioner Elizabeth Denham told the BBC that she was investigating Facebook and has asked the company not to pursue its own audit of Cambridge Analytica's data use. Denham is also pursuing a warrant to search Cambridge Analytica's servers. (Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP Photo, File)
Community

Facebook’s Zuckerberg admits mistakes, outlines fixes

Zuckerberg said Wednesday that Facebook has a "responsibility" to protect its users' data and if it fails, "we don't deserve to serve you."

8 years ago

Aishat Alhaji, second, right, one of the kidnapped girls from the Government Girls Science and Technical College Dapchi who was freed, is photographed after her release, in Dapchi, Nigeria, Wednesday March. 21, 2018. Witnesses say Boko Haram militants have returned an unknown number of the 110 girls who were abducted from their Nigeria school a month ago. (Jossy Ola/AP Photo)
Community

Boko Haram returns Nigeria girls, warns not to put in school

Boko Haram Islamic extremists brought back nearly all of the 110 girls they had kidnapped from a boarding school last month.

8 years ago

Chief Executive of Cambridge Analytica (CA) Alexander Nix
National Interest
Politics & Policy

5 new accelerants for the raging Trumpster fire

What's fueling the Trumpster fire this week? Cambridge Analytica, the Kremlin, the extramarital ladies, Fox News, and Millennial women.

8 years ago

People lay flowers at the place where Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was gunned down, next to the Kremlin Wall, in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. Thousands of Russians took to the streets of downtown Moscow to mark three years since Nemtsov was gunned down outside the Kremlin. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Russia takes center stage

Guest: Sergio Caltagirone, Luke Harding  Over the past couple of years, the Kremlin has surpris ...

Air Date: March 19, 2018 10:00 am

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In Moscow, Russian voters will head to the polls on Sunday to cast their votes in the country's presidential election.
(Mladen Antonov/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

From pride to protest: How Russians feel about their presidential election

More than 140 million people live in Russia, and their opinions on politics, politicians and policy run the gamut.

8 years ago

In this photo of a letter released by Vatican Media, retired Pope Benedict XVI praises a volume of books about the theological training of Pope Francis. The Vatican admitted Thursday, March 14, 2018 that it blurred the final two lines of the letter's first page, where Benedict begins to acknowledge that he didn't read the books and doesn't have time to write a theological assessment of Francis as requested. (Vatican Media photo via AP)
Community

Vatican bows to pressure, releases retired pope’s letter

The so-called "Lettergate" scandal has embarrassed the Vatican for the past week.

8 years ago

British ambassador to Russia, Laurie Bristow, leaves after a meeting at the Russian foreign ministry building in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, March 17, 2018. Russia's Foreign Ministry has summoned Bristow for talks in a heightening dispute over a nerve agent attack on a former spy in Britain. Russia is expected to announce the expulsion of some British diplomats in a retaliatory measure. (Pavel Golovkin/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Russia expels 23 UK envoys, blames others for spy poisoning

The poisoning has plunged Britain and Russia into a war of recrimination and blame.

8 years ago

Steel coils sit on rail cars leaving the Thyssenkrupp steel factory in Duisburg, Germany
NewsWorks Tonight
Politics & Policy

Some area Democrats supporting Trump trade moves, while GOP lawmakers object

Trump's more isolationist view of the U.S. isn't winning over the GOP majority, says Congressman Ryan Costello, a Republican who represents an area west of Philadelphia.

8 years ago

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Internet activist Lyudmila Savchuk spent two months working in a
NPR
Politics & Policy

Meet the activist who uncovered the Russian troll factory named in the Mueller probe

Internet activist Lyudmila Savchuk spent two months working undercover at the troll factory in 2015, creating fake social media accounts and writing blog posts.

8 years ago

Special counsel Robert Mueller at the Capitol in June. The New York Times reports President Trump intended to fire him that month but was dissuaded by White House Counsel Don McGahn.
Politics & Policy

NYT: Mueller subpoenas Trump company, demands documents on Russia

President Donald Trump's company says it has been turning over documents for months in response to requests from federal investigators.

8 years ago

In this Feb. 15, 2018, file photo, Emanuel Lawton, (left), and his family dressed in Wakanda-inspired attire arrive to see Black Panther in Silver Spring, Md. Featuring a predominantly black cast, the film that is an ode to Africa - with costuming and sets heavily inspired by African cultures - moved many viewers, including cast members themselves, to dress in African-themed garments for their viewing the film. (Sait Serkan Gurbuz/AP Photo, File)
Community

‘Black Panther’ puts spotlight on question of connection

"Growing up, we used to get made fun of for being African" by black Americans, says the 36-year-old physical therapist. "Now ... we're in, we're cool."

8 years ago

In this Jan. 26, 2018, photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting in Moscow, Russia. The State Department has notified Congress that it will not impose new sanctions on Russia at this time. The State Department says it is confident that new legislation enacted last year is significantly deterring Russian defense sales. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Politics & Policy

U.S. says Russia hacked energy grid, punishes 19 for election meddling

The Trump administration accused Russia of an operation to hack and spy on the U.S. energy grid, other critical infrastructure; imposed sanctions for election meddling.

8 years ago

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks during a Security Council meeting on the situation between Britain and Russia, on Wednesday. (Mary Altaffer/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Russia promises reprisals to U.K. as White House calls out Moscow over poison attack

The U.K. released a joint statement along with the U.S., France, and Germany, calling on Russia to answer for the use of the nerve agent.

8 years ago

A fan waves the Finnish flag during the Nordic World Ski Championships last year. Finland is No. 1 on the annual World Happiness Report, released Wednesday. (Matthias Hangst/Getty Images)
NPR
Community

Life’s nice in the Nordic ice: Finland, neighbors top U.N. happiness index; America slides

The U.S. dropped four spots from last year to No. 18, just above the U.K. and the U.A.E. In fact, the explanation for the American slide gets an entire chapter.

8 years ago

Soldiers wearing protective clothing prepare to lift a tow truck in Hyde Road, Gillingham, Dorset, England as the investigation into the suspected nerve agent attack on Russian double agent Sergei Skripal continues Wednesday March 14, 2018.  The army cordoned off a road in Dorset on Wednesday as the investigated the attack on Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia. Authorities have cordoned off several sites in and near Salisbury, 90 miles (145 kilometers) southwest of London as part of their probe.  (Andrew Matthews/PA via AP)
Radio Times
Courts & Law

Poisoned spy inflames U.K. – Russia relations

Guest: Richard Pérez-Peña We talk about the nerve agent attack on a former spy and his daughter in Salisbury, U ...

Air Date: March 15, 2018 10:00 am

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