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PLA provides COVID-19 vaccines to armies of 3 African countries

The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) on Thursday delivered COVID-19 vaccines to the armies of the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Tunisia at their requests, marking the first vacc

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Facebook reveals data on copyright and trademark complaints

FacebookInc.announcedMondaythatitremovednearly3millionposts,includingvideos,adsandotherformsofcontent,fromitsservicesduringthefirsthalfof2017followingcomplaints

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Canada sees rising tide of Haitian migrants from the US

Theflowofmigrants,mostlyHaitiansfearingexpulsionfromtheUS,hassurgedinrecentweeksonCanada'ssouthernborder,withrequestsforasylumtriplingsincemid-July,officialssay

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Facebook says government requests for account data rise 27 per cent

Facebook said on Wednesday (Dec 21) that government requests for user account data rose 27 per cent in the first half of 2016 compared to the second half of last year, with US law enforcement agencies topping the list.

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Japan's fiscal 2017 budget requests top 100 trln yen amid concerns over fiscal quagmire

Budget requests by Japan's central government offices for fiscal 2017 amounted to some 101.47 trillion yen (983 billion U.S. dollars), Japan's financial ministry said on Tuesday.

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Over 100 Russian Paralympians seek admission to 2016 Games

More than 100 Russian athletes have filed individual requests to the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), seeking admission to the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, the Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) said Tuesday.

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Apple transparency report: over 1,000 government requests for user data

US authorities asked for user data from Apple accounts 1,015 times during the second half of 2015, according to figures the iPhone maker released Tuesday.

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Uber says gave U.S. agencies data on more than 12 million users

Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] on Tuesday released its first ever transparency report detailing the information requested by not only U.S. law enforcement agencies, but also by regulators.