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| Trump meets Silicon Valley elite after mutual mistrust in campaign | | Thursday, December 15, 2016 12:44 AM | |
|  By Gina Cherelus and Dustin Volz NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump and some of Silicon Valley's most powerful executives met at his Manhattan tower on Wednesday, a summit convened to smooth over frictions after both sides made no secret of their disdain for each other during the election campaign. The meeting focused chiefly on economic issues, including job creation, lowering taxes and trade dynamics with China, while largely skirting the many disagreements the tech industry has with Trump on matters ranging from immigration to digital privacy, according to a Trump transition team statement. Trump proposed reconvening with the tech leaders as often as every quarter, the statement said.
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| Yahoo says one billion accounts exposed in newly discovered security breach | | Thursday, December 15, 2016 12:24 AM | |
|  Yahoo Inc warned on Wednesday that it had uncovered yet another massive cyber attack, saying data from more than 1 billion user accounts was compromised in August 2013, making it the largest breach in history. The number of affected accounts was double the number implicated in a 2014 breach that the internet company disclosed in September and blamed on hackers working on behalf of a government. News of that attack, which affected at least 500 million accounts, prompted Verizon Communication Inc to say in October that it might withdraw from an agreement to buy Yahoo's core internet business for $4.83 billion.
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| China environment watchdogs to sever local government ties by year-end | | Thursday, December 15, 2016 12:22 AM | |
|  China's environment impact assessment (EIA) agencies will sever all connections with local governments by year-end to avoid conflicts of interest and help bolster the environment ministry's battle against rampant air, water and soil pollution. Citing the Ministry of Environmental Protection, the official Xinhua news agency said late on Thursday that 337 EIA agencies had already been de-coupled from local government or been disbanded. Earlier this week, China punished nearly 700 officials for inadequately protecting the environment in the latest round of rolling inspections.
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| Charity says over 1,700 calls made to UK soccer abuse helpline | | Thursday, December 15, 2016 12:06 AM | |
|  A hotline set up for former players to report child sex abuse they had suffered at British soccer clubs dating back to the 1970s has received more than 1,700 calls since it was set up three weeks ago, the charity responsible said on Thursday. The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) set up the hotline last month after former Crewe Alexandra player Andy Woodward revealed he had been abused as a boy by a youth team coach, prompting other ex-professionals to come forward with more allegations. "It's clear that for far too long, hundreds of people who suffered abuse as youngsters in the game have not been able to speak up, but it is encouraging that so many are finally finding their voice," said NSPCC chief executive Peter Wanless. "What's important now is that those victims get that much-needed support, and that perpetrators are identified and brought to justice by police." The NSPCC said more than 1,700 calls have been made since Nov. 23, with 907 in the last fortnight.
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| Kabul security gates in storage as Afghan officials trade accusations | |  By Hamid Shalizi KABUL (Reuters) - A set of giant security gates financed by China and intended to protect Kabul from large bombs and drug smuggling lie stored in a warehouse more than five months after they arrived, while Afghan authorities bicker over who should install them. Intended for the four main entry points into Kabul, they have been delayed by infighting between departments and by a land dispute, underlining the difficulty of getting things done in a country where conflict and corruption have slowed progress. The hangar-style gates, each weighing around 30 tonnes, are to reinforce the so-called "Ring of Steel" that surrounds Kabul, a city of five million people already protected by blast walls, armed checkpoints and eye-in-the-sky surveillance cameras.
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| U.S. may target weapons seized by Islamic State in Palmyra | |  By Phil Stewart and David Alexander WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of U.S. forces fighting Islamic State said on Wednesday the United States may target weapons seized by the group when it captured the Syrian city of Palmyra, adding the equipment posed a danger to the U.S.-led coalition in the region. Army Lieutenant General Stephen Townsend told a Pentagon video briefing that the weapons seized by Islamic State likely included armoured vehicles, guns and possibly air defence equipment or other heavy weaponry.
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| Cosby's lawyers say prosecutors relying on accuser 'bandwagon' | |  By Joseph Ax NORRISTOWN, Pa. (Reuters) - Pennsylvania prosecutors want a "bandwagon" of unreliable accusers on parade at Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial next year, egged on by a celebrity attorney intent on bringing down an American icon, the comedian's defense lawyers said on Wednesday. Cosby, 79, faces sexual assault claims from about 50 women altogether, though the Pennsylvania case is the only criminal prosecution to result.
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| Colombia's FARC rebels expel five commanders opposed to peace deal | |  Colombia's FARC rebels have expelled five commanders for refusing to demobilize and join a peace process with the government aimed at ending more than five decades of war, guerrilla leadership said. The five commanders, all from units in the country's southeastern jungle, include one former participant in four-year-long peace talks in Cuba. "This decision is motivated by their recent conduct, which contradicts our political-military line," leaders of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) said in statement late on Tuesday.
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| Woman in U.S. church massacre was spared 'to tell the story,' she testifies | |  By Harriet McLeod CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - A 72-year-old retired nurse recounted for jurors on Wednesday how she cowered under a table while Dylann Roof killed nine of her fellow worshippers at a historic black church but spared her so she could tell the story of what he had done. Polly Sheppard was the last person to testify for the prosecution at Roof's federal hate crimes trial in Charleston, South Carolina. After she detailed the bloodshed at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in June 2015, Roof told the judge he did not want to testify and the defence rested its case without calling any witnesses.
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| Factbox - The 13 Cosby accusers that prosecutors want to testify | |  (Reuters) - Pennsylvania prosecutors are seeking to call 13 women who have accused Bill Cosby of sexual assault at his criminal trial next year. While none is named in court papers, 11 have previously come forward publicly and can be identified based on the accounts, which date back to the 1960s, included in prosecutors' filings. Reuters does not typically identify alleged victims of sexual crimes unless they have chosen to release their names. Cosby, 79, has repeatedly denied the allegations. ...
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| Trump team disavows survey seeking names of climate workers | |  By Timothy Gardner and Emily Stephenson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump's transition team on Wednesday disavowed a survey sent to the U.S. Department of Energy that requested the names of people working on climate change in the agency. "The questionnaire was not authorized or part of our standard protocol," Trump spokesman Sean Spicer said. The survey of 74 questions, which the Energy Department received last Tuesday, asked for the names of workers and contractors who had attended U.N. climate meetings.
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| Ashley Madison owner to pay $1.66 million to settle FTC case | |  By Alastair Sharp and Diane Bartz TORONTO (Reuters) - The owner of hacked infidelity website Ashley Madison will pay a sharply discounted $1.66 million penalty to settle an investigation by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and several U.S. states into lax data security and deceptive practices, the company and authorities said on Wednesday. The remainder of a $17.5 million settlement was suspended based on privately-held Ruby Corp.'s inability to pay. "I recognise that it was a far lower number frankly than I would have liked," FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez said on a call with reporters.
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