Russian operatives sacrifice followers to stay under cover on Facebook
Efforts by Russian influence campaigns to stay undetected on social media ahead of next year’s U.S. elections are undermining their ability to gain followers and...
Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters rally for Catalan separatists
Hundreds of Hong Kong protesters, some waving Catalan flags and banners urging “a fight for freedom together”, rallied in support of a separate Catalonia on...
Confronting its troubled past, Spain exhumes Franco
Cries of “long live Franco!” accompanied the laurel wreath-draped coffin of General Francisco Franco on Thursday as Spain removed the remains of its former dictator...
Twitter ad platform suffers tech glitches, hitting revenue; shares tumble
Twitter Inc posted worse-than-expected quarterly revenue and profit on Thursday, plagued by unusually low demand over the summer and technical issues that hurt its advertising,...
Spirit says working with Airbus, trade representatives on tariff impact
Spirit Airlines said it is working with Airbus SE and trade representatives to mitigate the impact of U.S. tariffs on European-made aircraft but does not...
Bolivia’s Morales chides OAS, defends disputed vote win
Bolivian President Evo Morales rebuked a regional election observer mission on Thursday for questioning the legitimacy of what he again insisted was an outright win...
U.N. refugee agency expresses concern at Greek asylum plans
The United Nations refugees agency UNHCR expressed concern on Thursday about Greek proposals to overhaul laws affecting asylum seekers, saying they could weaken the protection...
Young maestro takes baton as Israel Philharmonic’s Zubin Mehta ends 50-year tenure
Zubin Mehta was only 25 years old when he first conducted the Israel Philharmonic. Over half a century later, he’s passing the baton to a...
California wildfires force evacuations, cause power outages
California emergency officials on Thursday ordered hundreds of people to evacuate a historic wine country town north of San Francisco, and nearly 200,000 were without...
Twitter revenue hit by weaker advertising, low demand; shares plunge
Twitter Inc posted worse-than-expected third quarter revenue and profit on Thursday, which the company attributed to advertising problems including product bugs and unusually low demand...