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Google disables offensive ad keywords found by BuzzFeed
(Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google said it had disabled a “majority” of the offensive keywords that BuzzFeed found could be used by advertisers to target people searching for racist and anti-Semitic topics. Google, the world’s biggest advertising platform, not only allowed advertisers to target searches such as “Why do Jews ruin everything” but also suggested the user to run ads next to searches such as “the evil jew” and “jewish control of banks”, a campaign by BuzzFeed discovered. (bzfd.it/2x2HX4H) The ads were visible when such keywords were searched for and Read More
Trump ends ‘Dreamer’ immigration program, places onus on Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Tuesday scrapped an Obama-era program that protects from deportation immigrants brought illegally into the United States as children, delaying implementation until March and giving a gridlocked Congress six months to decide the fate of almost 800,000 young people. As the so-called Dreamers who have benefited from the five-year-old program were plunged into uncertainty, business and religious leaders, mayors, governors, Democratic lawmakers, unions, civil liberties advocates and former Democratic President Barack Obama all condemned Trump’s move. The action was announced not by Trump but
Read MoreBrazil to sell Eletrobras control in boldest privatization yet
SAO PAULO/BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s Mines and Energy Ministry will propose President Michel Temer to exit control of power holding company Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras SA, the boldest move yet by a government struggling to close a swelling budget deficit and heed calls to fight widespread corruption. In a Monday statement, the ministry said it told Eletrobras of the plan, which will be sent to Temer’s council for state asset sales. While both the privatization model and terms are yet to be decided, the Brazilian government will keep a right to Read More
Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow on the making of her new film, ‘Detroit’ Video – Abc news headlines
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Read MoreU.S. forecaster says 40 percent chance of cyclone east of Lesser Antilles – world news headlines from reuters
(Reuters) – A low pressure system about 800 miles east of the Lesser Antilles has a 40 percent chance of strengthening into a tropical cyclone, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Wednesday. The low is expected to move westward across the tropical Atlantic Ocean, crossing into the Caribbean Sea on Friday, the Miami-based weather forecaster said. A gradual development for another area of low pressure located about 800 miles west of the Cape Verde Islands is possible with the system having a 40 percent chance of developing into
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