2019

North Korean Envoy Hails Bolton’s Ouster and Trump’s Talk of a New Approach

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea’s new envoy to nuclear talks with the United States on Friday welcomed the ouster of President Trump’s former National Security Adviser, John R. Bolton, and the president’s suggestion that Washington would use a “new method” in negotiating with the North. The envoy, Kim Myong-gil, hailed Mr. Trump’s “wise political

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Louis Theroux: ‘I needed to give more of myself away’

Image copyright Getty Images There’s not much Louis Theroux hasn’t experienced of humanity. In more than 25 years of documentary making, he’s moved in multiple worlds including those of neo-Nazis, Scientologists, pornography stars, those living with dementia – and Jimmy Savile. While his approach has altered over the years, from comic gonzo to sober inquisitor,

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The photographer capturing mankind’s impact on planet Earth

Edward Burtynsky travels the world trying to capture striking images of humanity’s impact on the planet, from the fossil-like shapes left behind by drills in a Potash mine to the luminescent colours of lithium ponds. The Canadian photographic artist has spent 40 years focusing on large-scale human activities such as mining, quarrying, agriculture and deforestation

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Facebook says it has suspended ‘tens of thousands’ of apps

Facebook said Friday that it has suspended “tens of thousands” of apps made by about 400 developers as part of an investigation following the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Interested in Facebook? Add Facebook as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Facebook news, video, and analysis from ABC News. The announcement came the

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Want to Hold Your Own 2020 Caucus? Now You Can (if You’re an Iowan)

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Iowa Democrats will allow some voters to organize their own presidential caucuses in 2020, part of a plan to make the state’s first-in-the-nation nominating contest more accessible for people who cannot attend one of the party’s 1,678 designated caucus sites. The state party’s plan, which the Democratic National Committee’s rules committee

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