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U.S. tech leaders sound alarm over Trump immigration ban
SAN FRANCISCO The U.S. technology industry, a major employer of foreign workers, hit back on Saturday at President Donald Trump's sudden executive order on immigration, with some leaders calling it immoral and un-American.
FBI request for Twitter account data may have overstepped legal guidelines
WASHINGTON The FBI appeared to go beyond the scope of existing legal guidance in seeking certain kinds of internet records from Twitter as recently as last year, legal experts said, citing two warrantless surveillance orders the social media company published on Friday.
Actor John Hurt, star of 'The Elephant Man', dies aged 77
LONDON Veteran British actor Sir John Hurt, Oscar-nominated for his star turn in "The Elephant Man" and his supporting role in "Midnight Express", has died after a long battle with pancreatic cancer, a representative said on Saturday. He was 77. | Video
Missing Pakistani activist Salman Haider recovered: family
ISLAMABAD Pakistani poet and activist Salman Haider who went missing from the capital Islamabad earlier this month, just days after four other human rights campaigners disappeared, has been found, his family said on Saturday.
Kenya's Safaricom shifts funding to catch up on fixed-data demand
(This version of the Jan 28 story corrects the telecom company name in para 3 to Vodafone from Vodacom)
Actress Barbara Hale, loyal secretary on TV's 'Perry Mason,' dies at 94
Barbara Hale, who won lasting television fame and an Emmy Award as the faithful secretary to the crusading criminal defense lawyer played by Raymond Burr in the long-running series "Perry Mason," has died, her son said on social media. She was 94.
Snapchat to reveal financials within a week: sources
Snap Inc, the secretive technology company that owns the popular messaging service Snapchat, is due to reveal its financials within a week as it moves toward its eagerly awaited initial public offering (IPO), sources familiar with the situation said on Friday.
Buffett, Gates have hope for America after Trump ascension
NEW YORK Bill Gates and Warren Buffett on Friday expressed optimism that the United States will move ahead as a nation, even as it works through political differences and gets used to the new Trump administration.
Fillon's French presidential bid may be hurt by probe into wife's work
PARIS An investigation into allegations of "fake work" against the wife of French presidential frontrunner Francois Fillon may be harming his popularity, an opinion survey suggested on Friday.
Astronauts and a performing donkey welcome China's new year
BEIJING Chinese astronauts took center stage on Friday at state television's annual glitzy, kitsch and often much derided marathon show welcoming in the lunar new year, but for many viewers a performing donkey was the star.