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Facebook shares rebounded Thursday after being pummeled by the Cambridge Analytica data-harvesting scandal.
The social network managed to reverse some of those losses Thursday, after announcing it was shutting down a product for third party data providers to target Facebook users.
Liling Tan has the market perspective from New York.
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Russia's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman has accused the United Kingdom of withholding information about the nerve agent attack on a former spy which has kicked off a diplomatic row involving more than 30 countries. Her briefing lasted nearly three hours, but Maria Zakharova [PRON: za-HA-ra-va] still didn't indicate how Russia would retaliate. Lucy Taylor reports.
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French police have detained two men in Grenoble after a car was deliberately driven at off-duty troops early on Thursday morning. Nobody was hurt.
The apparent attack attempt comes less than a week after four people were killed by radical Islamist Radouane Lakdim, near Carcassonne in the south west.
Elena Casas reports from Paris.
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Ethiopia's ruling party, the Ethiopia Peoples Democratic Front has elected a new chairperson who is expected to be the country's next prime minister as from the second of April.
Dr. Abiy Ahmed is a member of parliament who is viewed by many as a reformist.
Coletta Wanjoni reports from Addis Ababa.
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British Prime Minister Theresa May says there are "real opportunities" for the UK outside the European Union. She made the remarks as she toured the country to mark the one-year count-down to Brexit, when the UK is due to leave the European Union.
Starting her tour in Scotland, the Prime Minister told workers in a textile factory that Brexit could bring future benefits. The British leader is also making stops in England, Northern Ireland and Wales. Speaking with reporters, Mrs May said Brexit would also mean more money for schools and the National Health service.
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair has used the day to say that it is not too late to stop Brexit and that a final decision should be taken once the terms of the exit deal with the EU are known.
Speaking in Scotland the British leader said she was confident that Brexit would bring about benefits.
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Speaking in Scotland the British leader said she was confident that the UK would negotiate a successful exit from the European Union.
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At least 10 people are dead and 10 others are missing after a rebel attack in the Northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The United Nations says the attack happened on the outskirts of the city of Beni, in the North Kivu province.
Our reporter Michael Baleke has that report.
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Russia's Investigative Committee says it has sent a request to Britain to provide Moscow with legal assistance in a criminal case of an attempted murder of a Russian citizen, Yulia Skripal. The committee is running an investigation into the poisoning of Yulia Skripal in Salisbury. Julia Lyubova reports from Moscow.
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