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Twitter users were unable to post messages on Wednesday, and were told they had reached their daily limit - even if they had not sent any Tweets that day.
The social media platform experienced technical issues for around 90 minutes, forcing people to use scheduling tools instead.
Sally Patterson has more.
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French President Emmanuel Macron is pledging that Paris will help Kyiv to victory in the war against Russia, with the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky making a whirlwind visit to France late on Wednesday.
Here's more from Sarah Coates in Paris.
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And now over to India, where there’s bound to be some degree
of relief for officials after the United States has said it will NOT impose
sanctions on the country for purchasing Russian oil.
India has in the past few months become one of the biggest
importers of Russian crude.
Ishan Garg joins us now from New Delhi for more on this.
Leaders of the Philippines and Japan are touted to pursue deeper economic and security ties when they meet in Tokyo on Thursday.
Philippines president Ferdinand Marcos Junior is on a five day trip to Japan with about 150 business leaders.
Chris Gilbert reports from Tokyo.
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US stocks sank on Wednesday after a bad day for tech giant Alphabet.
Comments from the Federal Reserve also dampened risk appetite in the markets - as Sally Patterson reports from New York.
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As the death toll caused by the catastrophic earthquake in Turkey and Syria climbs beyond 11 thousand, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been defending his government's response saying it's not possible to prepare for disasters of this magnitude.
Our correspondent Trent Murray is in the city of Malatya in Turkey and sent this report.
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U.S. intelligence agencies say the Chinese balloon shot down on Saturday is part of a global surveillance program.
They're sharing information with other countries believed to have been targeted in recent years.
Caroline Malone reports from Washington.
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The man accused of building the bomb that downed a passenger plane over the Scottish town of Lockerbie in 1988 - killing 270 people - has pleaded not guilty to three charges in federal court.
Abu Agila Mohammad Mas'ud is charged with two counts of destruction of an aircraft resulting in death and another related count.
He appeared in court in Washington on Wednesday as Kate Fisher reports.
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Uber has reported record revenue for last year, avoiding the slowdown that has plagued many tech companies.
The ride sharing firm said it made more than two billion trips in the final quarter of twenty twenty two, the most in its history.
Ira Spitzer has more from San Francisco.
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The UK's Competitions and Market Authority says a proposed deal by Microsoft to buy a prominent games developer could lead British gamers to be subjected to higher prices and fewer choices. While the findings are only provisional - it could lead to further negotiations taking place ahead of any takeover.
Laura Makin-Isherwood has more from London.
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