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Senators call for Facebook hearing amid election "integrity" concerns
Senators Amy Klobuchar and John Kennedy have issued a joint call to Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Chuck Grassley to hold a hearing with the chief executives of Facebook, Google and Twitter.
Commodities: Wheat, cocoa futures see sharpest losses
Commodities as a whole were lower on Monday, even as the US dollar lost ground, amid heavy selling in the agricultural space.
Putin elected to a fourth term as Russian president
Vladimir Putin was elected for a fourth six-year term as Russian President in the 19 March elections, making him the longest-serving leader of the country since dictator Joseph Stalin, although voter turnout was slightly lower than the Kremlin had reportedly been seeking.
Kremlin: 'UK must prove Russian involvement in poisoning or apologise'
Russia has demanded proof of their involvement in the Salisbury poisoning, saying that otherwise the UK should apologise, even as the European Union backs Britain and requests "full and complete disclosure of its novichok programme".
Common cryptocurrency regulations discussed at G20 summit, tax warning from IRS
G20 financial leaders are set to discuss regulations for cryptocurrencies at a summit in Buenos Aires, with Bank of England Governor Mark Carney warning that bitcoin and its peers are evolving at such a rate that they could become a threat to the financial system.
TechFinancials' CEDEX sells 25m tokens in pre-sale event
AIM-quoted software developer TechFinancials said its investee CEDEX had hit its target of selling 25m tokens in its pre-sale event last week, with a further 25m tokens having been made available after the main sale kicked off on Saturday.
Italian industrial production falls sharply in January
Italian industrial output fell back at the start of the year, amid sharp drops in the production of durable consumer goods and capital goods but above all in energy.
Trump deems McCabe and Comey notes 'fake memos'
Donald Trump's row with his own Federal Bureau of Investigation intensified on Sunday, demanding that notes of conversations taken by the Bureau's former director James Comey and recently let go deputy Andrew McCabe be referred to as "fake memos".
Euro area goods trade surplus drops more sharply than expected in January
Euro area good exports kicked-off the year on a weak note, weighed down by a poor showing by France.