Political News
Facebook tumbles amid flak over personal information leak
European and US authorities are demanding answers from Facebook Inc after personal information on 50m users of the social media site were leaked to UK company Cambridge Analytica, which helped the Vote Leave and Trump presidential campaigns in 2016.
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.
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".
UK agrees Brexit transition deal with EU, loose threads remain
Britain and the European Union have agreed a 21-month Brexit transition deal to smooth the break-up after March 2019, though the Irish border remains one of several issues not yet resolved and it was described by some as "not a decisive breakthrough".
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".