Britain’s Prince Charles said on Wednesday he was not “stupid” enough to keep speaking out on contentious public issues once he becomes king in a rare interview about his future role.   The eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II — formally known as the Prince of Wales — has long been seen as interfering because of his private lobbying of ...

 Facebook has delayed plans to make people who buy political adverts verify their identity. In a statement, it said the delay was necessary because some people were trying to “game” its ID system.   Weaknesses were exposed by news companies who posed as US politicians, terror groups and other banned organisations.   When the initiative was first announced it was ...

Photo: This image made from aerial video show officers around a Police SUV in the vicinity of a shooting in Thousand Oaks, California, early Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018. Thousand Oaks,Nov 8 : A sheriff says 13 people are dead, including a sheriff’s sergeant and the gunman, after a shooting inside a crowded Southern California bar late Wednesday. Ventura County Sheriff ...

Photo: In this image made from aerial video, police vehicles block an intersection in the vicinity of a shooting in Thousand Oaks, California, early Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018. Thousand Oaks, Nov 8 : Ventura County Sheriff Sgt. Eric Buschow says the gunman is dead inside a Southern California bar where 11 people were injured late Wednesday. Authorities say a responding ...

The boss of struggling Toshiba said Thursday he would cut 7,000 jobs over the next five years as the Japanese engineering firm pulled out of foreign investments and downgraded its annual profit forecasts.   Toshiba also expects to scrap or consolidate some factories and reduce its subsidiaries by 25 percent — announcing the withdrawal from a US-based liquid natural gas ...

A police spokesman says a bus crash killed 45 people in Zimbabwe, where road accidents are common due to poor roads and bad driving. Police spokesman Paul Nyathi says two long distance buses going opposite directions collided “head on” near Rusape, about 170 kilometers (105 miles) east of the capital Harare on Wednesday.   The State-run Herald newspaper reported that ...

The Prince of Wales says he will stop speaking out on topics he feels strongly about when he becomes king, as he is “not that stupid”. He has campaigned on issues such as the environment for decades, but says he would not do the same as monarch.   Speaking in a BBC documentary to mark his 70th birthday, Prince Charles ...

The White House has suspended the credentials of a CNN’s chief White House correspondent hours after a testy exchange with US President Donald Trump. A White House staffer tried to grab the microphone from CNN’s Jim Acosta at the press conference on Wednesday.   But press secretary Sarah Sanders said access was removed because the reporter put “his hands on ...

 Facebook on Wednesday launched its ‘Ad Breaks’ facility in Bangladesh.   Through the facility, eligible publishers and creators can now join ‘Ad Breaks’ and monetise their longer-form videos on Facebook, a Facebook press release said.  The social media launched the new facility in Bangladesh as part of its new initiative to expand the facility in different languages across the world. ...

A Pakistani Christian woman acquitted of blasphemy after spending eight years on death row has been freed from prison, her lawyer says. Some reports say Asia Bibi has boarded a plane but its destination was not known.   The Supreme Court ruling sparked protests from Islamists and the government had said it would bar her from leaving Pakistan.   Her ...