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Facebook sorry for error that added balloons and confetti to Indonesia earthquake posts Facebook has apologized after posts by users voicing their concern about the deadly earthquake in Indonesia were mistakenly festooned with animated balloons and confetti by the social network.

Charlottesville Unite the Right rally organizers may be unmasked by judge's ruling The identities of the neo-Nazis and white supremacists who planned the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville may be revealed thanks to a judge’s ruling on Monday in a federal lawsuit brought by victims.

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According to a recently released report, three children in Belgium under the age of 18 were given lethal injections after they chose to die. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2vrAkCO

America's favorite quick-service restaurant, Chick-fil-A, is expanding to Toronto next year, according to the restaurant’s president and COO Tim Tassopoulos. However, some locals are vowing to boycott the restaurant, arguing on social media the brand has “no place in Canada” and that it should “stay out.” from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2M5xIoQ

An Islamic cleric in Iran has taken a bold step to oppose the hardline Islamic regime of his country. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2KFoaer

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Ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter fell ill after being poisoned by a nerve agent in the UK. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2AQct4U

The girl had been on the beach at Staithes, North Yorkshire, and suffered serious head injuries. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2MxWrht

Campaigners on both sides rallied outside parliament as voting took place in Buenos Aires. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2nk414q

The gang behind the August 2017 attacks had contact with other jihadists, including in France. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2APx8Gt

Nasa's Parker Solar Probe will get closer to our star than any other in history. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2vPdyo4

The actor responds after Angelina Jolie said he had paid no child support since their split in 2016. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2Mw0FGt

Israel's military says it was targeting Hamas sites after they fired dozens of rockets at Israel. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2OWsRno

A study on wellbeing finds 20-somethings feel more distant from friends and family. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2B2qY66

Exercising three to five times a week helps improved wellbeing over a month, US research finds. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2OVqDon

Northamptonshire County Council faces a £70m shortfall and is expected to approve massive cuts. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2nkT9Dg

The recording - made days before James died on stage - had been in the loft of a BBC radio presenter. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2vtQg7T

Enduring cancer, he left a final message: "My time was short, but... hopefully it wasn't wasted." from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2vuk6sD

The row over Boris Johnson's remarks on the burka continues to dominate front page headlines. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2nnd44N

Your morning briefing for 9 August 2018. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2vUFtmG

Reggie Nelson was fed up with being left behind as the world went by so he decided to knock on the doors of the wealthy when his luck changed. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2KEyXWb

The US is the only industrialised nation with no paid leave for parents with a new child. How does it compare? from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2vwxqNb

The all-male prisoners have even put on a fashion show inside the Adriano Marrey prison in Sao Paulo. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2vrKS5g

India could be a big opportunity for the company, but it's also a market with many quirks. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2AQYqfq

Michael Stone is coming to the end of a 30-year sentence for killing six people in the Troubles. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2M8m7oQ

Researchers say that contacting people "out of your league", can be a successful online dating strategy. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2MsjoCR

Cecilia Wangari is a great-grandmother who works in a garage in Kenya, installing car stereos. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2KEwdbl

A herd of cows provided Florida police with a "big assist" in capturing a woman who was on the run. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2nnZi1S

Black-owned businesses in Brooklyn are challenging the perception that gentrification has pushed out African American entrepreneurs. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2KBejpV

In January Aurelia Brouwers drank poison supplied by a doctor and lay down to die. She was 29. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2KCx8JD

The differences between a hijab, niqab and burka - and why some women wear them while others don't. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2vNQwhm

A key reason for Trump's tariffs on China's exports is anger at the theft of US company secrets, but will the Chinese now clean up their act? from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2nl4gw9

UK starlet Freya Ridings says having the condition as a child was a "defining moment". from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2M6dT0z

All of them have been declared foreigners as part of a drive to identify illegal immigrants. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2OUgTe4

The series is released on Friday - but the critics are already weighing in. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2M6FKhj

A magnitude 6.2 earthquake rocked Indonesia's Lombok on Thursday, with witnesses reporting collapsed buildings, the latest in a series of tremors on the tropical tourist island that have killed more than 150 people in the past two weeks. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Or0f51

Zimbabwean police took former finance minister and opposition leader Tendai Biti into custody on Thursday after Zambian authorities rejected his bid for asylum and deported him, his lawyer said. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2MiQmIS

South Sudan President Salva Kiir granted an amnesty to all those involved in the nation's civil war including rebel leader Riek Machar, according to a television broadcast, days after they signed a peace deal. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Maac9b

A political coalition formed to challenge Indonesian President Joko Widodo in next year's elections is under strain after a senior official from one party described Widodo's likely opponent, Prabowo Subianto, as a "cardboard general" and a "chicken". from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2OoGLxx

Indonesia's President Joko Widodo will formally register as a candidate in a 2019 presidential election on Friday, according to the news website BeritaSatu.com. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2vSL6BB

Argentine senators rejected a bill to legalize abortion after an impassioned debate ran into the early hours of Thursday, pushing back against a groundswell of support from a surging abortion rights movement. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2OoQHat

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani told North Korea's foreign minister that the United States cannot be trusted, Tehran's state media said, as the United States seeks a deal to rein in the North's nuclear and missile programs. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2MylZLI

Beijing's giant state-owned enterprises are playing an increasing role in China's build-up in the South China Sea and could seek to cement their dominant position in coming years, according to new research. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2vynnY0

Palestinian militants fired dozens of rockets into Israel and the Israeli military carried out scores of air strikes as fighting near the Gaza-Israel border intensified overnight into Thursday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2nlUdaf

Israel's military on Thursday warned Hamas against further escalation in violence, and Israeli media said officials were considering evacuating residents from areas near the Gaza border. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2vv2rB9

Masked police officers pointed semi-automatic rifles from a helicopter that flew low over Mexico City last week as security forces employ unprecedented heavy-handed tactics to combat a rise in levels of drug violence rarely seen in the capital.  from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2vQvL4C