Hungary PM sorry for ‘useful idiots’ remark
Budapest: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has apologised to European conservative parties for calling them “useful idiots” over an anti-EU billboard campaign that could see his party ejected from the European Parliament’s dominant centre-right EPP bloc.
Trump still optimistic on China trade talks
Washington: President Donald Trump expressed optimism again on Thursday about reaching an agreement to resolve a trade war with China, saying talks are “moving along very well.” “We are doing very well with China talks,” he told reporters.
Massive outage adds to growing FB woes
San Francisco: Facebook appeared to be back in operation on Thursday after a massive outage affecting its applications around the world, creating fresh woes for the social network leader under fire for its handling of sensitive user data.
zombie lights for mobile-fixated walkers
Tel Aviv: Tel Aviv has taken its first steps toward assisting pedestrians distracted by their smartphones by embedding LED stoplights at crosswalks. The municipality installed the “zombie traffic lights” aiming to minimize accidents between vehicles and inattentive pedestrians at crosswalks.
Russian air raids kill 13 civilians in Syria
Beirut: Russian air strikes killed at least 13 civilians, including six children, on Wednesday in Idlib province, in the first such raids since a September truce deal, a monitor said. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said around 60 people were also wounded in the air strikes that struck several areas in the northwestern province, which is Syria’s last major rebel bastion.