New Zealand court rejects Megaupload founder's call for Obama appearance
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A New Zealand court rejected on Wednesday internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom’s application for former U.S. President Barack Obama to appear in court in relation to a damages claim over his defunct Megaupload streaming website.
https:// www.reuters.com/article/us-newzealand-internet-dotcom/new-zealand-court-rejects-megaupload-founders-call-for-obama-appearance-idUSKBN1GX08W
Academic behind Facebook breach says he is a 'scapegoat': BBC
LONDON (Reuters) - A Cambridge University academic who harvested data on millions of Facebook users said he had been made a scapegoat by the social network and a UK-based political consultancy, and that the accuracy of the dataset had been exaggerated.
Facebook has said the data was harvested by Aleksandr Kogan, a psychology academic.
He said the accuracy of the dataset had been “exaggerated” by Cambridge Analytica, and said the dataset was more likely to HURT Trump’s campaign.
https:// www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-cambridge-analytica-academic/academic-behind-facebook-breach-says-he-is-a-scapegoat-bbc-idUSKBN1GX0KK
That's odd. Walking back the election tampering accusation against President Trump. Protecting Obama?
Sarkozy faces second day of questioning in Libyan funds case
PARIS (Reuters) - Nicolas Sarkozy faced a second day of questioning on Wednesday by investigators who are questioning the French former president about allegations that late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi funded his 2007 election campaign.
https:// www.reuters.com/article/us-france-sarkozy-libya/sarkozy-faces-second-day-of-questioning-in-libyan-funds-case-idUSKBN1GX0LR
Grilled. Well done please.
Some abducted schoolgirls returned to Nigeria's Dapchi: witnesses
ABUJA (Reuters) - Some of the 110 schoolgirls abducted from the Nigerian town of Dapchi last month were brought back on Wednesday, two witnesses said. The witnesses said the girls were returned by people they thought were Islamist militant insurgents from the Boko Haram group.
They did not say how many had come back. A military officer at a checkpoint near the town of
told Reuters: “Boko Haram have brought the girls.
https:// www.reuters.com/article/us-nigeria-security/some-abducted-schoolgirls-returned-to-nigerias-dapchi-witnesses-idUSKBN1GX0PV
President Trump making Nigeria great again too.