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Facebook usage set to drop in US: EMarketer

Bloomberg Facebook Inc. is lucky it owns Instagram. This year, the world’s largest social network will see a decline among teen users in the US, according to a forecast by EMarketer. It’s the first time the research company has predicted a fall in Facebook usage for any age group. EMarketer predicts 14.5 million people from the ages of 12 to ...

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Trump adds Afghanistan to long list of issues that defy easy fix

Bloomberg Donald Trump vowed as a presidential candidate to reduce America’s military involvement abroad and quickly defeat IS terrorists. His announcement of an open-ended commitment to Afghanistan to battle extremists is a concession that as president he cannot meet either promise. Trump’s shift on Afghanistan is the latest indication of how difficult it has been to deliver on his “only ...

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‘More talks likely on Kurdish referendum’

BAGHDAD / ERBIL / Reuters A delegation representing Iraq’s ruling Shi’ite coalition may meet Kurdish politicians again next week to try to convince them to delay or cancel a plan to hold an independence referendum, a negotiator said. A first round of talks, held last week in Baghdad, brought the two sides closer and a second round could be held ...

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