![A group of prominent Facebook critics, including one of the social network's early investors and a journalist facing jail time in the Philippines, is calling for 'proper independent scrutiny' of the company. [File: Jeff Chiu/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/facebook.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
The critics warn Facebook is already being used to undermine the US elections.
Europe
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Lack of income from visitors to royal buildings is likely to bring a general funding shortfall of $19m over three years.
![Messi has had a long-running feud with club president Bartomeu which intensified after Barcelona were humiliated 8-2 by Bayern Munich in a Champions League quarter-final [Albert Gea/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/b200a7725e8a481391d4e8808fa0cee3_18.jpeg?resize=570%2C380)
Club captain Messi takes swipe at Barcelona’s board after departure of fellow forward Suarez for...
![More than 600 refugees and migrants have perished this year while attempting the Mediterranean crossing, the deadliest route for those hoping for a better life in Europe [File: Umit Bektas/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/23b0945ac08e4e1cac931a7c4e266b47_18.jpeg?resize=570%2C380)
Greek authorities are shoving refugees into life rafts and abandoning them at sea, according to an AP...
![French firefighters carry an injured person near the former offices of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo following an alleged attack by a man wielding a knife [Alain Jocard/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/000_8QP4K2.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Arrests made over attack which comes as trial over deadly 2015 assault at satirical newspaper under way.
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A 23-year-old prisoner is in a critical condition in hospital after reportedly turning gun on himself.
![UK clothing retailer Boohoo said in 2016 it carried out regular, unscheduled checks of suppliers in the city of Leicester, but the head of a review found visits were announced ahead of time [File: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/364898717.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Independent review conducted after reports that contractors were paying workers less than minimum wage.
An Algerian actor, a Honduran journalist, a Liberian writer, a Cameroonian performer: four remarkable journeys to Spain.
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Paris hospitals reduce surgeries and protests flare in Madrid over resources for primary care staff.
![CEO of Cambridge Analytica Alexander Nix was the director of the firm and five companies that had marketed themselves as offering clients 'bribery or honey trap stings' and 'voter disengagement campaigns', a UK agency said [File: Pedro Nunes/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/nix.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
UK state agency blackballs Alexander Nix for letting now-defunct Cambridge Analytica staff offer ‘unethical services’.
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Salih Mustafa, former senior commander of KLA, charged with murder, torture, arbitrary detention and cruel treatment.
![Gold prices have retreated since hitting a record in August [File: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/363631879.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
US dollar strength is weighing on precious metals, driving down gold prices and silver, which is now in a bear market.
![Veteran striker has been placed in quarantine at home [Miguel Medina/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/000_8QM4T3.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
AC Milan forward becomes highest-profile Serie A player to test positive since play resumed in June.
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Navalny’s assets seized in August in connection with lawsuit filed by Moscow Schoolchild catering company: Spokesperson