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North Korea 'preparing rocket launch', images suggest

North Korea 'preparing rocket launch', images suggest

World
Satellite images of a facility near Pyongyang suggest that North Korea may be preparing to launch a missile or a satellite. The increase in activity is around a site known as Sanumdong, where North Korea assembled most of its ballistic missiles and rockets. It comes after reports earlier this week that North Korea's main rocket launch site at Sohae had been rebuilt.Work to dismantle Sohae began last year but stopped as US talks stalled.On Friday US President Donald Trump said he would be disappointed if North Korea was to resume weapons testing."I would be surprised in a negative way if he did anything that was not per our understanding. But we'll see what happens," he said."I would be very disappointed if I saw testing." What to...
White House 'preparing to investigate tech giants'

White House 'preparing to investigate tech giants'

Technology
The White House has drafted an executive order for Donald Trump which would instruct federal agencies to investigate the business practices of technology giants including Facebook and Google. Without naming specific companies, a draft copy of the order, obtained by Bloomberg, instructs antitrust (competition law) authorities to "thoroughly investigate whether any online platform has acted in violation of the antitrust laws".Other federal agencies are instructed to develop recommendations on how to "protect competition among online platforms and address online platform bias" within a month by the order, which has not been finalised.It is currently in its preliminary stages and federal agencies will consult on its contents before it goes to the president.Mr Trump publicly acc...