The slowdown in global warming is temporary and a return to “substantial warming” is expected in coming decades, scientists have said.

DATA protection bosses have told Facebook there is “room for improvement” in how it handles the personal information of users.

Facebook has been ordered to tighten its privacy practices and delete unneeded data sooner, after an audit by the office of the Data Protection Commissioner (DPC).

JUST days after it was forced to tighten its privacy settings, social networking site Facebook is to do a U-turn on its policy of not having “panic buttons” on its web pages.

Facebook will be rolling out “simplified” privacy settings to appease concerns over safeguarding users’ information, it was announced.

THE three main political party leaders are to answer questions from users of internet sites Facebook and YouTube, it was announced yesterday.

FACEBOOK has hit back at criticisms of changes made to its privacy settings earlier this week.

One of the country’s leading names in fashion has paid more than €6m to the Revenue for tax dodging, it was revealed.

Indonesia’s Muslims “will not remain quiet” if international relief groups try to convert tsunami survivors to Christianity, a senior Islamic leader said, as efforts to prevent epidemics in overcrowded, unsanitary camps gathered steam.

Malaria could kill up to 100,000 people in coming months across Indian Ocean communities devastated by the tsunami if authorities do not quickly move to kill mosquitoes, a health expert warned today.