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Illustrative image (Source:The Inquisitr) Hanoi (VNA) – In the context that websites and social media are flooded with unverified information, members of the Organisation of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA) shared experience in regaining trust in mainstream news on the occasion of the 44th OANA Executive Board Meeting hosted by the Vietnam News Agency in Hanoi from April 18-20. To verify information circulating on the Internet and make it useful for its news coverage, Kyodo News of Japan created the “D-Watch team” in 2012, which is in charge of monitoring various websites and social media, like Facebook and Twitter, every day from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. and regularly reports to its News Department’s nerve centre, called the News Centre, about newsworthy information. If the News Centre judges that it is better to cover something, based on information from the D-Watch team, the centre will instruct news sections to send reporters to the spot where the news is … [Read more...] about OANA news agencies share experience to regain trust in mainstream news

* China and the Philippines agreed on Tuesday to upgrade their ties to comprehensive strategic cooperation and jointly advance the Belt and Road construction. The decision was made at a meeting between visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Philippine counterpart Rodrigo Duterte. * Russia's gross domestic product (GDP) grew 1.5 percent year on year in the first nine months of this year, compared to 1.8 percent in the same period in 2017, Russia's Federal Statistics Service (Rosstat) said Tuesday. * US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu in Washington on November 20 to discuss Turkey's detention of US citizens and bilateral ties, said the US State Department. * Spain will vote against the Brexit agreement if the situation of Gibraltar, the territory that Britain owns in the Iberian Peninsula, is not clarified, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said in Madrid on November 20. * South Africa's new economic reforms are facing serious … [Read more...] about World News in Brief: November 21

* The European Union (EU) and Singapore on October 19 signed a free trade agreement at a two-day Asia-Europe meeting which brings over 50 leaders from European and Asian countries. * The United States has suspended another military exercise with the Republic of Korea (RoK) to give diplomatic maneuvers with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) "every opportunity to continue," the US military said. * The Brazilian government Friday announced a decision to donate US$100,000 to a fund for the victims of the earthquake and tsunami which hit Indonesia late September. More than 2,000 were killed, 10,000 more seriously injured and 80,000 left homeless in the natural disaster in Indonesia. * Around 9 million Afghan voters went to the polls on October 20 for parliamentary elections in the militancy-plagued country amid tight security. More than 2,500 candidates are contesting for the 249-seat Wolesi Jirga, or lower house of the parliament, for the next five-year term. * Saudi King … [Read more...] about World News in Brief: October 20

* Australia's ruling Liberal-National Party coalition (LNP) has lost its governing majority in the nation's parliament. Independent Kerryn Phelps on October 21 claimed victory over the LNP's Dave Sharma in the Wentworth by-election, leaving the LNP with 75 of 150 seats in the House of Representatives. * The Republic of Korea (RoK) and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) agreed to hold general-grade military talks later this week at the border village of Panmunjom, Seoul's defense ministry said Monday, October 22. They will also discuss ways to form a joint military committee, which would consult on military affairs between the two Koreas. * Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on October 21 that he will make statements about murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi during his party's parliamentary group meeting on October 23. * US lawmakers on October 21 voiced skepticism about the Saudi explanation of the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, calling on Washington … [Read more...] about World News in Brief: October 22