|  | | | | | myanmar | | | | A day after a Reuters investigation lifted the lid on why Facebook has failed to stem hate speech in Myanmar against the Rohingya, the company has issued a statement saying it was 'too slow' to react. https://reut.rs/2MrMOnN 7:24 AM - August 16, 2018 | | | | Two Reuters journalists have been detained in Myanmar since for 248 days. See our full coverage: https://reut.rs/2yPnwus 10:20 AM - August 16, 2018 | | | commentary | | Columnist Peter Apps looks at the latest battle in Ghazni, here Afghan troops and Taliban fighters fought for the future of Afghanistan. If the Taliban had captured Ghazni, Apps writes, it would have been the first major urban victory since a short-lived 2015 takeover of Kunduz. Instead, they demonstrated their limitations in a war in which violence and negotiation are very much part of the same process. | | | | | | | | | | | | | environment | | A federal judge in Montana ordered the U.S. State Department to do a full environmental review of a revised route for the Keystone XL crude oil pipeline, a move that could delay the project and prove a setback for the Trump administration. 3 min read | | | | Scientists in Florida are on the cusp of developing promising methods to control toxic algae blooms like the “red tide” that has been killing marine life along a 150-mile stretch of the Gulf Coast. 4 min read | | | | The Canadian government said it would move to restrict use of two types of crop chemicals that have been linked to deaths of aquatic insects and bees, in a victory for environmentalists and the latest setback for companies that sell the pesticides. 3 Min Read | | | | Texas environment regulators should coordinate shutdowns of oil refineries and other petrochemical plants during major storms to avoid big releases of air pollution like during last year’s Hurricane Harvey, a report said. 3 min read | | | | | | | | | | | Top Stories on Reuters TV | | | | | | | |
