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LONDON, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Hackers stole the email addresses of more than 200 million Twitter users and posted them on an online hacking forum, a security researcher said Wednesday.

It was not clear what action, if any, Twitter has taken to investigate or remediate the issue.

Claims about the size and scope of the breach initially varied with early accounts in December saying 400 million email addresses and phone numbers were stolen. »

The FTC wants to ban noncompete agreements, which stop workers from moving to competitors or starting their own similar businesses.

Under the FTC's proposed rule, employers wouldn't be able to impose a noncompete, and past ones would be rescinded.

Under a new proposed rule, the FTC would ban employers from saddling workers with noncompete agreements that prohibit them from working at competitors, or starting similar businesses. »

WASHINGTON--Japan’s trade and industry minister said on Thursday post-Cold War free trade and economic inter-dependence had bolstered authoritarian regimes and the United States and like-minded democracies should counter them with a “new world order.”.

“Authoritarian countries have amassed tremendous power, both economically and militarily,” Japan’s Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Yasutoshi Nishimura said in a speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington.

“We must rebuild a world order based on the fundamental values of freedom, democracy, human rights and the rule of law,” he added. »

Foot found in Yellowstone hot pool, but case is still murky.

FILE - This photo provided by the National Park Service shows the Abyss Pool hot spring in the southern part of Yellowstone National Park, Wyo., in June 2015. »