News Headlines - 17 November 2016

▽Confusion over Trump's first talks with foreign leader | Reuters

One day before U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's first meeting with a foreign leader, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japanese officials said they had not finalized when or where in New York it would take place, who would be invited, or in some cases whom to call for answers.

▽Barack Obama: Fake News On Facebook Hurts Democracy | The Huffington Post

In a joint press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Obama warned that the ease with which people can promulgate fraudulent news stories threatens basic democratic principles.

▽South Korea's President Park seeks more time from prosecutors

South Korean President Park Geun-Hye will not be ready to appear before prosecutors until next week despite their demand to question her sooner over a snowballing political scandal, her lawyer said Thursday.

▽Dictionary of 50,000 surnames and their origins published | The Guardian

A team of researchers has spent four years studying the meanings and origins of almost 50,000 surnames, from the most common to the highly obscure.

▽Domino's starts delivering pizza by drone, but only in New Zealand

Domino's now delivers via autonomous drone. Today, the pizza chain officially launched its drone delivery service in New Zealand. The pizzaria chain has been working with Flirtey on the program for awhile now, but has only just started offering it to a select group of customers.