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TikTok, known in China as Douyin, is a video-sharing focused social networking service owned by Chinese company ByteDance, July 9, 2020.

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A social media ban for children younger than 16 is introduced in Australia’s Parliament

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s communications minister introduced a world-first law into Parliament on Thursday that would ban children younger than 16 from social media, saying online safety was one of parents’ toughest challenges. Michelle Rowland said TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit, X and Instagram were among the platforms that would face fines of up to 50

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The Department of Justice asks court to force Google to spin off Chrome

The US government formally proposed a partial breakup of Google on Wednesday, urging a federal judge to force a sale of the company’s Chrome web browser after a landmark ruling this year finding that Google had violated US antitrust law with its search business. The request by the Justice Department and a group of states opens the door to the most significant antitrust

A three wheeler driver waits for passengers at a crossing wearing a pollution mask in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019. The air quality index stood at 273 on Thursday in the capital after authorities declared a health emergency last weekend when the index crossed 500 — 10 times the level considered healthy by WHO standards.

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‘It’s impossible to breathe’: Life in the world’s most polluted city

Inside Delhi’s first ever clinic dedicated to pollution-related illnesses, Deepak Rajak struggles to catch his breath. The 64-year-old’s asthma has worsened in recent days, and his daughter rushed him to the clinic, anxious about his rapidly deteriorating health. Sitting in the waiting room, Rajak tells CNN he has become “very breathless” and cannot stop coughing. “It’s

People board a truck as they leave Khartoum, Sudan, Monday, June 19, 2023. Sudan's warring parties have begun another attempt at a cease-fire after more than two months of brutal fighting — and ahead of an international conference to raise funds for humanitarian assistance.

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‘Every night we only hoped to survive’: Sudanese refugees’ search for safety

Abdullah*, a Sudanese English teacher from Khartoum, had never imagined that fleeing one conflict would mean running straight into another. After escaping his country’s civil war and seeking refuge in Ethiopia, he found himself on the run again after a refugee camp he’d settled in came under attack from bandits and militias fighting Ethiopian government forces. The 27-year-old

Laos' Defense Minister Chansamone Chanyalath, right, hands over Chairmanship to Malaysian Defence Minister Mohamed Khaled Nordin during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) defense ministers' meeting in Vientiane, Laos, in Vientiane, Laos, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024.

ASEAN aims to enhance defense cooperation

VIENTIANE, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Representatives from the member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) gathered in Lao capital Vientiane to enhance ASEAN defense cooperation and address security

Gautam Adani, indicted in US, is a controversial first-generation Indian tycoon

I ndian billionaire Gautam Adani, indicted in New York over a $265 million bribery scheme, is a first-generation tycoon whose phenomenal rise has been accompanied by a series of damaging controversies at home and abroad. Asia's

In this photo taken from video distributed by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024, a Russian T-80BVM tank fires towards Ukrainian positions at an undisclosed location in Ukraine.

Russia launches ICBM strike against Ukraine as war escalates

Russia launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) from the Astrakhan region on Thursday morning during an attack on Ukraine, marking the first use of such a weapon in the 33-month-long war, according to Ukraine’s air force.The strike targeted enterprises and critical infrastructure in

Men mourn over the bodies of victims from an Israeli airstrike before their funeral outside a hospital in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, Sunday Nov. 17, 2024. Palestinian medical officials reported Sunday that Israeli strikes overnight killed 12 people in Central Gaza. One child and five women were counted among them.

Israeli strikes kill dozens in Gaza, Syria casualties mount

Israeli airstrikes have killed dozens of Palestinians in Gaza City and other areas, according to medical sources and rescuers. Civil Defence spokesman Mahmud

Activists participate in a demonstration against fossil fuels at the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan.

COP29: EU climate chief calls draft text "unacceptable"

A draft text on climate from the COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, has revealed the divisions between developing and industrialized countries as they try to reach agreement on a new finance goal. ...

World still split over money as clock ticks on COP29

A fresh draft of a climate pact unveiled on Thursday at COP29 failed to break an impasse over money, with time running for nations to reach a long-sought trillion-dollar finance agreement. The UN climate summit in Azerbaijan is supposed to conclude on Friday but the latest draft only underlines divisions as nations return to the negotiating table. "As for the text overall, I'm

China's President Xi Jinping, left and Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, pose for photos during a welcoming ceremony at the Alvorada palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

China's Xi begins state visit to Brazil

Chinese President Xi Jinping has begun his state visit to Brazil, a senior official said. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said on Wednesday in a statement

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly Prime Ministers' Questions session in parliament in London, Wednesday, July 24, 2024.

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Britain is falling apart – but Keir Starmer is nowhere to be seen

It’s getting increasingly difficult to imagine a man more out of his depth, more tone deaf and more downright away with the fairies when it comes to the business of running Britain. This week it was clearer than ever that Sir Keir Starmer doesn’t have a clue how the people of this country feel, what their priorities are and why so many of them have turned on him after less than

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Pressure mounts on Scholz over bid for second term

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz was under growing pressure Tuesday to step aside as the top candidate of his Social Democrats (SPD) for snap polls in February, as the party heads for a historic drubbing. Senior members of the SPD joined the chorus of voices calling for him to make way for popular Defence Minister Boris Pistorius, while a survey showed Scholz's popularity with the

Far-right leader Marine Le Pen arrives at the National Rally party headquarters, Thursday, July 4, 2024 in Paris. The National Rally secured the most votes in the first round of the early legislative elections on June 30 but not enough to claim an overall victory that would allow the formation of France's first far-right government since World War II.

Le Pen threatens to topple government over cost of living

Paris — French far-right leader Marine Le Pen on Wednesday threatened to seek to topple Prime Minister Michel Barnier’s fragile coalition government if her National Rally (RN) party’s cost-of-living concerns were not incorporated into the 2025 budget. Le Pen’s warning shot comes as she faces a major potential setback, with prosecutors seeking an obligatory five-year ban from

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, briefs reporters during the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventy-ninth session.

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Brazil police arrest five over alleged plot to assassinate President Lula

Brazilian police have arrested five people, including a former adviser to ex-President Jair Bolsonaro, over an alleged plot to assassinate President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in 2022, authorities said. The coup plot was conceived in late 2022, before Lula took office, according to Federal Police. In addition to killing the then-president-elect, the plot also included plans to

Police stop at a car to inspect in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, April 22, 2024.

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Doctors Without Borders halts operations in Port-au-Prince, citing police threats

A vital humanitarian organization said it will suspend activities in Haiti’s capital on Wednesday following a “series of threats” by local police, in a move that threatens to bring a further deterioration of conditions in the Caribbean nation that has struggled for years with gang warfare and political turmoil. Doctors Without Borders, also known as Médecins Sans Frontières

Secretary-General António Guterres (fourth from left) poses for a group photo with leaders attending the G20 Leaders’ Summit taking place in Rio de Janeiro.

Out of picture: Biden, Trudeau and Meloni miss 'family photo' at G20

Under sunshine and clear blue skies against a picture-perfect backdrop of Rio's iconic Sugarloaf Mountain, the Group of 20 leaders gathered for their 'family photo'. There was just one snag: US President Joe Biden was missing. The traditional photo opportunity descended into farce on Monday when Biden, Canada PM Justin Trudeau and Italian premier Giorgia Meloni were

Secretary-General António Guterres briefs reporters during a press conference ahead of the annual G20 meeting in Rio de Janeiro.

UN chief calls for effort to establish nuclear-weapon-free zone in Middle East

UNITED NATIONS - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called on an immediate ceasefire and the establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the Middle East. In his video message to the fifth session of the conference on the establishment of a Middle East zone free of

Some of the 47 democracy activists are escorted by Correctional Services officers in Hong Kong, Tuesday, March 2, 2021. A court hearing for 47 democracy activists charged under Hong Kong's national security law was set to resume Tuesday after a marathon session that was adjourned well past midnight after one defendant appeared to collapse and was taken away in an ambulance. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

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Hong Kong court begins sentencing more than 40 democracy activists in largest national security trial

A Hong Kong court has begun sentencing more than 40 of the city’s best known pro-democracy figures on charges of subversion in the largest national security trial to date following Beijing’s sweeping crackdown on dissent in the once free-wheeling city. The 45 defendants – including former high-profile lawmakers, activists, unionists and journalists – appeared at the West

File - A Palestinian child clears rubble following a deadly raid by Israeli forces that began Thursday night in the Nur Shams refugee camp, near the West Bank town of Tulkarem, Monday, April 22, 2024.

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‘Total oppression’: West Bank children being killed at unprecedented rate

Mohammad was 12, a football-mad teenager who spent his days dreaming of a career on the pitch and his last minutes practising ball skills. Ghassan was 14, a quiet, generous teenager who ran errands for elderly relatives, with an adoring six-year-old brother who stuck to him like a shadow. Both boys were shot dead this summer by Israeli soldiers, victims of an unprecedented

Prescott knew what it took to keep Labour in power

Afghanistan: Caught between climate change and global indifference

International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Hamas officials

A social media ban for children younger than 16 is introduced in Australia’s Parliament

The Department of Justice asks court to force Google to spin off Chrome

‘It’s impossible to breathe’: Life in the world’s most polluted city

‘Every night we only hoped to survive’: Sudanese refugees’ search for safety

ASEAN aims to enhance defense cooperation

Gautam Adani, indicted in US, is a controversial first-generation Indian tycoon

Russia launches ICBM strike against Ukraine as war escalates

Israeli strikes kill dozens in Gaza, Syria casualties mount

COP29: EU climate chief calls draft text "unacceptable"

World still split over money as clock ticks on COP29

China's Xi begins state visit to Brazil

Britain is falling apart – but Keir Starmer is nowhere to be seen

Pressure mounts on Scholz over bid for second term

Le Pen threatens to topple government over cost of living

Brazil police arrest five over alleged plot to assassinate President Lula

Doctors Without Borders halts operations in Port-au-Prince, citing police threats

Out of picture: Biden, Trudeau and Meloni miss 'family photo' at G20

UN chief calls for effort to establish nuclear-weapon-free zone in Middle East

Hong Kong court begins sentencing more than 40 democracy activists in largest national security trial

‘Total oppression’: West Bank children being killed at unprecedented rate

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