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TikTok Pays $400 M to Child Safety Trust After COPPA Settlement.
TikTok has agreed to pay $400 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Justice Department that accused the platform of violating the Children’s Online
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Russia Adds Mediazona to Foreign-Agents List for Second Time
In a move that marks a second “foreign‑agent” designation of the independent news outlet Mediazona, the Russian Ministry of Justice announced on Thursday t
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Sinaloa Governor Returns to Office After Court Declares Evidence Insufficient
In a move that has drawn attention from both domestic and international observers, Governor Rubén Rocha Moya of the Mexican state of Sinaloa returned to of
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Russian drone strike kills 16, injures 130 at KryvyiRih mall
Russian unmanned aerial vehicles struck a crowded shopping centre in Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, on Tuesday, killing at least 16 people and wounding
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Russian artillery kills four civilians, including three children, in Pervomaisk.
A Russian artillery strike on a residential area in the Mykolaiv region of southern Ukraine on Tuesday killed four civilians, including three children, Ukr
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The Odyssey tops $1.35 billion, becoming highest‑grossing R‑rated film.
The epic fantasy film *The Odyssey* has crossed the US$1.35 billion mark at the global box office, becoming the highest‑grossing R‑rated film of all time.
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USS George Washington Replaces Abraham Lincoln in Persian Gulf Amid Iran Tensions
The nuclear‑powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN‑73) entered the Persian Gulf on Thursday, taking over the forward‑deployed duties of the US
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Eight Killed When Security Aviation Cessna 441 Crashes at Alaska Radar Site
A Cessna 441 Conquest II operated by Security Aviation as Flight 45 crashed into the Cape Newenham Long‑Range Radar Site in western Alaska on Tuesday, kill
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Syrian Kurdish commander declares full integration of Kurdish forces into state apparatus
Syrian Kurdish commander Mazloum Abdi announced on Tuesday that the process of folding Kurdish military, security and civil bodies into the Syrian state ap
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Russian missile‑drone strike on Kyiv kills 15, injures 40, hits hospital
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Tuesday that a coordinated Russian missile and drone strike on the capital, Kyiv, killed at least 15 people
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Mexican forces capture nine CJNG members, including senior operative Tío Lako, in Michoacán raid
Mexican armed forces announced on Saturday that nine members of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) were detained during a coordinated raid in the rur
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Trump Announces Broad U.S. Sanctions, Declares Economic War on Iran
Washington, D.C., – On Thursday, President Donald Trump declared the launch of an “economic war” against the Islamic Republic of Iran, unveiling a sweeping
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Ecuador's intelligence chief and wife killed in Kenya helicopter crash
A helicopter carrying six people, including Ecuador’s intelligence chief Michele Sensi‑Contugi, his wife, and the aircraft’s pilot, crashed into the slopes
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Former Liberian Vice President Jewel Taylor Charged with Drug Trafficking
Former Liberian vice‑president Jewel Taylor was formally charged on Thursday with multiple counts of drug trafficking, money laundering and related offense
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UCSD researchers culture human brain organoids for unprecedented seven-year period
A team of researchers led by scientists at the University of California, San Diego announced on Monday that they have successfully cultured human brain org
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U.S. national debt tops $40 trillion, hitting a record high
The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced on August 20 that the nation’s total debt had surpassed the $40 trillion mark for the first time, with the da
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WHO sends 70,000 Merck Ebola vaccine doses to Congo
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Tuesday that it will ship 70,000 doses of an Ebola vaccine candidate developed by the U.S. pharmaceutical
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IDF launches formal probe into March West Bank raid killing family and paramedics
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on Tuesday that it has opened a formal investigation into the conduct of its troops involved in the March 2024 in
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Israeli airstrike kills about ten at Gaza police headquarters
An Israeli strike on a police headquarters in Gaza City on Monday killed an estimated ten people, according to local health officials and eyewitnesses, and
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IDF airstrike kills four senior Nukhba commanders in Gaza café
The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) said on Tuesday that an airstrike on a café in Gaza City killed four senior commanders of the Nukhba force, the elite spec
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Missile and Drone Attack on Kyiv Kills 12, Injures 40, Damages Hospital and School
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday that a coordinated missile and drone strike on Kyiv killed at least 12 people, wounded roughly 40
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Ecuadorian intelligence chief dies in Kenyan helicopter crash
A helicopter operated by a private charter service crashed in Samburu County, Kenya, on Friday, killing all six people on board, including Ecuador’s head o
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Merck, Moderna vaccine reduces melanoma recurrence by 34% in phase III trial
Merck & Co. and Moderna announced on Monday that a late‑stage, phase‑III trial of their investigational cancer vaccine, designed to prevent recurrence of m
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US imposes sanctions on ICC officials over alleged politically motivated prosecutions.
The United States announced on Tuesday that it has imposed sanctions on Tomoko Akane, the president of the International Criminal Court (ICC), and Abdoulay