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French singer Renaud has expressed his 'admiration' for Gisele Pelicot

'Something Was Wrong', Defendant In French Mass Rape Tells Court

US Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan says that targeted ads, while lucrative for social media companies, threaten privacy and expose people to potential harm such as stalking

US Accuses Social Media Giants Of 'Vast Surveillance'

The fires have killed five people and injured dozens more

Portugal Tackles Last Of Deadly Northern Forest Fires

Hong Kong's legislature passed a second, tougher national security law in March that beefed up the penalties of sedition

Hong Kong Man Sentenced 14 Months For Wearing 'Seditious' T-shirt

Meta, which owns Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, recently halted plans to harvest data from European users to train its AI models after pressure from privacy regulators

Meta And Spotify Blast EU Decisions On AI

Unrest broke out in mid-May in New Caledonia over a planned expansion of the electoral roll that indigenous Kanak people fear would leave them in a permanent minority

Two Killed During Police Operation In New Caledonia

Bank of England policymakers voted 8-1 for no rate change, having narrowly backed an August cut

Bank Of England Freezes Rate After Jumbo US Cut

The report endorses setting up a light-touch 'coordination' structure within the UN secretariat

AI Development Cannot Be Left To Market Whim, UN Experts Warn

The government has reduced the weight of a daily subsidized bread portion from 80 to 60 grams (2.8 to 2.1 ounces)

Some Cubans Depend On Sugar Water As Food Shortages Bite

Stoltenberg is handing over the leadership of NATO at a time of concern over Ukraine

Departing NATO Chief Warns US Against 'Isolationism'

MrBeast is one of the most successful YouTubers of all time

MrBeast Named In California Lawsuit Over 'Beast Games' Show

An ambulance rushes wounded people to hospital in Beirut on September 17, 2024, after explosions hit Hezbollah strongholds

Lebanon Device Blasts: What We Know About Deadly Attacks

India plans to expand domestic coal mining to meet growing power demand

India Coal Expansion Risks Massive Methane Growth: Report

Kurt Campbell, now the US deputy secretary of state, speaks next to senior South Korean official Kim Tae-hyo in Seoul in July 2023

China The Top Challenge In US History, Top Diplomat Says

Workers have been picketing 24 hours a day outside Boeing factories in the Seattle area since late last week

Boeing To Start Large Temporary Furloughs Amid Seattle Strike

Snap boss Evan Spiegel speaks at the group's annual conference on September 17, 2024 in Santa Monica, California

Snapchat Pushes 'Safer' Platform Image, But Not Everyone Agrees

Ukraine has held on to parts of Russia's Kursk region for more than a month

Russian Advance In Kursk 'Stopped': Ukraine Official To AFP

Tupperware has been hit by dwindling sales in recent years

End Of The Party? Tupperware Files For Bankruptcy

Public finances are Michel Barnier's prime concern

France's New PM Warns Of 'Very Serious' Financial Situation

Boeing had been hopeful about averting a strike after reaching a preliminary deal that included a 25 percent general wage increase over four years

Boeing Not Taking Strike Talks Seriously, Union Says

'This price must be paid': Activist Daniel has been assaulted and prosecuted

Three Activists Risking Their Lives For The Planet

Russia is intensifying disinformation campaigns ahead of the US election in November, researchers say.

Russia Intensifies Disinformation Ops Against Harris Campaign: Microsoft

The Liaoning seen in Hong Kong waters in 2017. The aircraft carrier sailed through waters northeast of Taiwan on Wednesday

Chinese Carrier Sails Through Northeast Taiwan Waters

Gold Apollo chief Hsu Ching-kuang speaks to the media outside the company's office in New Taipei City

Taiwan Company Says Exploding Hezbollah Pagers Made By Hungary Partner

Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell indicated in recent weeks that a rate cut was coming in September

US Fed Set To Make First Rate Cut Since 2020

An 81-year-old woman was Austria's fifth victim of the floods, a police spokesman told AFP

Storm Boris Toll Rises To 22 In Central Europe

Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg at a hearing before the US Congress, in January 2024 in Washington

Instagram, Under Pressure, Tightens Protection For Teens

US retail sales saw slight growth in August, beating analyst expectations

US Retail Sales See Slight Rise, Beating Expectations

Norway aims to only sell zero-emissions cars by next year

Electric Cars Overtake Gas Models In Norway

Abortion rights demonstrators rally in Washington in June 2023 to mark the first anniversary of the US Supreme Court ruling overturning the federal right to an abortion

Harris Slams Death Of Woman After Abortion Ban Delayed Medical Care

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Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hopes a reshuffle could improve his fortunes
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Nike's new CEO vowed to revive the brand despite a difficult run in recent quarters
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The leader of Syria's Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group that seized Damascus, Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, addresses a crowd at the capital's landmark Umayyad Mosque on December 8, 2024
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