Tag: Global
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Big Brother or fraud guard? India rushes to reassure users about ‘snooping’ app
India sought to address concerns that its mandate to pre-install a cybersecurity app on mobile phones could invade privacy or enable surveillance, say…
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Whereabouts of 6-year-old Chinese boy Yuanxin unknown after ICE detention
The whereabouts of a six-year-old boy from China remain unknown after he was allegedly separated from his father while both were held by US Immigratio…
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US pauses all immigration applications from 19 countries
The Trump administration on Tuesday said it paused all immigration applications, including green card and US citizenship processing, filed by immigran…
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‘Strategic’: why are drones taking off among South China Sea claimant states?
Across the strategic waterway of the South China Sea, claimant countries are increasingly relying on long-endurance aerial drones to carry out continu…
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Japan sympathises as 79-year-old kills mother, 100, out of exhaustion
Masato Watabe made no effort to hide the killing. A little over an hour after he held his hand over his victim’s mouth until she was no longer breathi…
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Hong Kong will miss its most popular philosopher
Once, when pop diva Faye Wong was seen reading on a plane, the book reportedly on her lap was the perennial local bestseller Art of Thinking by Lee Ti…
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South Korea: Lee promises justice on martial law anniversary
On December 3, 2024, former president Yoon Suk Yeol’s declaration of martial law prompted massive protests and a showdown in parliament. Now President…
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Nigeria names former military chief as new defense minister
The nomination of former top general Christopher Musa marks a shakeup of Nigeria’s Defense Ministry amid a security emergency.
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San Francisco sues Coca-Cola, Kraft over ultraprocessed food
The Californian city is suing makers of ultraprocessed foods that health experts link to obesity and other diseases.
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Faberge’s Winter Egg breaks auction records
The masterfully designed Easter egg was a gift from Czar Nicholas II to his mother in 1913. The auction house said the egg is one of the “rarest items…