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2023-03-24 10:32 |
Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo score to reach historic landmarks... |
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2023-03-24 10:25 |
Influencers take stock of life and dreams if US bans TikTok... TikTok backers believe the wildly popular app provides livelihoods, paths to social change and a sense of community. Read more at straitstimes.com.... |
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2023-03-24 10:22 |
Chicago Blackhawks won't wear Pride warmups because of security concerns... |
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2023-03-24 10:21 |
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College student recounts her social media breaking point and how she stopped 'scrolling mindlessly'... The scrutiny of some Big Tech and social media platforms is running high as TikTok's CEO faces grilling before lawmakers. Emma Lembke, 20, is among those taking action against what she sees as the harmful effects of social media on her generation.... |
2023-03-24 10:11 |
Italy to cut rice output as drought looms for second year... Lombardy, MILAN Italian rice output is set to fall in 2023 as farmers facing a second year of drought reduce the land dedicated to the crop to the lowest in more than two decades, agricultural groups warn. Italy cultivates about 50 per cent of the rice pr... |
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2023-03-24 10:11 |
Israel's Attorney-General: Netanyahu involvement in judicial overhaul is illegal... The A-G said Netanyahu violated the law by saying he would get personally involved in a judicial overhaul plan. Read more at straitstimes.com.... |
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2023-03-24 09:44 |
Pope should punish 'heretical' German bishops, cardinal says... ROME Pope Francis should take disciplinary action against German bishops who support same-sex unions and hold other "heretical" views, a top conservative cardinal said in an interview published on Friday. The German Catholic church is discussing a... |
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2023-03-24 09:44 |
Ukraine updates: Kyiv prepares for counterassault... Plans for the counteroffensive come as Russia pushes forth its attempt to capture Bakhmut. Meanwhile, Medvedev has threatened that Russia might attack Kyiv or Lviv. DW has rounded up the latest.... |
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2023-03-24 09:36 |
North Korea tests underwater attack drone that can generate 'radioactive tsunami'... The drone - called Unmanned Underwater Nuclear Attack Craft Haeil - was tested for 59 hours, KCNA reports, and Kim Jong Un was... |
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2023-03-24 09:29 |
Explainer: Have European countries violated human rights through climate inaction?... Citizens affected by climate change are suing the governments of more than 30 European countries. Read more at straitstimes.com.... |
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2023-03-24 09:29 |
Netizens have the hots for new 'zaddy', TikTok CEO Chew Shou Zi, after grilling by US lawmakers... Across various social media platforms, users have expressed their adoration for Mr Chew. Read more at straitstimes.com.... |
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2023-03-24 09:27 |
Migrants From Afghanistan, Pakistan Found In Truck In Serbia... Serbia's customs authorities said on March 24 they discovered nine migrants hiding among aluminum rolls in a truck headed to Poland from Greece.... |
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2023-03-24 09:25 |
'Not the most attractive': Underdog snail wins Mollusc of the Year... In the end it was neither beauty, nor gymnastic mating rituals that won the public over.... |
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2023-03-24 09:24 |
WATCH | Not a single US lawmaker offered support for TikTok CEO's reassurances... U.S. lawmakers on Thursday battered TikTok's chief executive about potential Chinese influence over the platform and said its short videos were damaging children's mental health, reflecting bipartisan concerns over the app's power over America... |
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2023-03-24 09:24 |
Francophone Week: The perfect French expressions that will give English-speakers a headache... There's a WHAT in my soup??In honour of Francophone Week, here are perfect French expressions that will give English-speakers a headache... |
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2023-03-24 09:23 |
The significance of King Charles' visit to France - if it isn't met with protest action... Charles III arrives in France on Sunday for his first state visit as king, but the planned celebrations of historic cross-Channel relations face potential disruption from protests over unpopular pension reforms.... |
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2023-03-24 09:22 |
World Athletics tightens rules on transgender women athletes... |
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2023-03-24 09:22 |
North Korea says it tested a new underwater nuclear attack 'drone'... North Korea claimed on Friday it had tested an underwater nuclear attack drone able to unleash a 'radioactive tsunami', as it blamed recent US-South Korea exercises for a deteriorating regional security situation.... |
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2023-03-24 09:17 |
China threatens 'serious consequences' over US warship... China and the US are once again in a standoff over the question of sovereignty in the South China Sea. The US says its ship was asserting its maritime rights in the area.... |
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2023-03-24 09:03 |
China won't ask firms to supply data gathered abroad... Beijing said on Friday that it does not ask companies to hand over data gathered overseas, as TikTok faces calls for a ban in the United States.China "has never and will not require companies or individuals to collect or provide data located in a fore... |
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2023-03-24 09:03 |
'City killer' asteroid to pass between Earth and Moon harmlessly on March 25 weekend... The asteroid will miss Earth by about 173,000km, a little less than half the distance to the Moon. Read more at straitstimes.com.... |
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2023-03-24 09:03 |
India: Opposition's Rahul Gandhi barred from parliament... A day after being convicted of defamation, opposition leader Rahul Gandhi has been disqualified from India's parliament. Supporters of his Congress party have also gathered to protest.... |
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2023-03-24 08:52 |
Eurozone leaders convene to discuss banking stability... Leaders of countries that use the single currency are meeting after the takeover of Credit Suisse and fears of further turmoil. The topic of persistently high inflation will also be on the agenda.... |
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2023-03-24 08:50 |
Von der Leyen: EU will host conference on illegal deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia... EU will host conference on illegal deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia, says EU chief... |
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2023-03-24 08:47 |
The AU must not allow Tunisia's Saied to harm African unity... Tunisia's populist president is trying to divide us using a white supremacist conspiracy from Europe.... |
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2023-03-24 08:43 |
Biden in Canada to discuss security, trade and migration issues... Two important agreements appeared to be in hand before Biden even departed Washington. Canada will escalate its timeline for military upgrades to the North American Aerospace Defense Command and the two nations have reached an agreement to update rules fo... |
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2023-03-24 08:38 |
Twenty years on, John Bolton is still defending the US's Iraq War... 'It wasn't flawed intelligence' that led to the war, says Bolton, a key proponent of the US invasion.... |
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2023-03-24 08:33 |
OSCE To Examine Human Rights Situation In Belarus... The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) will establish an expert mission to examine the human rights situation in Belarus after a request by the United States and 37 other countries.... |
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2023-03-24 08:33 |
Slovakia delivers first four Soviet-era MiG-29 jets to Ukraine... The warplanes were flown from Slovakia to Ukraine by Ukrainian pilots, with help from the Slovak air force.... |
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2023-03-24 08:30 |
Paul Bremer on Iraq occupation mistakes and accountability... Twenty years on from the US-led invasion, Marc Lamont Hill challenges the man tapped to oversee post-Saddam Iraq.... |
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2023-03-24 08:24 |
Protests in Israel as government pushes ahead with controversial judicial reforms... There have been more protests in Israel as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing coalition government passes the first of several laws as part of its contentious judicial overhaul.... |
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2023-03-24 08:24 |
North Korea tests underwater nuclear drone... Pyongyang's new underwater drone is intended to be capable of carrying out sneak attacks in enemy waters. As a test went ahead, North Korea's Kim Jong Un condemned joint US-South Korean drills.... |
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2023-03-24 08:20 |
DRC's President Tshisekedi reshuffles cabinet ahead of election... Analyst says the overhaul of the 57 member-cabinet just months before the election is a 'deeply political shuffle'.... |
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2023-03-24 08:20 |
Russian Blogger Varlamov, Human Rights Lawyer Chikov Listed As 'Foreign Agents'... Russia's Justice Ministry has added blogger Ilya Varlamov and lawyer Pavel Chikov of the Agora legal defense organization to the "foreign agents" registry.... |
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2023-03-24 08:19 |
South Carolina OKs bill barring 'foreign adversary' land holdings... The bill is among numerous measures taken after a suspected Chinese spy balloon floated over the US.... |
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2023-03-24 08:17 |
China threatens consequences over US warship's actions... China is threatening "serious consequences" after the U.S. Navy sailed a destroyer around the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea for the second day in a row, in a move Beijing claims was a violation of its sovereignty and security... |
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2023-03-24 08:12 |
Bordeaux town hall set ablaze as French pension reform unrest grows... The building, where King Charles III is set to be received next week, was set on fire Thursday evening.... |
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2023-03-24 08:11 |
Drone attack kills U.S. contractor in Syria, unleashing airstrike response... The Pentagon launched precision airstrikes in response to the attack, which officials attributed to militants affiliated with Iran.... |
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2023-03-24 08:02 |
World Athletics bans transgender women... World Athletics has banned transgender women from competing in elite female track and field events.... |
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2023-03-24 08:00 |
This U.K. team brings hospital care into homes. Could more of these programs help Canada?... Health-care teams in the U.K. are providing hospital-quality care for people in their homes to help ease systems facing a shortage of hospital beds. And while versions of these programs exist in Canada, some experts say we need more of them.... |
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2023-03-24 07:52 |
Displacement and migration explained in five graphics... War, disasters, economic crises: Every year, millions of people around the world are forced to leave their homes. DW illustrates who is going where and why, who is taking in refugees, and who is sealing themselves off.... |
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2023-03-24 07:43 |
TikTok CEO fronts US hearing... TikTok's CEO has fronted a hearing in the US and was grilled over the app's links with the Chinese government.... |
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2023-03-24 07:40 |
China, US in war of words over South China Sea navigation... China says US destroyer warned off for second day, US Navy said its ship successfully challenged China maritime claims.... |
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2023-03-24 07:40 |
AP Week in Pictures: Europe and Africa... MARCH 17-23, 2023 From Cyclone Freddy's devastating impact in Malawi and protests in France against raising the retirement age, to fans celebrating with flares at a Premier League match in England,...... |
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2023-03-24 07:38 |
Saudi Arabia and Syria 'in talks to restore ties'... Saudi state television reports that the two countries are in talks to resume consular services.... |
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2023-03-24 07:35 |
Guilty of abetting abortion, Polish woman vows to fight on... BRUSSELS (AP) — The way Justyna Wydrzyska sees it, Ania was a victim of domestic violence just like she was. Another child and she'd be trapped. It was 2020. The pandemic lockdowns. Everyone worried...... |
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2023-03-24 07:29 |
Yemen: Amid hopes for peace, the maimed, starving and oppressed victims of the forgotten war that shows no sign of stopping... Yemen: Amid hopes for peace, the maimed, starving and oppressed victims of the forgotten war that shows no sign of stopping... |
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2023-03-24 07:27 |
WATCH | Stop, there's a zebra crossing! Escaped animal roams streets of Seoul... A zebra escaped from a zoo in the South Korean capital Seoul and wandered the streets of a residential district for three hours before being caught and taken home.... |
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2023-03-24 07:26 |
WATCH | Strong winds suck teacher out of Los Angeles classroom... A teacher in Los Angeles got sucked out of her classroom by powerful winds.... |
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2023-03-24 07:26 |
Israeli gov't shows signs of split over PM's judiciary plans... Netanyahu promises to press ahead with judicial changes, despite reports of defence minister's opposition.... |