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Social media giant Meta scraps fact-checking for ‘community notes’
The social media giant Meta, which owns Instagram and Facebook, has announced the end of its third-party fact-checking programme in the United States, saying…
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Trump’s son to visit Greenland, amid father’s interest
Donald Trump confirmed Monday that his eldest son Don Jr plans to visit Greenland, two weeks after the US president-elect suggested that…
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US judge finds Giuliani in civil contempt in 2020 election workers’ case
A judge on Monday found Rudy Giuliani to be in civil contempt of court in a case brought by two Georgia election…
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US sends 11 Guantanamo Bay detainees to Oman, leaving just 15
US President Joe Biden’s administration slashed the prisoner population at Guantanamo Bay detention center in Cuba by nearly half on Monday, sending…
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Canada PM Justin Trudeau announces resignation
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Monday that he would resign as leader of the ruling Liberals after nine years…
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Why Trump’s blow-hot, blow-cold on China worries India
When China announced the creation of new counties last week, it marked out borders that included swaths of land that…
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Difficult to trust the resource nationalism of Niger’s military government
Last month, France’s majority state-owned nuclear conglomerate Orano revealed that the military government of Niger has assumed “operational control” of…
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Russians in Kursk region ‘shaken’ as Ukraine launches new offensive
On Sunday, photographer and social activist Oleg Pogozhikh went to work at his studio in Kursk, western Russia, to the…
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US Steel, Nippon sue Biden administration over decision to block merger
Nippon Steel and US Steel have filed a federal lawsuit in the United States challenging the Biden administration’s decision to…
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What is behind US strategy of keeping troops in post-Assad Syria?
The administration of United States President Joe Biden has said it is taking a wait-and-see approach to the fledgling government…
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