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TikTok CEO expects to defeat US restrictions: 'We aren't going anywhere'
Reuters, Published on 25/04/2024
» WASHINGTON: TikTok's chief executive said on Wednesday the social media company expects to win a legal challenge to block legislation signed into law by President Joe Biden that he said would ban its popular short video app used by 170 million Americans.
New files shed more light on Epstein sex scandal
Reuters, Published on 06/01/2024
» NEW YORK - The late financier Jeffrey Epstein invoked his constitutional right against incriminating himself about 600 times in testimony for a lawsuit brought by Virginia Giuffre, who accused him of sexual abuse.
Landmark gun-safety bill heads to US House after Senate passage
Reuters, Published on 24/06/2022
» WASHINGTON: The Democratic-controlled United States House of Representatives moved quickly on Friday to take up a package of modest measures intended to stem gun violence, a day after a Supreme Court ruling that broadly expanded gun rights.
Govt defends strict royal insults law at UN rights review
Reuters, Published on 10/11/2021
» The government defended the controversial law criminalising criticism of the powerful monarchy on Wednesday, as United Nations member states expressed concern over the country’s rights record and arrests of youth protesters pushing for royal reforms since last year.
Myanmar's parliament blocks bid by Suu Kyi party to reduce army power
Reuters, Published on 10/03/2020
» Myanmar’s parliament blocked a bid by the party of leader Aung San Suu Kyi to reduce the role of the military in politics on Tuesday, almost a decade into a troubled democratic transition.
Against stereotype, many US teens embrace gun culture
Reuters, Published on 01/03/2018
» SUNRISE, Florida: Reanna Frauens, a lifelong gun enthusiast and a proud member of the Markham Skeet, Trap & Sporting Clays Club, is about the same age as many of the 17 victims killed by a shooter with an assault rifle at a Florida high school about a dozen miles away.
FBI admits failure to act on school gunman
Reuters, Published on 17/02/2018
» PARKLAND, Florida: The Federal Bureau of Investigation said on Friday it had failed to act on a tip warning that the man now accused of killing 17 people at a Florida high school possessed a gun, the desire to kill and the potential to commit a school shooting.
Tech vs Trump in immigration battle
Reuters, Published on 01/02/2017
» WASHINGTON - Technology companies based in the Washington state area on Tuesday announced their support for a lawsuit filed by the state against US President Donald Trump's travel ban.
Myanmar army chief sees no quick change to constitution
Reuters, Published on 23/02/2016
» YANGON -- Less than a week after a third transition meeting between Myanmar's commander-in-chief Min Aung Hlaing and democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, the powerful army chief has pushed back against any quick changes to the constitution.
Myanmar army to retain role, for now, says Thein Sein
Reuters, Published on 20/03/2015
» YANGON — Myanmar's military will maintain its role in politics in order to support a transition to democracy, but will eventually submit to civilian rule, President Thein Sein said in an interview broadcast Friday.