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Zuckerberg to testify in landmark social media addiction trial

AFP, Published on 18/02/2026

» LOS ANGELES (UNITED STATES) - Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is set to testify Wednesday at a groundbreaking social media addiction trial, summoned by lawyers representing a plaintiff who alleges Instagram and other platforms were deliberately designed to make young users addicted.

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US trial lawyer says Meta, YouTube 'engineered addiction' in children

AFP, Published on 10/02/2026

» LOS ANGELES (UNITED STATES) - Meta and Google-owned YouTube "engineered addiction" in children, a lawyer for the plaintiff said on Monday as a landmark trial on the effects of social media on minors began in earnest in a California court.

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'It wasn't working': Canada province ends drug decriminalization

AFP, Published on 01/02/2026

» VANCOUVER - Over 35 years as a drug user, Vancouver resident Garth Mullins said he's had "hundreds and hundreds" of interactions with police, and long believed drug decriminalization was smart policy.

SPORTS

China issues 73 life bans, punishes top football clubs for match-fixing

AFP, Published on 29/01/2026

» BEIJING - China's football association issued lifetime bans to 73 people, including former national team head coach Li Tie, and punished 13 top professional clubs for match-fixing and corruption, it said Thursday.

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Fraudsters flee Cambodia's 'scam city' after accused boss taken down

AFP, Published on 16/01/2026

» SIHANOUKVILLE (CAMBODIA) - Hundreds of people dragged away suitcases, computer monitors, pets and furniture as they fled a suspected Cambodian cyberfraud centre, after the country's most wanted alleged scam kingpin was arrested and deported.

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Twenty-six charged in latest basketball gambling scandal

AFP, Published on 16/01/2026

» LOS ANGELES - Twenty-six people have been charged with fixing US college and Chinese professional basketball games in an alleged transnational criminal conspiracy, federal prosecutors said on Thursday.

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Vietnamese caught in Japan's illegal worker crackdown

AFP, Published on 07/01/2026

» TOKYO — For a decade, Vietnamese worker Minh did tough jobs like sandblasting ships and welding steel, helping address rapidly ageing Japan's dire labour needs.

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Upstart gangsters shake Japan's yakuza

AFP, Published on 19/12/2025

» TOKYO - When Takanori Kuzuoka began climbing the criminal career ladder, he didn't fancy joining Japan's old-school yakuza, with their tattoos, rigid hierarchy and codes of honour.

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Rob Reiner’s son appears in court over parents’ murder

AFP, Published on 18/12/2025

» LOS ANGELES - The son of Hollywood director Rob Reiner made his first appearance in court Wednesday, charged with stabbing his parents to death in their Los Angeles home.

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Trump condemned for saying critical filmmaker brought on own murder

AFP, Published on 16/12/2025

» WASHINGTON (UNITED STATES) - Donald Trump faced a storm of condemnation on Monday after posting "perverse" and "sick" remarks suggesting Rob Reiner and his wife were murdered because of the celebrated filmmaker's criticism of the US president.