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TikTok faces ban in Montana as US backlash continues
AFP, Published on 14/04/2023
» WASHINGTON - The US state of Montana on Thursday was on the verge of implementing a total ban on TikTok, after a proposal passed a key hurdle in the state's legislature.
Inside Nigeria's centres for jihadists and their captives
AFP, Published on 11/04/2023
» MAIDUGURI, NIgeria: On an arid plot of land in northern Nigeria, veiled women hurry past vegetable stalls and men idle outside endless rows of tarpaulin tents in what, at first glance, appears to be a typical camp for displaced people.
Espionage: life of a Russian 'illegal' bared in US charges
AFP, Published on 29/03/2023
» WASHINGTON - Brazilian Viktor Ferreira was elated in May 2018 when he was accepted into the elite Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington.
Russian plan for nukes in Belarus raises questions
AFP, Published on 27/03/2023
» PARIS: The Kremlin's announcement that it will station nuclear weapons on the territory of its ally Belarus echoes US practice in Europe, but doubts remain over how far Russia will take the plan.
US tells ByteDance to sell TikTok or be banned: report
AFP, Published on 16/03/2023
» SAN FRANCISCO - The US government has told China-based ByteDance to sell its shares in the blockbuster TikTok app or face a national ban, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
Michelle Yeoh makes history as first Asian to win best actress Oscar
AFP, Published on 13/03/2023
» HOLLYWOOD, California, US: Michelle Yeoh on Sunday made history by becoming the first Asian woman to win the best actress Oscar, for her exuberant portrayal of an immigrant business owner thrust into a zany multiverse in the sci-fi trip "Everything Everywhere All at Once".
Pyongyang fires missile ahead of US-South Korea drills
AFP, Published on 09/03/2023
» SEOUL: North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile Thursday, the South Korean military said, Pyongyang's latest show of force just days before South Korea and the United States kick off major joint military exercises.
From sharing site to anime giant, Crunchyroll marches forward
AFP, Published on 09/03/2023
» TOKYO - Once a semi-legal sharing site, Crunchyroll is now a streaming giant credited with helping Japanese anime transform from a nerdy subculture into a lucrative global industry poised to conquer new markets.
Modi calls for unity at G20 dominated by Ukraine
AFP, Published on 02/03/2023
» NEW DELHI - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called Thursday for the G20 to bridge differences over Ukraine, telling the opening of a meeting in New Delhi that global governance has "failed".
UK summons Iran envoy over 'threats' to journalists
AFP, Published on 21/02/2023
» LONDON - The British government on Monday summoned Iran's top diplomat in London to condemn "serious threats" to the lives of UK-based journalists, after a Persian-language TV network was forced to relocate.