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Australian teens mourn loss of social media as ban begins
Reuters, Published on 10/12/2025
» SYDNEY — Australian teenagers have taken to social media for the last time to farewell their followers and mourn the loss of the platforms that shaped much of their lives before a world-first ban took effect on Wednesday.
Top US admiral says Korea’s new sub should keep China in check
Published on 16/11/2025
» The US wants South Korea to eventually deploy its newly approved nuclear-powered submarines to help counter China’s rapidly expanding fleet, calling it a responsibility expected of a key ally, according to a top US admiral.
US strikes on alleged drug boats kill 6 more people
AFP, Published on 10/11/2025
» WASHINGTON - US forces have killed six more people in strikes on alleged drug-running boats, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday, bringing the campaign's total number of deaths -- which critics describe as illegal executions -- to 76.
China's new aircraft carrier enters service in key move to modernise fleet
AFP, Published on 07/11/2025
» BEIJING - China's third aircraft carrier entered service this week, state media said on Friday, marking a key milestone in President Xi Jinping's drive to modernise the military.
China’s new aircraft carrier signals naval ambitions
Published on 07/11/2025
» TAIPEI, Taiwan — China’s newest and most advanced aircraft carrier, the Fujian, officially entered into service this week, the country’s military announced Friday, bringing Beijing another step closer to its goal of rivaling American naval power in the region.
The US standoff with Venezuela: what we know
AFP, Published on 25/10/2025
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump has ordered a major military buildup in Latin America that he says is to combat drug trafficking, but which his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro fears is aimed at regime change in Caracas.
US sending aircraft carrier to counter Latin America drug traffickers
AFP, Published on 25/10/2025
» WASHINGTON - Washington is deploying an aircraft carrier strike group to counter drug-trafficking organizations in Latin America, the Pentagon said Friday, marking a massive increase in US firepower in the region.
What do some researchers call disinformation? Anything but disinformation
AFP, Published on 23/09/2025
» WASHINGTON - "Disinformation" is fast becoming a dirty word in the United States -- a label so contentious in a hyperpolarized political climate that some researchers who study the harmful effects of falsehoods are abandoning it altogether.
Texas flood’s toll tops 100
New York Times, Published on 08/07/2025
» TEXAS — The weary mayor of Kerrville, Texas, the United States, warned residents to expect a “rough week” as chances faded on Monday of finding anyone still alive from catastrophic flooding that killed at least 100 people across central Texas.
Bumpy start for new German chancellor
Published on 06/05/2025
» German parliamentarians elected conservative leader Friedrich Merz as chancellor on Tuesday afternoon in a second round of voting after his new alliance with the centre-left Social Democrats was dealt a surprise defeat in the first attempt.