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TikTok signs joint venture deal to end US ban threat
AFP, Published on 19/12/2025
» WASHINGTON - TikTok said on Thursday it had signed a joint venture deal with investors that would allow the company to maintain operations in the United States and avoid a ban threat over its Chinese ownership, US media reported.
Australia moves to speed up third country deportation of non-citizens
Reuters, Published on 03/09/2025
» SYDNEY — Australia is expected to pass a law on Thursday making it easier to deport non-citizens to third countries, reviving criticism from human rights groups that it was "dumping" refugees in small island states and drawing comparisons with policies of US President Donald Trump.
'Superman' aims to save flagging film franchise, not just humanity
AFP, Published on 12/07/2025
» LOS ANGELES (UNITED STATES) - Superman is often called upon to save the world from evildoers, but in his latest big-screen incarnation, he's also being asked to swoop in and save a franchise.
Musk blasts Trump mega-bill, days after farewell
AFP, Published on 04/06/2025
» WASHINGTON - Elon Musk on Tuesday hammered US President Donald Trump's proposed spending bill as a "disgusting abomination" as tensions between the pair burst into the open following the tech billionaire's White House exit.
Drug claims overshadow Musk's Oval Office farewell
AFP, Published on 31/05/2025
» WASHINGTON - Elon Musk faced accusations Friday that he used so much ketamine on the 2024 campaign trail that he developed bladder problems, as the billionaire prepared to give a farewell press conference with Donald Trump.
Pentagon chief dismisses reports he shared military info with wife
AFP, Published on 21/04/2025
» WASHINGTON - US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fought back Monday -- with White House support -- against another scandal over his reported use of Signal to discuss airstrikes on Yemen, this time with his wife, brother and lawyer.
Fires, strikes, pandemic and AI: Hollywood workers can't catch a break
AFP, Published on 25/02/2025
» BURBANK (UNITED STATES) - Dutch Merrick isn't really in a party mood for this year's Oscars.
Blurred posts, banned accounts: Abortion groups decry Meta 'suppression'
AFP, Published on 29/01/2025
» WASHINGTON — Blurred posts, downranked searches and deleted accounts: Since United States President Donald Trump's election, groups sharing information about abortion pills say they have faced a surge in online censorship — hindering their ability to reach women urgently seeking the procedure.
Fire-ravaged LA faces new peril as winds ramp up
AFP, Published on 14/01/2025
» LOS ANGELES - Hot, powerful winds threatened on Tuesday to strengthen and whip up major fires that have devastated the hills and suburbs of Los Angeles, killing at last 24 people and changing the face of America’s second biggest city forever.
Hong Kong rejects call from Japan to drop ban on seafood imports from 10 prefectures
South China Morning Post, Published on 18/08/2024
» Hong Kong has remained firm on the need for a ban on Japanese seafood after the country's fisheries minister urged the city to drop restrictions imposed over the discharge of treated waste water from the mothballed Fukushima nuclear power plant.