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Hong Kong's legislature passed a second, tougher national security law in March that beefed up the penalties of sedition
China

Hong Kong Man Sentenced 14 Months For Wearing 'Seditious' T-shirt

Meta, which owns Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, recently halted plans to harvest data from European users to train its AI models after pressure from privacy regulators
Technology and Innovation

Meta And Spotify Blast EU Decisions On AI

Unrest broke out in mid-May in New Caledonia over a planned expansion of the electoral roll that indigenous Kanak people fear would leave them in a permanent minority
World

Two Killed During Police Operation In New Caledonia

Bank of England policymakers voted 8-1 for no rate change, having narrowly backed an August cut
Business

Bank Of England Freezes Rate After Jumbo US Cut

The report endorses setting up a light-touch 'coordination' structure within the UN secretariat
Technology and Innovation

AI Development Cannot Be Left To Market Whim, UN Experts Warn

The government has reduced the weight of a daily subsidized bread portion from 80 to 60 grams (2.8 to 2.1 ounces)
World

Some Cubans Depend On Sugar Water As Food Shortages Bite

Stoltenberg is handing over the leadership of NATO at a time of concern over Ukraine
U.S.

Departing NATO Chief Warns US Against 'Isolationism'

MrBeast is one of the most successful YouTubers of all time
U.S.

MrBeast Named In California Lawsuit Over 'Beast Games' Show

An ambulance rushes wounded people to hospital in Beirut on September 17, 2024, after explosions hit Hezbollah strongholds
World

Lebanon Device Blasts: What We Know About Deadly Attacks

India plans to expand domestic coal mining to meet growing power demand
India

India Coal Expansion Risks Massive Methane Growth: Report

Kurt Campbell, now the US deputy secretary of state, speaks next to senior South Korean official Kim Tae-hyo in Seoul in July 2023
U.S.

China The Top Challenge In US History, Top Diplomat Says

Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell indicated in recent weeks that a rate cut was coming in September
U.S.

US Fed Makes Larger Half-Point Cut In First Reduction Since 2020

Workers have been picketing 24 hours a day outside Boeing factories in the Seattle area since late last week
Business

Boeing To Start Large Temporary Furloughs Amid Seattle Strike

Snap boss Evan Spiegel speaks at the group's annual conference on September 17, 2024 in Santa Monica, California
Tech

Snapchat Pushes 'Safer' Platform Image, But Not Everyone Agrees

Ukraine has held on to parts of Russia's Kursk region for more than a month
Europe

Russian Advance In Kursk 'Stopped': Ukraine Official To AFP

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Hernandez's friends and family in Venezuela campaigned hard for his release, arguing that his crown tattoos were a nod to his work in a local religious festival and not signs of gang membership as alleged by US authorities
U.S.

A Venezuelan-US Love Story Crushed By Trump's Migrant Crackdown

View of the West Sea Flood Gate in Nampo
World

North Korea's Uranium Plant: Is Radioactive Waste Pouring Into the West Sea, or Is Fear Overblown?

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Gavin Newsom's Chances of Clinching 2028 Dem Nomination See Spike While Publicly Feuding With Trump Officials

People hold pictures of victims on the 31st anniversary of the AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires
U.S.

Argentines Commemorate Jewish Center Bombing, Demand Justice