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As TikTok runs out of options, this billionaire has a plan to save it
EVEN as TikTok faces a looming ban in the US, Chinese parent company ByteDance has made it clear it has no plans to sell the popular video…
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Dozens of men found guilty in Gisèle Pelicot mass rape trial that shocked France
Dozens of men including the ex-husband of Gisèle Pelicot were found guilty of raping and sexually assaulting her in a historic trial that…
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Barn Find R33 Nissan Skyline GT-R Cleans Up Nicely
Read the full story on Backfire News While here in the US we have barn find Corvettes and muscle cars, in places like Australia they have…
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Campaign manager for California politician accused of spying for China
What's New A Chinese national who managed the campaign of an unnamed California politician two years ago was arrested Thursday for…
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2 more Mexican soldiers killed by an improvised landmine, after 2 died earlier this week
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two more members of Mexico’s armed forces have been killed by an improvised landmine, just days after two soldiers died…
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Israeli strikes kill 15 in Gaza, civil defence reports
At least 15 people have been killed by Israeli airstrikes on two former schools housing displaced people in northern Gaza, the civil…
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Kenya announces plan to combat rising gender-based violence as 100 women are killed in four months
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The Kenyan government on Thursday declared gender-based violence the nation's most pressing security threat, with…
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Tree topper keeps falling off, then pet cam footage reveals the culprit
A woman was left perplexed at how her Christmas tree topper kept ending up on the floor, but once she looked at her pet camera footage,…
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Who are the men convicted in French mass rape trial?
France's trial of a man who drugged his now ex-wife so he and dozens of strangers could rape her while unconscious ended on Thursday with…
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Jay-Z's legal defense Is groundbreaking—other accused celebs could copy him
Rapper Jay-Z is making all the right moves in defending himself from a rape allegation, a senior trial attorney has said. Wayne Dennison,…
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Rolling hills are now barren: BBC sees destruction in cyclone-hit Mayotte
Landing over Petite-Terre, Mayotte's smaller island, the level of destruction from Cyclone Chido is immediately apparent. It's hard to…
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Swedish police to go aboard Chinese ship that was seen near Baltic cable ruptures
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Swedish police said Thursday they would participate as observers as Chinese authorities conduct investigations aboard a…
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Scoot apologises after KL-bound flight took off 1½ hours earlier than scheduled on Nov 1
BUDGET carrier Scoot has apologised after one of its flights took off from Changi Airport about 1½ hours earlier than scheduled on Nov 1.…
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Burkina Faso releases four French nationals after detaining them for a year
RABAT, Morocco (AP) — France said Thursday that Burkina Faso released four French nationals it had detained for a year, following…
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A massacre, a rumored hanging and Syrians' thirst for justice and revenge
DAMASCUS, Syria — The crowd surged forward, thousands cheering, waving and jostling their way around Damascus’ Al Ashmar Square, all…
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Women's prisons are rife with trauma. Can California set a new course at Chowchilla?
CHOWCHILLA, Calif. — Gazing across the crowd of women, fresh from county jail in their orange prison jumpsuits, Lena Coleman wishes she…
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Disappointment over Spotify’s flat year-end wrap is a warning that AI is not everything
Several listeners have taken to social media to complain about how unrelatable and underwhelming this year’s edition was THERE was much…
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Israel strikes Houthi targets in Yemen after missile attack
Israel has said its fighter jets conducted a series of attacks against military targets in Yemen belonging to the Iran-backed Houthi…
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How many lives were lost to COVID-19? A look back nearly 5 years later
What's New Deaths from COVID-19 have slowed significantly but continue adding to a tally of more than 7 million deaths from the virus in…
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Apple in talks with Tencent, ByteDance to roll out AI features in China: sources
APPLE is in talks with Tencent and TikTok owner ByteDance about integrating their artificial intelligence (AI) models into iPhones sold in…
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Latest Singapore six-month T-bill cut-off yield inches up to 3.02%
THE cut-off yield on Singapore’s latest six-month Treasury bill (T-bill) rose to 3.02 per cent, according to auction results released by…
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"Wordle" today #1,279 answer, hints and clues for Thursday, December 19
While it might have been released to the public back in October 2021, Wordle's popularity shows no signs of slowing down. The word-based…
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Malaysian Resources exits high-speed rail bid, Berjaya says
MALAYSIAN Resources has withdrawn from a consortium that is bidding for a proposed multi-billion dollar high-speed rail (HSR) line between…