Trump declares TikTok deal meets requirements to avoid US ban
[WASHINGTON] President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order declaring that an announced deal on a US version of TikTok would meet the requirements of a law that threatened to ban the social media app in the United States. At a signing ceremony at the White House, Trump said the US version of the…
Read MoreTrump signs executive order to keep TikTok operating in U.S.
President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order that would allow hugely popular social video app TikTok to continue to operate in the United States. TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, had been under pressure to divest its ownership in the app’s U.S. operations or face a nationwide ban, due to security concerns over the company’s ties…
Read MoreIDF evacuation of Gaza City reaches 700,000 civilians
Although approximately 300,000 Palestinian civilians remain, the general population is continuing to evacuate. The IDF has succeeded in evacuating over 700,000 Palestinian civilians from Gaza City as part of the recent invasion, up from around 550,000 earlier in the week and around 250,000 last week. There are still around 300,000 Palestinian civilians in Gaza City,…
Read MoreIsraeli FM Sa’ar criticizes Abbas’ UN address: ‘Israel will not be decieved again’
“Mahmoud Abbas, in his Zoom speech to the UN Assembly, says he’s willing to take back the Gaza Strip, which he so easily lost to Hamas in 2007,” Sa’ar wrote. “How generous of him.” Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar criticized Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s address to the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday in…
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Read MoreWhat to See in the 2025 New York Film Festival’s First Week
The New York Film Festival, the centerpiece of the city’s year in cinephilia, is a victim of its own success. Many of its most noteworthy films are already scheduled for commercial release soon—which is cause for celebration, insofar as they’ll be seen more widely and more affordably and will even make their way to streaming…
Read MoreSara Jane Moore, whose attempt to assassinate President Ford shocked the nation, dies at 95
Sara Jane Moore, the former psychiatric patient who tried to assassinate President Ford during an era of astonishing violence and upheaval in California, died Wednesday at a nursing home in Franklin, Tenn. Moore, who retreated to North Carolina after serving 32 years in federal prison but then was jailed again late in life, was 95.…
Read MoreTrump Nominee Quietly Deletes Post Calling for Liberal’s Execution
“The old societies of Europe are collapsing,” he said, “and the United States is applauding its new Hitler. It’s not listening to its own young people, or its older people who died in the battlefields of Europe, fighting against Hitler and against his criminal ideology. Today, the same thing is being done as Hitler did,…
Read MoreExpert report alleges systematic abuse of Ukrainian POWs by Russia
Russia is systematically mistreating and killing Ukrainian prisoners of war, an expert report commissioned by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) said on Thursday. The report, compiled by three independent international law experts from France, the Czech Republic and Sweden, says torture and executions are widespread. “These violations may constitute war crimes…
Read MoreNot a Single Member of Team Trump Is Popular, Brutal Poll Shows
“The old societies of Europe are collapsing,” he said, “and the United States is applauding its new Hitler. It’s not listening to its own young people, or its older people who died in the battlefields of Europe, fighting against Hitler and against his criminal ideology. Today, the same thing is being done as Hitler did,…
Read MoreMadagascar imposes nighttime curfew after violent protests over water and power cuts
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — The government of the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar on Thursday imposed a nighttime curfew following protests, which saw police use rubber bullets and tear gas to quash demonstrations over ongoing water and power cuts. Hundreds of protesters took to the streets to voice their anger over persistent power cuts, which…
Read MoreMali ends counterterror cooperation with France and expels embassy staff
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali’s ruling junta has declared an end to counterterrorism cooperation with France and expelled five French Embassy employees, according to a confidential letter seen by The Associated Press on Thursday, amid diplomatic tensions between the countries. A note dated Sept. 17 from Mali’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the French Embassy…
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