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North Korea's Kim vows nuclear programme to continue: state media

North Korea's Kim vows nuclear programme to continue: state media

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed that Pyongyang's nuclear programme would continue "indefinitely", state media reported Wednesday, days after new US President Donald Trump said he would make renewed diplomatic overtures to the reclusive leader.

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15 dead in India stampede at Hindu mega-festival

15 dead in India stampede at Hindu mega-festival

A stampede at the world's largest religious gathering in India killed at least 15 people with many more injured, a doctor at the Kumbh Mela festival told AFP Wednesday.

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Influential podcasts fuel 'harmful' health misinformation

Influential podcasts fuel 'harmful' health misinformation

Unfounded cancer cures, dubious anti-vaccine narratives, and false claims that neurological disorders can be "reversed" through diets: influential American and European podcasters are peddling harmful health misinformation while largely escaping scrutiny, researchers say.

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Beyonce and the Grammys: a tense relationship again at a head

Beyonce and the Grammys: a tense relationship again at a head

Beyonce is the most decorated artist in Grammys history, and her album releases have both triggered cultural earthquakes and reshaped music industry norms.

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Facing Bolivia's economic crunch with toy houses, fake banknotes

Facing Bolivia's economic crunch with toy houses, fake banknotes

For a month every year, thousands of Bolivians throng the stalls of an unusual market in La Paz, shopping for tiny toy houses and wads of fake cash -- substitutes for the real-life objects their hearts desire.

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Blurred posts, banned accounts: Abortion groups decry Meta 'suppression'

Blurred posts, banned accounts: Abortion groups decry Meta 'suppression'

Blurred posts, downranked searches and deleted accounts: Since 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.

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Who might buy TikTok in the US?

Who might buy TikTok in the US?

As the clock ticks down on TikTok's 75-day reprieve from divesting from its Chinese owners or being banned in the United States, several contenders are in the running.

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Fire-hardened house offers lessons on rebuilding Los Angeles

Fire-hardened house offers lessons on rebuilding Los Angeles

The house that Michael Kovac built is the only one on his street still standing after a huge fire raced through his Los Angeles neighborhood.

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Trump crackdown spurs migrants to seek refuge in Mexico

Trump crackdown spurs migrants to seek refuge in Mexico

After US President Donald Trump dashed her hopes of gaining asylum in the United States, Arianne Dominguez joined hundreds of other migrants seeking refuge in Mexico instead.

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Trump offers federal workers exit package as funding freeze sows chaos

Trump offers federal workers exit package as funding freeze sows chaos

President Donald Trump on Tuesday offered most federal workers the option to leave their jobs in exchange for eight months severance, in his most radical move yet to drastically overhaul the government.

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