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The US talks on banning the Chinese-owned Tiktok app from the App Store have triggered a digital migration of US users to an alternative platform, the Chinese social media app RedNote to continue their businesses and content making. And they have been warmly welcomed by bemused Chinese netizens, curious to… Read Details ⇢

A hotel owner in the tourist district of Orlando, Florida has reached an agreement with the U.S. Justice Department over a discrimination lawsuit filed against the resort after it canceled a planned conference for an Arab American group in the aftermath of Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel. In… Read Details ⇢

Palestinian president reiterates call for ‘an immediate ceasefire and full Israeli withdrawal’ from besieged territory. Palestine’s President Mahmoud Abbas has said that the Palestinian Authority (PA) was ready to assume “full responsibility” in post-war Gaza, in his first statement since a ceasefire deal was announced between Israel and Hamas. “The… Read Details ⇢

El Capitan is a classified US government property that crunches data related to US nuclear arsenal ServeTheHome’s Patrick Kennedy was invited for the launch at the LLNL in California AMD and HPE’s CEOs were also part of the ceremony In November 2024, the AMD-powered El Capitan officially became the world’s… Read Details ⇢

Bulk-buying: Herman Mashaba’s signing of Forum 4 Service Delivery may bring him wins in 2026’s local government elections. Photo: X Thursday. The January transfer window is wide open. From a footballing perspective, another crop of promising young players appears to be destined to spend the next part of their careers… Read Details ⇢

British Interior Minister Yvette Cooper at the House of Commons, London, January 16, 2025. © HOUSE OF COMMONS / VIA REUTERS UK interior minister Yvette Cooper didn’t put it that way, but her announcements on Thursday, January 16, in the House of Commons sounded like a U-turn from the Starmer… Read Details ⇢

Eighty years after the end of World War II, the Netherlands’ largest war archive is going public. No longer classified, it contains the names of hundreds of thousands of people who were investigated for collaborating with the Nazis. The release has sparked a great deal of interest, but also public… Read Details ⇢

The incoming Trump administration is eyeing immigration arrests of illegal immigrants across the country as soon as day one, as top officials say they are ready to “take the handcuffs off” Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The Wall Street Journal reported that the administration is planning a large-scale raid in… Read Details ⇢

Islamabad, Pakistan – When Omar Ayub Khan, the leader of the opposition and a member of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), presented the party’s charter of demands to Ayaz Sadiq, the speaker of the country’s National Assembly, on Thursday, it seemed like the longstanding impasse between the government and the nation’s… Read Details ⇢