Is TikTok going to be banned? Efforts to ban TikTok in the U.S. have been revived and could get a vote in Congress as early as Saturday but those opposed say that’s a violation of Americans’ free speech rights. 04/19/2024 - 8:22 am | View Link
Michael Porter Jr.'s brother sentenced to six years in prison for fatal DUI crash Coban Porter, the younger brother of Nuggets star Michael Porter Jr., was sentenced to six years in prison for a fatal DUI crash last year. 04/19/2024 - 7:01 am | View Link
Former Columbia basketball player Coban Porter sentenced to six years for fatal DUI crash Former Father Tolton and University of Denver basketball player Coban Porter learned his sentence for a fatal drunk driving crash.Denver District Attorney Beth ... 04/19/2024 - 6:02 am | View Link
81-year-old charged with killing Uber driver he mistakenly believed was a scammer An 81-year-old man has been charged with murder after shooting and killing an Uber driver he mistakenly believed was extorting him. Police said both he and the ... 04/19/2024 - 5:53 am | View Link
A woman called Swastika got an apology from Uber after it banned her because of her name Swastika Chandra, who grew up in Fiji, told Australia's A Current Affair she was "very proud" of her name and wouldn't change it for anyone. 04/19/2024 - 1:31 am | View Link
Decorated Chinese athlete He Jie had been stripped of his Beijing half-marathon win Friday after an investigation found that the three African runners who competed alongside him had “actively slowed down” to let him cross the finish line first during the race on Sunday, April 14.
He won the 21 km.
ISLAMABAD — An important ally of Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif demanded the government lift a two-month-old ban on the social media platform X, saying on Friday that it violates citizens’ right to speech and expression.
The ban on X has been in place since February, when the party of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan announced a nationwide protest against alleged election rigging ahead of the Feb.
BEIJING — San Francisco is the latest U. S. city preparing to receive a pair of pandas from China, in a continuation of Beijing’s famed “panda diplomacy.”
San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced the panda loan in Beijing on Friday, alongside officials from China Wildlife Conservation Association, or CWCA. It will be San Francisco’s first time hosting the beloved animals long-term—the result of a yearlong advocacy campaign, Breed said.
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San Diego previously announced it was receiving two pandas back in February.
China is home to the only natural habitat for pandas and owns most of the black-and-white bears in the world.
Earlier this month, two Indian writers published an ode to their Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. Written in lyric form and titled “Forever In Our Hearts,” it recounts his achievements while singing his praises in highly effusive language. “With courage and wisdom/you show citizens the way,” it gushes. “Oh Modi, oh Modi/their hopes never sway/A people’s beacon, in whom they see light/Oh Modi, oh Modi, guiding day and night.”
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Such reverence captures the essence of Modi’s popularity.
The U. S. blocked on Thursday a draft resolution that would have allowed the United Nations General Assembly to vote on allowing a Palestinian state to become a full member state of the U. N. The move has triggered backlash from other states and pro-Palestinian groups, as global divisions continue to sharpen over Israel’s war on Gaza.
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Apple Inc. said that it removed Meta Platforms Inc.’s WhatsApp and Threads from its China apps store after an order from the country’s internet regulator, which said the services pose risks to the country’s security.
The order comes on the heels of a cleanup program Chinese regulators initiated in 2023 that was expected to remove many defunct or unregistered apps from domestic iOS and Android stores.