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UAE trade embargo threatens Iran's vital economic lifeline
Iran makes new strait demands, the UAE says a ship was targeted
Trump orders halt to Iran strikes after deal to end Iran war
AP Exclusive: Child soldiers recount horrors of Sudan's war
Australian watchdog files legal action against Telegram
Russia accuses Telegram CEO Pavel Durov of aiding terrorism
Mideast oil producers step up plans to bypass the Strait of Hormuz
Trump says US will destroy a bridge or power plant for each Iranian attack
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) – The teenage boy’s hands and legs were shackled to the anti-aircraft gun mounted on a pickup as Sudanese warplanes attacked. He saw another child chained to the steering wheel.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) – Australia’s online safety watchdog has filed legal action against messaging app Telegram, saying the platform failed to remove extremist content including videos of white supremacist mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and the New Zealand city of Christchurch as well as Islamic State group beheadings.
Russian authorities said Wednesday they had charged Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of the popular messaging app Telegram, with aiding terrorism, the latest step by the Kremlin to bring the internet and digital communications under its control.
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Alphabet-owned Google has avoided a forced breakup of its digital advertising technology business after a US federal judge rejected a key demand from antitrust regulators. US District Judge Leonie Brinkema, sitting in Alexandria, Virginia, ruled on Wednesday that Google will not be required to sell AdX, its advertising exchange.
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Uber is cutting about 3,300 jobs, representing roughly 10 per cent of its global workforce, as the ride-hailing giant moves to simplify its management structure and redirect resources towards growth and new technology.
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US oil giant Chevron plans to invest more than $7 billion in Venezuela over the next five years, aiming to double its oil production in the country to around 600,000 barrels per day as Washington pushes to expand access to Venezuelan crude. Chevron said on Wednesday that it had secured additional acreage in the country’s prolific Orinoco Belt.
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Iran says it launched attacks on military bases in Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates in response to what Tehran described as US actions against the Iranian people. Kuwait has strongly condemned the Iranian attacks, calling them a serious violation of its sovereignty and a direct threat to the country's security and stability.
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US Vice President JD Vance has warned that Washington is keeping all options open in dealing with Iran, including economic, military, diplomatic and covert measures. Vance said the US was considering a range of possible actions as the conflict with Tehran continues, making clear that Washington had not ruled out further escalation.
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US President Donald Trump has strongly rejected reports that American military forces are running dangerously low on weapons and ammunition as the war with Iran enters its seventh month. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said US defence manufacturers were producing munitions at "levels never seen before.”
US Republican Senator Thom Tillis has urged President Donald Trump to remove Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, accusing him of creating a "leadership void" across the US military as the war with Iran continues. Tillis, a Republican from North Carolina, launched a sharp attack on Hegseth in a social media post on Wednesday.
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New images of sun show its surface in the finest detail yet
UN food agency warns El Niño could push 49 million more people into acute hunger
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World Lion Day: Africa's big cats face mounting threats from habitat loss
Trump threatens FCC action against NBC journalist Kristen Welker
Japanese Avant-Garde Artist Yayoi Kusama Dies Aged 97
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle return to UK after royal rift
Man Killed at Mexico's Huamantlada Bullfighting Festival
Meta Agrees to $18 Billion Settlement Over Youth Social Media Addiction Claims
German Airport Workers Die After Malaria Outbreak Linked to Plane-Borne Mosquito
TikTok Agrees to $400m US Settlement Over Child Privacy
DR Congo to receive 70,000 Ebola vaccine doses as outbreak intensifies
