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TikTok to fight US ban law in courts
TikTok's CEO vowed Wednesday to fight in the courts to overturn a newly signed US law that could see the popular app banned due to allegations it is controlled by the Chinese government.Americans must think of TikTok's "power, access, capability, control" as being in the hands of the Chinese government and intelligence service, Wray said.
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Spain PM says weighing resignation after wife's graft probe
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Wednesday he was weighing the possibility of resigning after a court opened an investigation into his wife Begona Gomez on suspicion of graft."His family is being investigated by the court... it is important enough that the prime minister explains himself to the Spanish people."
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Uvalde Won't Investigate Police Further Despite Failed Mass Shooting Response
In March, an independent investigator cleared Uvalde police officers for their roles in the deadly 2022 attack.
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Anger among Ukrainians in Poland as Kyiv halts passport renewals
Hundreds of Ukrainians crammed up against a closed passport office in Warsaw on Wednesday, furious over Kyiv's suspension of consular services for fighting-aged men in a bid to force them to return home and bolster troop numbers.According to Ukrainian media, hundreds of thousands of working-age men have sought refuge in EU countries since the start of the war. - '700 kilometres' - The consular service suspensions, which come as Kyiv scrambles to recruit troops, is widely seen as an attempt to fo
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Columbia officials, pro-Palestinian student protesters find tense truce
An uneasy truce was in place between pro-Palestinian student demonstrators and officials at New York's Columbia University Wednesday, after a deadline to forcibly disperse their protest encampment expired.Republican US House Speaker Mike Johnson, who planned to meet with pro-Israel Jewish students at Columbia Wednesday, called the protests "madness."
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TSMC says 'A16' chipmaking technology will start production in late 2026
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co said on Wednesday that a new chip manufacturing technology called "A16" will enter production in the second half of 2026. At a conference in Santa Clara, California, TSMC's co-Chief Operating Officer Y.J. Mii said the technology will also allow for the delivery of power to computing chips from the backside of the chip, which helps speed up artificial intelligence chips and is an area where TSMC has been competing with U.S. rival Intel. TSMC is the world's
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Trump Makes His Final Case To Supreme Court To Avoid Prosecution For His Coup Attempt
How quickly justices rule on his "absolute immunity" claim is as important as how they rule, with the window for a pre-election trial closing fast.
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