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Meta reaches $16.68 billion settlement over social media harms to children

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Meta reaches .68 billion settlement over social media harms to children

Meta also agreed to make changes for teenage users of Facebook and Instagram nationwide, including ‌daily usage limits and nighttime blocks, court papers show. File | Photo Credit: Reuters ​Meta Platforms agreed to pay a maximum $16.68 billion as part of a settlement to resolve claims brought by states across the ‌country that the company…

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Remembering Dolly Parton, who gave away everything but her songs

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Remembering Dolly Parton, who gave away everything but her songs

In 1974, the night before Elvis Presley was due in the studio to record ‘I Will Always Love You’, Dolly Parton’s phone rang. Colonel Tom Parker, Presley’s manager, had a condition nobody had mentioned earlier. Elvis would record the song only if Parker’s side received half the publishing rights to it.  Parton was 28. She…

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India, China can help resolve West Asia conflict: Hillary Clinton

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India, China can help resolve West Asia conflict: Hillary Clinton

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. File | Photo Credit: AP India and China could be among key players who could contribute to resolving the West Asia conflict if U.S. President Donald Trump wants to use “diplomacy instead of bluster”, said former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Talking about the conflict, Ms. Clinton, in an…

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Nepal flash floods LIVE: At least 384 travellers, including 291 foreigners, reported missing

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Nepal flash floods LIVE: At least 384 travellers, including 291 foreigners, reported missing

Eight South Koreans working on a hydropower plant were missing, ‌and 10 others were stranded, following a massive flash ⁠flood along the Nepal-Tibet border, Yonhap News Agency reported today, citing ‌South Korea’s Foreign Ministry. The workers were employed by ‌Korea Energy and Doosan Enerbility ‌Co, ⁠the report said, ⁠adding that Nepal has deployed a rescue…

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Kremlin says U.S. spy chief held talks with Russian counterparts during Moscow visit

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Kremlin says U.S. spy chief held talks with Russian counterparts during Moscow visit

A C-17 Globemaster, believed to be carrying U.S. CIA Director John Ratcliffe, lands near Riga, Latvia, on August 25, 2026, in this frame obtained from a social media video. | Photo Credit: X/@ALFREDSPODINS via Reuters U.S. CIA Director John ​Ratcliffe held talks with Russian intelligence officials during ‌his visit to Moscow on Tuesday (August 26,…

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Nepal flash flood: At least 50 pilgrims from Tamil Nadu stranded as landslips disrupt route

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Nepal flash flood: At least 50 pilgrims from Tamil Nadu stranded as landslips disrupt route

Helicopter footage shows flash flooding in the valleys in Rasuwa, Nepal, on August 26, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters About 50 pilgrims from Tamil Nadu were stranded in Nepal on Wednesday (August 26, 2026), after an early morning flash flood triggered landslips in their route. Officials of the Tamil Nadu government have initiated action towards their…

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India rejects ‘politically motivated, highly malicious references’ in remarks by UNCERD

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India rejects ‘politically motivated, highly malicious references’ in remarks by UNCERD

Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal. File | Photo Credit: PTI India on Wednesday (August 26, 2026) rejected observations made by the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (UNCERD), calling them “politically motivated” and “highly malicious”. The response, from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal, comes after the…

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Tibet’s Gyirong suffers ‘major casualties’ from mudslide, Xinhua reports

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Tibet’s Gyirong suffers ‘major casualties’ from mudslide, Xinhua reports

Many people ​were feared dead or missing after ‌a mudslide hit major ​border crossing ⁠between China and Nepal in Tibet’s Gyirong county on Wednesday (August 26, 2026), ‌Chinese state news agency Xinhua reported. “At approximately 10:30 ‌AM (0230 GMT) on ‌August ⁠26, due to ⁠a mudslide occurring on the Nepalese side, major casualties and missing…

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Netanyahu says no diplomatic deal possible with Iran ‘savages’

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Netanyahu says no diplomatic deal possible with Iran ‘savages’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a diplomatic deal was not possible with the “savages” who rule Iran as he hailed U.S. President Donald Trump’s new campaign of economic pressure. Recounting a recent meeting with Mr. Trump, Mr. Netanyahu told an event late on Tuesday…

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China’s Xi to visit Kyrgyzstan, Egypt from Sunday: Foreign Ministry

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China’s Xi to visit Kyrgyzstan, Egypt from Sunday: Foreign Ministry

Chinese President Xi Jinping during the opening session of China’s 19th Party Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. File | Photo Credit: AP Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek and pay state visits to Kyrgyzstan and Egypt from Sunday (August 30, 2026), Beijing’s…

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