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How the AP uncovered US big tech’s role in China’s digital police state


An AP investigation reveals that U.S. technology companies to a large degree designed and built China’s surveillance state, playing a far greater role in enabling human rights abuses than previously known.

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Charlie Sheen talks his road to sobriety ahead of release of his memoir, ‘The Book of Sheen’


Charlie Sheen shares how fatherhood became central to his life after getting sober eight years ago. Speaking with David Duchovny on Monday, Sheen discussed his journey through sobriety and his memoir, “The Book of Sheen.”

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Thailand’s former PM Thaksin Shinawatra to serve one-year prison term for previous convictions


Thailand’s Supreme Court says former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra must serve a one-year prison term for previous convictions.

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J.J. McCarthy leads epic Vikings comeback over Caleb Williams, Bears…


J.J. McCarthy threw two fourth-quarter touchdown passes and ran for another in his long-awaited NFL debut as the Vikings defeated the Bears.

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N. ROSEN Obituary (2025) – New York, NY – New York Times



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ICC opening its war crimes case against Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony


International Criminal Court prosecutors will present evidence to back up charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity against fugitive Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony at the global court’s first in absentia hearing.

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Brazil’s Supreme Court nears a verdict in coup plot trial of former President Jair Bolsonaro


A panel of Brazilian Supreme Court justices is expected to decide this week whether former President Jair Bolsonaro is guilty or not of plotting to stay in power illegally after his 2022 election defeat.

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Workers’ daily commute to Mexico City ends in tragedy in fatal train-bus collision


Authorities in Mexico say a train has collided with a double-decker bus northwest of Mexico City, killing at least 10 people and injuring more than 50.

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Backpage executives to be sentenced after testifying against site founder about the site’s sex ads


Two former executives for the now-shuttered classified site Backpage.com are scheduled to be sentenced in Phoenix for conspiring to facilitate prostitution by selling sex ads.

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US tech companies enabled the surveillance and detention of hundreds of thousands in China


An AP investigation reveals that U.S. technology companies to a large degree designed and built China’s surveillance state, playing a far greater role in enabling human rights abuses than previously known.