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Youth offline for summer as Australia enforces social media ban
Youth offline for summer as Australia enforces social media ban

SYDNEY, NSW Australia: As Australia began enforcing its world-first social media ban for under-16s on Wednesday, teenagers and mental...

Mounjaro joins China’s reimbursement list, pressuring rivals
Mounjaro joins China’s reimbursement list, pressuring rivals

SHANGHAI, China: China will begin reimbursing Eli Lilly's blockbuster drug Mounjaro for type 2 diabetes from January 1, widening access...

Magnitude 4.4 earthquake strikes Bay of Bengal
Magnitude 4.4 earthquake strikes Bay of Bengal

New Delhi [India], December 13 (ANI): A moderate earthquake measuring magnitude 4.4 struck the Bay of Bengal on Saturday, according...

South Korea aims to launch lunar communication orbiter in 2029, lander in 2032: KASA
South Korea aims to launch lunar communication orbiter in 2029, lander in 2032: KASA

Seoul [South Korea], December 13 (ANI/WAM): South Korea aims to launch a lunar communication orbiter in 2029, and a lunar lander in...

"I'm ready to go": Usman Khawaja declares himself fit ahead of third Ashes Test against England
"I'm ready to go": Usman Khawaja declares himself fit ahead of third Ashes Test against England

Adelaide [Australia], December 13 (ANI): Veteran Australian cricketer Usman Khawaja has declared himself fit ahead of the third Ashes...

MEA Secy Ghosh's talks with China "timely and productive": Chinese embassy
MEA Secy Ghosh's talks with China "timely and productive": Chinese embassy

Beijing [China], December 13 (ANI): Joint Secretary (East Asia) Sujit Ghosh in the Ministry of External Affairs and Liu Jinsong, Director-General...

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DoJ can unseal Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking records
DoJ can unseal Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking records

NEW YORK CITY, New York: The Department of Justice received approval from a federal judge to publicly release grand jury transcripts...

Australian under-16s bid goodbye to social media under new law
Australian under-16s bid goodbye to social media under new law

SYDNEY, Australia: On December 10, Australia became the first country in the world to ban social media for children under 16 by blocking...

Louvre workers to strike work from December 15 against work conditions
Louvre workers to strike work from December 15 against work conditions

PARIS, France: Workers at the Louvre Museum voted this week to launch strikes to protest their working conditions, a ticket-price hike...

U.S. probes deaths potentially tied to COVID shots amid policy shift
U.S. probes deaths potentially tied to COVID shots amid policy shift

WASHINGTON, D.C.: U.S. health officials have launched a broader investigation into deaths that may be linked to COVID-19 vaccines,...

12 FBI ex-agents fired for taking a knee sue to get their jobs back
12 FBI ex-agents fired for taking a knee sue to get their jobs back

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Twelve former FBI agents who lost their jobs after kneeling during a 2020 racial justice protest in Washington, D.C.,...

Bethlehem sees return of Christmas celebrations after 2-year gap
Bethlehem sees return of Christmas celebrations after 2-year gap

BETHLEHEM, West Bank: Bethlehem, the traditional birthplace of Jesus in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, is seeing the return of celebrations...