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Taipei, March 14, 2023 – Chinese authorities should allow international media to cover events and political gatherings without restrictions, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Tuesday, after several accredited journalists reported being denied access or having access restricted to the first major political meetings since China relaxed its zero-COVID policy.   The state-run China Daily...

The Biden administration announced new national drinking water standards that address polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, limiting their exposure in humans.

Donald Trump lashed out at his most likely rival for the Republican presidential nomination, Ron DeSantis.

Conspiracy theorists are setting up their own dating sites to avoid contact with vaccinated people and others with more realistic viewpoints.

Fitbit's Versa 4 is plagued by tracking issues, as well as a lack of third-party app support and music storage, making it a disappointing release.

A 17-year-old boy was charged with robbery and trespass to a vehicle after two officers were injured Monday night when their squad car was struck by a stolen Kia on Cottage Grove Avenue in the Bronzeville neighborhood, Chicago police said.

Judge Lisa Lench dismissed the rape and sexual assault charges a Los Angeles jury couldn't agree upon late last year

The premiere of When Calls the Heart Season 10 is still months away, but the promotional train is revving up.

A Russian Su-27 jet fighter collided with a U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone over the Black Sea on Tuesday, according to the U.S. military's European Command.

Before the collapse, its CEO lobbied for a loosening of Dodd-Frank reforms, risking financial stability.

A woman’s body went undiscovered for nearly a month in a part of the garage just yards away from passenger pickup.

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A prominent conservative group that is combating "woke capitalism" rolled out a mobile billboard Tuesday as part of a new ad campaign against President Biden's first expected veto to preserve his ESG investing rule.

The EU lawmakers spearheading the work on the AI Act pitched significant obligations for providers of large language models like ChatGPT and Stable Diffusion while seeking to clarify the responsibilities alongside the AI value chain.

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With the exception of old movies, most of us are used to seeing our screens in full color. However, grayscale — in which you see nothing but black, white, or shades of gray — can be useful, even when it comes to your smartphone.

Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 disappeared in 2014 with 239 people on board en route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur. Mystery has swirled since.

The leaders in terms of decline were the shares of Sovcomflot (-2.5%), Mechel (-2%), the Raspadskaya coal company (-1.85%)

The same president who passed the nation’s biggest law ever to slash climate pollution may have just undone part of that legacy.

Tysons, Virginia, based Cvent, whose software as a service is used by companies for meetings and events planning, will be acquired by New York-based investment company Blackstone for $4.6 billion.

The US, UK, and Australia are developing new submarines in the Pacific region to counter China's growing military might.

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The accelerated growth in resale and rental showed immense opportunity and still does however, cracks have begun to appear in the commercial viability of stand-alone platforms.

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FIFA, the governing body of soccer, increased the size of the 2026 Men's World Cup for the second time by approving a bigger group stage for the inaugural 48-team event. The 16 host cities — 11 in the United States, three in Mexico and two in Canada (Vancouver and Toronto) — now have 24 extra games to stage.