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There’s no law requiring anyone to sing the national anthem. This isn’t North Korea, after all. But the confected outrage has a sinister subtext.

As gold prices continue to increase, shoppers are buying smaller jewellery items and making more cautious spending decisions ahead of Diwali. For many South Asian families, buying gold or silver during the festive season is a long-standing tradition passed down through generations. However, this year, traditions like giving jewellery are coming at a higher c

President Trump claimed that Iran is intentionally driving up oil prices ahead of the U.S. midterm election after the country took responsibility for striking oil tankers near the Strait of Hormuz. CBS News national security analyst Aaron MacLean has more.

Oyo State Governor and 2027 presidential candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement, Seyi Makinde, has challenged his opponents to demonstrate their physical stamina, jumping off a stage during a political gathering in Akure, Ondo State, on Thursday. Makinde, who spoke at the party’s South-West Presidential Campaign Town Hall Meeting, said he would focus on en

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A host of election-denying candidates are running for attorney general in states across the country.

IPOH, Oct 22 &mdash; A study by Institut Darul Ridzuan (IDR), conducted in conjunction with the Perak 2027 Budget, has f...

Here's what to know about Starlink and Starshield, the technologies Ukraine is relying on in the war against Russia.

Amazon Web Services logged attempts to leverage the internet-melting PHP2Shell bugs four days ago. They’re now being “broadly exploited” across the internet.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 22 &mdash;&nbsp;Singapore&rsquo;s Central Provident Fund Board (CPFB) deputy CEO (services) Wong Yan J...

The final day for voting is on Saturday, as party leaders cross the province to make their pitches in the last days of the election campaign.

Some hosts are threatening to strike, while others are plotting ways around Airbnb’s new restrictions. Guests, meanwhile, are celebrating.

The top Democrats on the House and Senate intelligence committees said they are working under the presumption that the president will seek to justify election interference by alleging fraud.

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At first, plants below an elephant carcass die. Soil microbes and plants grow back soon after, but only a few select species. Herbivores later come in to munch on the nutrient-rich greens

J.K. Rowling has written a new essay about her political views, noting they have not changed despite the harassment and death threats she has received. “It’s been six years since I wrote my essay explaining why I chose to speak up on the issue of trans activism and the risk I believe it poses to […]

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Media mogul John Malone says that the Trump administration informed Netflix that their proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery would be blocked, with the streaming giant then dropping out of the bidding and clearing the way for Paramount’s purchase. At the Paley Center for Media’s International Council Summit on Wednesday, Malone said, “They were righ

OPINION: Participation in democracy requires meeting obligations, like enrolling to vote.

As a group is accused of an attack on a weapons factory, activists allege growing crackdown on the solidarity movement.

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Brazil spent years targeting electoral lies on the internet. Now, artificial intelligence is stumping the election authorities and reshaping a high-stakes race.

“Industry” and “Doctor Who” producer Jane Tranter has made a career of going against the grain, and at Rome’s MIA Market on Tuesday, she told European producers that the only way to survive in uncertain times is to “go in the opposite direction of everyone else’s traffic.” “If everyone else is zigging, you zag. Because […]

Israeli soldiers in Southern Lebanon are seen ‘jokingly’ giving a tour of a displaced family’s home.

The mother and sister of the dead boy's father spoke after the man and his wife were both sentenced to more than 15 years' jail for the abuse leading to the child's death.

<p>Marine Le Pen and Donald Trump are arsonists who play at being firefighters. Nigel Farage is finding that act harder to pull off in Andy Burnham’s Britain</p><p>An election where one side represents chaos will nearly always be won by the party that promises order instead. Public fatigue after years of turbulent Tory rule accounted for Labour’s 2024 landsl

Asia Kate Dillon, who starred in shows like “Orange Is the New Black” and “Billions,” took to social media on Tuesday to share that they are looking for service work after their acting work “has all but diminished” after eleven years in the industry. Dillon began their statement by going through previous service jobs they’ve […]

Versant Media CEO Mark Lazarus said the company spun off by Comcast/NBCUniversal earlier this year is unlikely to be a buyer if Skydance looks to shop some of its dozens of cable TV networks. “Buying more cable assets on a large scale would prolong our life but not necessarily make our life better because we […]

The small-market Rays are kings of the American League. Here's what Tampa Bay does that nobody else can match.

Meta is suspending the sharing feature while it investigates its privacy.

On challenging expeditions, researchers have collected deep-sea bacteria that naturally produce hydrogen, exploring and documenting an ancient ecosystem that may soon be altered forever

The internet told them Europe was a social paradise. Turns out the trains are awful, the health care isn’t free, and people can be really mean.

Northern bottlenose whales are more likely to stick together when individuals are poorly or emaciated