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European Union threatens to suspend TikTok Lite’s rewards program

This photograph taken on April 11, 2024, in Paris, shows the logo of the Chinese social network application TikTok Lite displayed in Apple’s App Store. The social network TikTok, owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, has launched a new application in France and Spain, called TikTok Lite, which allows its users to get paid by watching videos, it announced on …

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Ukraine given reprieve with U.S. aid package after months of delays

Ukrainian servicemen monitor the situation along the front via drones in the direction of Kreminna, Ukraine as Russia-Ukraine war continues on 31 March 2024. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images Ukraine received a vital reprieve from the U.S. at the weekend after the House of Representatives passed a $61 billion foreign aid package for Kyiv after months of delays and …

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Global military spending hit an all-time high in 2023, report says

Three servicemen are staying in a tank of the 1st Tank Brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces, concealed by camouflage nets in Ukraine, on March 31, 2024. (Photo by Ukrinform/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Ukrinform | Nurphoto | Getty Images Global military spending reached a record high of $2,443 billion in 2023 amid a “global deterioration in peace and security,” the …

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China is years behind U.S. chips, Secretary Raimondo tells 60 Minutes

WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 25: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo listens as U.S. President Joe Biden participates virtually in a meeting on the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Act, in the South Court Auditorium at the White House on July 25, 2022 in Washington, DC.  Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images News | Getty Images Commerce …

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Blinken to warn China over support for Russia’s military during trip

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) and China’s Foreign Minister Qin Gang shake hands ahead of a meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on June 18, 2023.  Leah Millis | AFP | Getty Images U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will warn China about its support for Russia’s military during his visit to the country this week, …

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Zurich, Oslo top list of world’s smartest cities

These are the ten smartest cities in the world, according to IMD. Anton Aleksenko | Istock | Getty Images Smart cities in Europe and Asia are gaining ground globally while North American cities have fallen down the ranks, according to the 2024 Smart City Index released April. Of the top 10 smart cities on the list, seven were in Europe. …

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USMNT’s Sergino Dest out for ‘extended period’ with knee injury: Potential Copa America replacement options

U.S. men’s national team defender Sergino Dest picked up a “serious knee injury” in training with PSV, the club announced on Sunday, raising doubts about his availability for the Copa America in less than two months’ time. PSV offered few specifics on Dest’s injury and timeline of recovery but suggested that the player will be out for a notable period …

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