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BTS member Jin begins military duty at a frontline South Korean boot camp

Tuesday, December 13, 2022

Six other younger BTS members are to join the military in coming years one after another, meaning that the world's biggest boy band must take a hiatus, likely for a few years.

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Some Chinese university students to return home to reduce Lunar New Year COVID spread

Tuesday, December 13, 2022

Some Chinese universities say they will allow students to finish the semester from home in hopes of reducing the potential of a bigger COVID-19 outbreak during the January Lunar New Year travel rush.

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Musk's Twitter has dissolved its Trust and Safety Council

Monday, December 12, 2022

The advisory group of nearly 100 independent civil, human rights and other organizations was formed in 2016 to address hate speech, child exploitation, suicide and other problems on the platform.

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Golden Globe nominations are led by 'Banshees,' 'Everything Everywhere'

Monday, December 12, 2022

After scandal and boycott plunged the Hollywood Foreign Press Association into disarray and knocked its annual award show off television for a year, the Golden Globes geared up Monday for its return.

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China to drop travel tracing as it relaxes 'zero-COVID'

Monday, December 12, 2022

China will drop a travel tracing requirement as part of an uncertain exit from its strict "zero-COVID" policies that have elicited widespread dissatisfaction.

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Peru president proposes moving up elections amid protests

Monday, December 12, 2022

Peru's newest president, Dina Boluarte gave in to protesters' demands early Monday announcing in a nationally televised address that she will send Congress a proposal to move up elections.

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Second Iranian detainee is executed over alleged protest crime

Monday, December 12, 2022

The execution comes less than a month after the man allegedly carried out the fatal stabbings of two security officials during one of the demonstrations the government is trying to put an end to.

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More than 60 ancient Roman-era graves were discovered in Gaza

Sunday, December 11, 2022

Hamas authorities in the Gaza Strip announced the discovery of over 60 tombs in an ancient burial site dating back to the Roman era.

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The pioneering Black feminist Dorothy Pitman Hughes has died at 84

Sunday, December 11, 2022

Dorothy Pitman Hughes, a pioneering Black feminist, child welfare advocate and lifelong community activist who toured the country speaking with Gloria Steinem in the 1970s, has died.

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A Japanese company has fired a rocket carrying a lunar rover to the moon

Sunday, December 11, 2022

A Tokyo company aimed for the moon with its own private lander Sunday, blasting off atop a SpaceX rocket with the United Arab Emirates' first lunar rover and a toylike robot from Japan.

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Winter storm slams western U.S., bringing heavy snow to Northern California

Sunday, December 11, 2022

A winter storm packing powerful winds, heavy rain and potentially several feet of snow in the Sierra Nevada shut down highways, toppled trees and triggered flood watches and avalanche warnings.

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Kansas oil spill is Keystone pipeline's biggest ever, according to federal data

Saturday, December 10, 2022

A ruptured pipeline northwest of Kansas City dumped about 588,000 gallons of oil into a creek running through rural pastureland, throwing operator TC Energy's federal permit into question.

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More South Korean adoptees who were sent overseas demand probes into their cases

Friday, December 09, 2022

Nearly 400 South Koreans sent as children to families in the West want an inquiry, saying their adoptions were marred by fake documents that changed child identities or falsely declared them orphans.

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Brittney Griner is back home in the U.S. after a prisoner swap with Russia

Friday, December 09, 2022

American basketball star Brittney Griner returned to the United States early Friday after being freed in a high-profile prisoner exchange following nearly 10 months in detention in Russia.

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China struggles with COVID infections after controls ease

Friday, December 09, 2022

A rash of COVID-19 cases were reported by social media users on Friday in areas across China although it wasn't clear how far above the official figure the total cases may be.

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The Club Q suspect's bomb threat case was dismissed because victims wouldn't testify

Friday, December 09, 2022

A court has unsealed documents in a 2021 bomb threat case involving felony charges for the Club Q shooting suspect. The district attorney said a conviction would've required family testimony.

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FTC sues to block the $69 billion Microsoft-Activision Blizzard merger

Thursday, December 08, 2022

The Federal Trade Commission said Microsoft's planned takeover of the video game company could suppress competitors to Microsoft's Xbox game consoles and its growing games subscription business.

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The FDA clears updated COVID-19 vaccines for kids under age 5

Thursday, December 08, 2022

The decision aims to better protect the littlest kids amid an uptick in COVID-19 cases around the country. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to sign off soon.

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A House report cites Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder's role in 'toxic' culture

Thursday, December 08, 2022

The NFL team created a "toxic work culture" for more than two decades, "ignoring and downplaying sexual misconduct" by men at the top levels of the organization, according to a House panel's report.

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Polygamous 'prophet' leader had child brides, documents say

Thursday, December 08, 2022

The leader of a small polygamous group on the Arizona-Utah border had taken at least 20 wives, most of them minors, and punished followers who did not treat him as a prophet, new court documents show.

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