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Washington lawmakers have an aversion to anything coming out of China and attaining global success
TikTok is the most successful social media app to emerge in the past decade.
A huge phenomenon among young people, TikTok has established itself as the single most downloaded application in the world, which has become a staple for many people’s lives in the same way legacy platforms such as Facebook had before.
The US and German leaders have met in Washington to synchronize their next steps in aiding Ukraine against Russia
President Joe Biden hosted a White House visit from German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday, using the occasion to reiterate vows of inexhaustible military support to Ukraine for “as long as it takes.” However,
Washington’s charges against China’s nuclear arsenal are merely a “pretext” to continue expanding its own, the foreign ministry has said
The United States is the top “nuclear threat” in the world, China has said, accusing Washington of seeking to maintain “military hegemony” over other nations after US officials declared the need to reign in Beijing’s much smaller weapons program.
All theories regarding the genesis of Covid-19 remain “on the table,” the head of the global health body has said
The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged the United States and every other country to release their intelligence on the beginnings of the coronavirus pandemic, cautioning against unsubstantiated speculations and “politicization” of the issue after Washington claimed the pathogen “likely” leaked from a Chinese laboratory.
The European bloc’s arms sector is struggling to satisfy Kiev’s growing demands
The European Union’s industry chief has said the bloc will have to shift to a “wartime” economic model if it hopes to meet Kiev’s battlefield needs, with senior Ukrainian officials voicing hopes for a massive influx of shells from their foreign sponsors.
The EU is doing Washington’s bidding since “Americans have the last word,” the Hungarian prime minister believes
Europe needs its own military bloc free of American influence, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban told Swiss magazine Weltwoche on Thursday. The politician accused the US of dragging Europe into a conflict that cannot be won and risking a global war.
The Food and Drug Administration is reportedly concerned about Neuralink’s battery and potential brain tissue damage
The US Food and Drug Administration has rejected clinical trials of billionaire Elon Musk’s Neuralink brain implant, seven current and former employees told Reuters on Thursday. The regulator cited multiple safety concerns the company must address before human testing can begin – a milestone they had hoped to reach this month.
The Foradori-Duncan Pact on the Falklands/Malvinas was seen as conceding too much
Argentina has formally renounced a 2016 deal with the UK regarding the disputed Falklands/Malvinas islands in the South Atlantic, the site of a bloody 1982 conflict, saying on Thursday that the matter needs to be resolved under the UN guidelines on decolonization.
Armed assailants attacked a store in Argentina owned by Lionel Messi’s family
A pair of gunmen fired at least a dozen shots and left a threatening message for Argentine football star Lionel Messi in a raid on a supermarket owned by his in-laws. The incident on Thursday morning was dubbed an act of “terrorism” by a local justice official.
The Pentagon claims it is not a party to the conflict despite providing weapons, training, intelligence, and strategic combat decision expertise
The US military is overseeing war games to train Ukrainian officers, with the Pentagon saying the exercises will help commanders make better decisions on the battlefield. The move comes as top American officials continue to insist that Washington plays no role in Kiev’s planning in the conflict with Russia.
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