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Trump plans to launch his own social media platform in early 2022
Former President Donald Trump has officially revealed that he’s launching his own social media platform in 2022, a few months after his aide told Fox News about his plans. He’s calling it TRUTH Social, and the platform is apparently part of his camp’s efforts to fight back against “the Big Tech companies of Silicon Valley,…
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White Tiger and Cheetah Furs: A Mess of Trump Gift Exchanges
Gift exchanges between U.S. and foreign leaders, a highly regulated process, devolved into sometimes risible shambles during the Trump administration.President Donald J. Trump met with King Salman of Saudi Arabia in Riyadh in 2017. The Trump administration’s problems with gifts date from that trip.Credit…Stephen Crowley/The New York TimesPublished Oct. 11, 2021Updated Oct. 15, 2021To hear…
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Fingers Crossed! QAnon Faithful Await the Return of JFK Jr. on the Grassy Knoll in Dallas
A man in QAnon garb at a Donald Trump rally on September 25, 2021 in Perry, Georgia.Photo: Sean Rayford (Getty Images)Spoiler alert: JFK Jr. is dead, folks.Aficionados of QAnon, the present and future of the GOP, have reportedly gathered in Dallas, Texas, to hear a major pronouncement from President John F. Kennedy’s son JFK Jr.,…
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Facebook and Twitter ‘dismantle Russian network’
Image copyright Reuters Facebook says it has dismantled a small network of accounts and pages that were part of a Russian influence operation.The company said the campaign was linked to Russia’s Internet Research Agency (IRA), an organisation close to the Russian government and accused of interference in the 2016 US election.Twitter also suspended five accounts…
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GE: Industrial giant will stop building coal-fired power plants
Image copyright Getty Images In a dramatic reversal, one of the world’s biggest makers of coal-fired power plants is to exit the market and focus on greener alternatives.US industrial giant General Electric said it would shut or sell sites as it prioritised its renewable energy and power generation businesses.It comes ahead of a US Presidential…
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TikTok sale deadline won’t be extended, says Trump
Publishedduration11 Septemberimage copyrightGetty ImagesThe Chinese owner of TikTok has until 15 September – and not a day longer – to find an American buyer for the video-sharing app, or face being banned in the US, according to President Donald Trump.“There will be no extension of the TikTok deadline,” Mr Trump said.The president has given the…
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Tributes to a ‘warrior for gender equality’
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionHundreds of people visited the US Supreme Court to pay their respects to the late justiceTributes are being paid to US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a “warrior for gender equality” who has died of cancer at the age of 87. “There will never be another…
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TikTok unaware of $5bn US ‘education fund’ request
Publishedduration6 days agoimage copyrightGetty ImagesPresident Donald Trump has cast fresh doubt over the future of TikTok in the US unless Oracle and Walmart have “total control” of the company.TikTok escaped a US ban on Sunday, after striking a deal with the American companies.China-based owner Bytedance earlier said it would retain an 80% stake in the…
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Hurricane Laura death toll climbs to 14 in the US
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionHurricane Laura left a trail of destruction in Louisiana and TexasFourteen people are now confirmed dead in the United States after Hurricane Laura battered southern states. Ten of the victims were in Louisiana and four in Texas.Winds of up to 150mph (240km/h) caused severe damage, with power…
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Suspension of a US professor sparks debate over a Chinese word
Image copyright Twitter Image caption Professor Patton has stepped back from his post since his 20 August seminar A US university investigation into one of its professors has ignited a debate over the use of a seemingly innocuous Chinese word.Professor Greg Patton at the University of Southern California (USC) was telling students in a communications…
