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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for greater war fighting capabilities against the United States and South Korea, state media reported Thursday, after his defense ministry vowed to respond to the ongoing South Korean-U.S. military drills that it views as an invasion rehearsal.
WASHINGTON -- Even as she announced her exit from the U.S. presidential race, Republican candidate Nikki Haley spoke of the need to help Ukraine defend itself against Russian aggression.
A mega-yacht seized by U.S. authorities from a Russian oligarch is costing the government nearly $1 million a month to maintain, according to new court filings.
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HONG KONG -- Chinese online retailer JD.com said Wednesday it may repurchase up to $3 billion worth of shares through March 2027, helping lift the company's U.S.-listed stock more than 17% in early trading.
Social media firms have responded to allegations of "shadow banning" their users for Palestinian-related content amid the conflict in Gaza, saying that the implication that Big Tech "deliberately and systemically suppress a particular voice" is false.
The top of the poster reads: “Applying to NTU? Your school fees is funding the genocide in Palestine.”
Housing and Local Government Minister Nga Kor Ming, who is from the multiracial but Chinese-led Democratic Action Party, last year proposed to ask Unesco to recognise the “new villages”, which were set up by the British across several states in the peninsula to contain the spread of communism after World War II.