Tech giant Meta said Thursday it is starting to remove under-16s in Australia from Instagram, Threads and Facebook ahead of the country’s world-first youth social media ban. Australia is requiring major online platforms, also including TikTok and YouTube, to block underage users by December 10, when the new law comes into force. Companies face fines […]
Read MoreDemocrats in the US Congress released photos and videos Wednesday showing the luxury island home where convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein allegedly forced underage girls into sex with powerful men. The images of Epstein’s former Caribbean hideaway shed little new light on the complex scandal. However, they could add pressure on the Trump administration to […]
Read MoreA doctor who supplied “Friends” star Matthew Perry with ketamine in the months before he fatally overdosed, musing to a fellow physician over “how much this moron will pay” for the drug, was jailed in California on Wednesday. Salvador Plasencia, 44, is the first of five people to face justice over Perry’s 2023 death in […]
Read MoreAn explosive docuseries about Sean “Diddy” Combs — produced by his longtime rival 50 Cent — has been released on Netflix, despite the disgraced music mogul’s attempts to block its airing. The four-part “Sean Combs: The Reckoning” chronicles the career and dramatic fall of the 56-year-old rapper and record executive, who was sentenced in October […]
Read MoreAls erstes deutsches Staatsoberhaupt seit 27 Jahren ist Bundespräsident Frank-Walter Steinmeier am Mittwoch zu einem Staatsbesuch in Großbritannien empfangen worden. Nach Treffen mit König Charles III. und dem britischen Premierminister Keir Starmer endete der erste Tag des dreitägigen Besuchs am Mittwoch mit einem Staatsbankett im königlichen Schloss Windsor. Für Donnerstag ist eine Rede Steinmeiers vor […]
Read MorePresident Donald Trump announced Wednesday a reset of Joe Biden’s fuel-economy standards, arguing it will lower US car prices — but critics warned it would worsen climate change and leave drivers paying more at the pump. Trump was flanked in the Oval Office by the CEOs of Ford and Stellantis and a senior General Motors […]
Read MoreBritain’s King Charles III treated German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier to a sumptuous banquet Wednesday, as the pair hailed the countries’ deep ties during the first UK state visit by a German head of state in decades. Steinmeier and his wife Elke Budenbender were guests of honour at the lavish dinner hosted by Charles and Queen […]
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In Brüssel hat am Mittwoch die womöglich letzte Verhandlungsrunde für Lockerungen der EU-Regeln für den Einsatz von Gentechnik begonnen. Der dänische Vorsitz im Rat der 27 EU-Staaten will die Verhandlungen abschließen, die abendlichen Gespräche mit Vertretern des Europaparlaments dürften sich aber zäh gestalten. Nach Angaben mehrerer Beteiligter liegen die Positionen bei den wichtigsten Streitpunkten noch […]
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