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World Facebook owner Meta said on Monday it was banning RT, Rossiya Segodnya and other Russian state media networks, alleging the outlets used deceptive tactics to carry out influence operations while evading detection on the social media company’s platforms. Meta alleges RT and others used deceptive tactics to covertly influence peopleThomson ReutersContinue Reading

World Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday ordered the regular size of the Russian army to be increased by 180,000 troops to 1.5 million active servicemen, in a move that would make it the second largest in the world after China’s. Move would make Russia’s military the second largest inContinue Reading

Bodycam video shows arrest of man charged in apparent Trump assassination attemptBodycam video released on Monday showed law enforcement taking a man into custody on Sunday in relation to the suspected assassination attempt of former U.S. president Donald Trump at his golf club. The man accused in the apparent assassinationContinue Reading

World The Taliban have suspended polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan, the UN said Monday. It’s a devastating setback for polio eradication, since the virus is one of the world’s most infectious and any unvaccinated groups of children where the virus is spreading could undo years of progress. Taliban’s decision will likelyContinue Reading

World The death toll from the worst flooding central Europe has seen in at least two decades rose on Monday, as authorities in some areas counted the cost of the trail of destruction left by the deluge while others prepared for the crisis to reach them. Flooding from Austria toContinue Reading

A dozen nine-year-olds sit cross-legged on a red and blue mat on the floor of a classroom at a UNRWA school in Khan Younis. It’s the first week of school, and the space is dark: A chalkboard has been put up over the windows at the front of the class,Continue Reading

World The FBI said Sunday it was investigating “what appears to be an attempted assassination” of Donald Trump at his golf club in West Palm Beach, Fla., just nine weeks after the Republican presidential nominee survived another such attempt. A suspect was arrested further north in Florida, as Republican nomineeContinue Reading

World The Israeli military says there is a “high probability” that three hostages found dead months ago in Gaza were killed in an Israeli airstrike. Military report says it’s not possible to ‘definitely determine’ circumstancesThe Associated Press · Posted: Sep 15, 2024 11:57 AM EDT | Last Updated: September 15Continue Reading

World Myanmar’s flooding death toll has risen to at least 74, state media reported on Sunday, after heavy rains caused by Typhoon Yagi triggered widespread floods across the country. Typhoon Yagi earlier hit Vietnam, Thailand and Laos, killing more than 260 peopleThomson Reuters · Posted: Sep 15, 2024 10:27 AMContinue Reading