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Chinese officials on Thursday seethed over the trilateral U.S.-South Korea-Japan summit scheduled to be held at Camp David on Friday.

New York City has issued a directive banning China’s TikTok from all city-owned devices, citing security threats to the city’s technical networks.

Former Ecuadorian autocrat President Rafael Correa, a fugitive avoiding his corruption convictions in Belgium, claimed on Wednesday that the assassination of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was a “right-wing plot” to “affect” the electoral performance of his party’s candidate, Luisa González.

Two powerful Libyan militia groups called a cease-fire after the arrest of a militia commander sparked a day of deadly violence.

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro paid the government of São Paulo about $184,000 in fines on Wednesday for not wearing a mask.

There are many concerns about the China-owned app TikTok, such as its effects on mental health and it being a national security risk, but researchers are also interested in how it impacts kids’ brains after they binge-watch the app’s nonstop stream of addicting videos. They have nicknamed the result “TikTok Brain,” and it is impacting the lives of young Americans.

Border Patrol agents in the five Texas-based sectors apprehended nearly 50,000 migrants during the first 15 days of August. This is despite the blistering temperatures endangering the lives of migrants attempting to enter the United States between ports of entry illegally.

Chinese state media responded to the latest gloomy economic news by spotlighting dictator Xi Jinping’s demand for “patience” in a previously unpublished February address to top Chinese Communist Party officials.

Ukrainian armed forces announce the third downing this working week, at least two of them claimed to be attack helicopters.

A group of cartel gunmen kidnapped five teenagers in the state of Jalisco and forced at least one to beat, stab, and kill one of his friends for sport. The gruesome crime comes when Jalisco has been rocked with mass kidnappings and terrorist attacks, including using explosives, at the hands of drug cartels.

Texas Game Wardens and Department of Public Safety troopers arrested two suspected members of the Cartel Del Noreste and seized rifles and ammunition near Fronton. The ammunition included armor-piercing rifle rounds.

Spain´s newly elected Parliament voted Thursday by a majority to elect a Socialist candidate as chamber speaker.

Ukraine rebuked suggestions from a top NATO official to cede territory to Russia in exchange for a possible deal for NATO membership.

The international organization Human Rights Watch denounced the government of China on Wednesday for rapidly censoring any perceived anti-communist content online while “pervasive hate speech against black people” faces no such restrictions.

Ukraine has apparently come to terms with there being no donations of fighter jets during the counter offensive, or even this year at all.

Dozens of African migrants bound for Europe are missing and believed dead after a shipwreck off the coast of west Africa.

Germany’s Cabinet approved plan to liberalize cannabis, setting European Union’s most populous nation to decriminalize possession.

Israel confirmed the “landmark” sale of the Arrow 3 hypersonic missile defense system to Germany on Thursday, in the country’s single biggest military deal worth $3.5 billion.

Ukraine showing off the self-developed explosive sea drones it says it has used against the Crimea bridge and Russian ships. 

Over 17,000 illegal migrants, mostly comprised of young military-age males, have arrived on British shores so far this year.

The family members of Leonard Bernstein have come out in defense of actor Bradley Cooper amid accusations of “jewface” for his portrayal of the historic conductor in the upcoming film “Maestro.”

Chinese state media this week gleefully mocked President Joe Biden for bungling the response to Hawaii’s wildfires. Editorials pushed the Communist Party narrative that only authoritarian governments can handle disasters of such magnitude, and taunted the U.S. for prioritizing military spending over disaster response.

Argentine presidential front-runner Javier Milei affirmed his commitment to a reduction in the size of the government on Tuesday evening.

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This year’s Berlin Swimming World Cup will feature an event unseen in the history of international swimming: An open category for transgender swimmers.

A mob reportedly made of up as many as 10,000 men began burning down, looting, and otherwise violently assaulting Christian communities in Jaranwala, Pakistan, on Wednesday in response to reports that a Christian man had allegedly desecrated a Quran.

In a desperate attempt to stay competitive in the Chinese market, Elon Musk’s Tesla has announced a price cut of 14,000 yuan ($1,900) for its two higher-end Model Y vehicles. The price reduction is seen as the latest move in an ongoing price war that has been affecting the electric vehicle (EV) industry in China. Tesla previously promised to uphold the “core socialist values” of communist China in an attempt to cool down the price war with local competitors.

NBA player James Harden is enjoying lavish coverage from Chinese state media and selling out on his name-brand wine collection after disparaging the president of the Philadelphia 76ers, Daryl Morey during an event in Beijing this week.

China’s state-run National Business Daily reported Tuesday the nationwide fertility rate dropped to 1.09, a shockingly low number.

Former Olympic swimmer Helen Smart, who represented Britain during the 2000 Summer Games in Sydney, Australia, has died at the age of 43.

Lithuania decided to temporarily close two of its six checkpoints with Belarus amid growing tensions with its eastern neighbor.

A prominent Bulgarian businessman whose rollercoaster career reflected his country´s transition from communism to democracy was shot dead.

Russian drones pounded grain storage facilities and ports along the Danube River that Ukraine has increasingly relied on.

American alt-rock band The Killers apologized on Wednesday for bringing a Russian fan on stage at a concert in Georgia.

Competition for the lucrative human trafficking trade between ethnically-based gangs operating in northern France is driving rising violence.