Recycled 'zombie' misinformation targets US voters
Migrants, vaccines, pedophilia rings -- old conspiracy theories are resurfacing ahead of the US election despite being repeatedly debunked, in what researchers call "zombie" falsehoods that appear to resonate with polarized voters.
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Colombian rebels holding Amazon hostage in peace talks
Colombian guerrilla fighters, who long used kidnapping to raise cash and gain negotiating clout, have turned to a new type of hostage: the Amazon rainforest.
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Bill to ban TikTok in US clears Congress
The US Senate on Tuesday approved legislation requiring the wildly popular social media app TikTok to be divested from its Chinese parent company ByteDance or be shut out of the American market.
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Long-delayed Ukraine aid clears US Congress, awaits Biden signature
The US Senate approved a $61 billion aid package for Ukraine late Tuesday that had been stalled for months in Congress, with President Joe Biden vowing fresh supplies to be delivered swiftly to the warzone as Russia makes battlefield gains.
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N. Macedonia votes in crucial elections for stalled EU talks
North Macedonia heads to the polls Wednesday for the first in a series of elections that could decide whether the diverse Balkan country will ever join the European Union.
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Indigenous people march in Brazil to demand land demarcation
Thousands of Indigenous people with colorful feathered headdresses and bows and arrows marched Tuesday in Brazil's capital to demand the demarcation of their lands, an issue that pits a leftist president again a conservative-dominated congress.
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Post-WWII order on 'brink of collapse': Amnesty head
Amnesty International said Wednesday that the post-World War II order was on the "brink of collapse", threatened by bitter conflict on multiple fronts to the rapid and unregulated rise of artificial intelligence.
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Megan Thee Stallion 'forced employee to watch her having sex': lawsuit
Megan Thee Stallion forced her cameraman to watch her having sex in a moving car, according to a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles.
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Sinner plays down Djokovic, Alcaraz comparisons
Jannik Sinner on Tuesday dismissed the idea that he is the best player in the world right now, saying he should not be compared to his fellow top-three rivals, Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz.
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Trump meets former Japanese prime minister in New York
Donald Trump met with former Japanese prime minister Taro Aso in New York on Tuesday, part of the Republican's shadow diplomacy as he campaigns to return to the White House in November's elections.
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