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PUBLISHED September 28, 2025 They used to fight over oil. Now they fight over feeds. The long-running fight over TikTok has finally ended in Washington’s favour — at least on paper. ByteDance, under unrelenting US pressure, ceded its American operations to an Oracle-led consortium, with a government-approved trustee installed at the top. A Chinese platform … Read more
At least four people were killed in the attack, which also wounded dozens of civilians in the capital and around country.
[For nearly four decades, the Iowa baseball field used as the set of the beloved Hollywood movie has been trying to find its next act.
[The number combination refers to a work schedule — 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., six days a week — that has its origins in China’s hard-charging tech scene.
On a visit to Venezuela, The Times found a nation bracing for potential U.S. military action.
PUBLISHED September 28, 2025 As the campaign for immunisation against HPV began, a lot of objections to the vaccine came to the fore, raising doubts in the minds of even those optimistic people who usually see the bright side of things. The most common objection is why a girl as young as nine years old … Read more
PUBLISHED September 28, 2025 In the valleys of the Hindu Kush Mountains in northern Pakistan, the Kalasha tribe resides. Music is an indispensable pillar of their identity, serving as the primary repository of their unwritten history, religious beliefs, and social norms. Hymns are not decoration around their prayer; they are prayer. Their melodies are not … Read more
PUBLISHED September 28, 2025 In the first week of September 2025, Nepal staged one of the fastest political collapses in recent memory. A government decision abruptly suspended about two dozen social media platforms — from Facebook and X to YouTube and Snapchat — for allegedly failing to register under new rules. Within hours, Kathmandu’s streets … Read more
Hamas has not received US President Donald Trump’s Gaza ceasefire plan, the Palestinian group which runs the enclave said on Saturday as Israeli forces expanded their assault on Gaza City. The comments came after Israeli newspaper Haaretz cited sources saying Hamas had agreed in principle to release all the Israeli hostages it holds in return … Read more
AUCKLAND: Record-breaking Australian prop James Slipper said Sunday that this was his final year in the gold Wallabies shirt and hinted that next week’s Test against New Zealand could be his last. Slipper became just the third player to reach the milestone of 150 Test appearances during the 33-24 loss in Auckland on Saturday, joining … Read more
