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Pavel Durov, CEO of Telegram, is pictured onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2015 on Sept. 21, 2015, in San Francisco.

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  • Technology

Telegram founder breaks silence, calling charges 'misguided'

The tech billionaire breaks his silence more than a week after being indicted by French authorities. He faces wide-ranging charges including complicity to distribute child abuse images and to traffic drugs.

September 06, 2024
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  • Julia Redpath
Activists wearing eye masks hold posters reading "Repeated deepfake sex crimes, the state is an accomplice too," during a protest against sexually abusive deepfakes in Seoul, South Korea, on Aug. 30.

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  • Asia

South Korea investigates Telegram over alleged sexual deepfakes

South Korea is investigating sexually abusive deepfakes allegedly shared on the messaging platform Telegram. Officials say the company is complying and has removed some content.

September 06, 2024
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  • Se Eun Gong
Spanish couples take their newly adopted Chinese children for a walk in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, March 7, 2007.

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  • World

China ends most international adoptions, leaving many children, families in limbo

China's Foreign Ministry says the only exception will be for families who are adopting the children or stepchildren of blood relatives in China.

September 06, 2024
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  • Juliana Kim
Gisèle Pélicot (left) arrives in the Avignon court house, in Avignon, southern France, on Thursday.

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  • Europe

A French woman whose husband is accused of inviting men to rape her testifies in court

Gisèle Pélicot detailed the horror of discovering that her former spouse had systematically filmed the dozens of suspected rapes — storing thousands of images that police investigators later found.

September 06, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Husam Abukhedeir, a Palestinian neurosurgeon, left his native Gaza for the United Arab Emirates last November because he felt that conditions caused by the war had stripped him of his power as a physician — and endangered his family. Nearly 9 months have passed, and Abukhedeir does not see an end in sight to the suffering

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  • Global Health

Whatever happened to ... the Gaza neurosurgeon who faced a wrenching decision

Husam Abukhedeir, the chief neurosurgeon at Al-Shifa Hospital, helped the injured, watched many died, including his sister, then knew what he had to do to protect his family. How is he faring today?

September 06, 2024
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  • Farah Yousry
GPB News NPR

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  • News

Trump staffers in cemetery scuffle named. And, dad of alleged school shooter arrested

NPR confirmed the names of the two Trump staffers involved in the Arlington cemetery scuffle. And, the father of the Georgia school shooting suspect arrested.

September 06, 2024
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  • Brittney Melton
Distressed parents and relatives stand near a burned-out dormitory, following a fire at the Hillside Endarasha Primary in Nyeri, Kenya Friday, Sept. 6, 2024. (AP Photo)

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  • Africa

A fire at a school dormitory in Kenya kills at least 17 students

There are fears that the death toll may rise, police said, as President William Ruto called the news “devastating.”

September 06, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Tsung-Dao Lee and Chen Ning Yang, winners of the Nobel Prize in physics in 1957. Both were affiliated with the Institute for Advanced Study at the time of the award.

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  • Perspective

T.D. Lee changed science in China and my life. This is what I owe to him

Chinese particle physicist Yangyang Cheng reflects on the legacy of the late Nobel laureate T.D. Lee — how his ideas changed her life, and the limit to his engagement with Beijing.

September 05, 2024
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  • Yangyang Cheng
Maori Queen Nga Wai Hono i te Po was anointed on Thursday, a week after the death of her father, who had been king for 18 years.

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  • World

A 27-year-old just became queen of New Zealand's Maori

Tribal leaders selected Nga Wai Hono i te Po as the new monarch after the death of her father last week. The second-ever Maori queen takes on the largely ceremonial role at a complicated moment.

September 05, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
Michel Barnier speaks during a campaign rally on Feb. 13, 2022, in Paris. President Emmanuel Macron named the former EU Brexit negotiator as France's new prime minister on Thursday after more than 50 days of caretaker government.

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  • World

France's Macron names EU's Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier as prime minister

The appointment of the conservative has already angered left-wing lawmakers, who say Barnier won't get a majority backing in the National Assembly.

September 05, 2024
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  • Eleanor Beardsley
Pope Francis (right) kisses the right hand of the Grand Imam of Istiqlal Mosque Nasaruddin Umar after an interreligious meeting with faith leaders at the Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Thursday.

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  • World

Pope Francis and Indonesia’s top imam make a joint call for religious harmony

The pope’s meeting with the Muslim leader in Jakarta comes during the first leg of an intense 11-day, four-nation tour in Asia and Oceania.

September 05, 2024
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  • Adam Hancock
Rebecca Cheptegei is seen competing at the Discovery 10km road race in Kapchorwa, Uganda, on Jan. 20, 2023.

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  • Sports

Ugandan Olympic athlete dies after being severely burned in gasoline attack

Rebecca Cheptegei, who was 33, had competed at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. She died from organ failure after being set on fire by a man local authorities described as Cheptegei's partner.

September 05, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
People wait out an air raid alarm at the Teatralna metro station during the massive Russian drone and missile attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Aug. 26.

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  • Europe

In Ukraine, turning air raid sirens into a piece of music

When an air raid siren went off recently in Kyiv, a young singer spontaneously began harmonizing with the alarm. The result went viral on social media.

September 05, 2024
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  • Greg Myre
GPB News NPR

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  • News

Details on Georgia school shooting suspect. And, Russian media hired U.S. influencers

The FBI released new details about the boy accused of deadly shooting at Apalachee High in Georgia. And, two RT employees charged for scheme to spread Kremlin propaganda before November election.

September 05, 2024
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  • Brittney Melton
Australia's Rachael Gunn, known as B-Girl Raygun, competes during the Round Robin Battle at the breaking competition at La Concorde Urban Park at the 2024 Summer Olympics on Aug. 9, in Paris. Her performance drew laughs and criticism and now Gunn is responding.

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  • Sports

Raygun responds to Olympics breakdancing performance hate

The Australian breakdancer who goes by Raygun apologized for the backlash her Paris Olympic Games performance brought to the breakdancing community. Her performance went viral for her unorthodox moves during competition.

September 04, 2024
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
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