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For years, parents, teenagers, pediatricians, educators and whistleblowers have pushed the idea that social media is detrimental to young people’s mental health and can lead to addiction, eating disorders, sexual exploitation and suicide. For the first time, juries in two states took their side. Tech watchdog groups, families and children’s advocates cheered the jury decisions. …
KATHMANDU, March 26 (Reuters) – A Nepali panel set up to investigate the violence during anti-corruption protests in September last year has recommended that former Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli be prosecuted for “negligence” for failing to prevent dozens of deaths. The report comes two days before rapper-turned politician Balendra Shah is sworn in as …
U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that a deal to end the Iran war is near, after Tehran dismissed his 15-point ceasefire plan and issued its own sweeping demands to stop fighting as it launched more attacks on Israel and Gulf Arab countries. Two officials from Pakistan described the 15-point U.S. proposal broadly, saying it …
March 26 (Reuters) – Israel took Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi and parliamentary speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf off its hit-list after Pakistan requested Washington not to target them, a Pakistani official told Reuters on Thursday. “The Israelis had their … coordinates and wanted to take them out, we told the U.S. if they are also …
By Parisa Hafezi, Alexander Cornwell and Kanishka Singh DUBAI/TEL AVIV/WASHINGTON, March 26 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said Iran was desperate to make a deal to end nearly four weeks of fighting, contradicting the Iranian foreign minister who said his country was reviewing a U.S. proposal but had no intention of holding talks to wind down the …
BEIJING, March 26 (Reuters) – China’s top lawmaker and third-ranked leader of the ruling Communist Party, Zhao Leji, on Thursday addressed the Boao Forum, an international summit sometimes referred to as Asia’s answer to the World Economic Forum’s meetings in Davos, Switzerland. Lawrence Wong, prime minister of Singapore, also addressed the summit, while South Korean …
The Iran war has deflected global attention from Russia’s all-out invasion of its neighbor Ukraine as Europe’s biggest conflict since World War II enters its fifth year and an emboldened Kremlin undertakes a spring offensive. The past week showed that neither side is easing up. Russia on Tuesday fired almost 1,000 drones and 34 missiles …
Senators are expected to vote Thursday on a Republican proposal that would fund the Transportation Security Administration and much of the Department of Homeland Security, except the enforcement and removal operations conducted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. But it’s expected to fail. Democrats argue the GOP plan does not go far enough at putting guardrails …
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) — Nuclear power is getting a second look in Southeast Asia as countries prepare to meet surging energy demand as they vie for artificial intelligence-focused data centers. Several Southeast Asian nations are reviving mothballed nuclear plans and setting ambitious targets and nearly half of the region could, if they pursue those goals, …
MELBOURNE, March 26 (Reuters) – France is among the countries poised to invest in Australian critical minerals projects, Australia’s resources minister said on Thursday, as Canberra’s framework deal with the U.S. prompts nations with advanced manufacturing sectors to secure access to supply. Australia has been on a four-year mission to build an industry for minerals …