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Meta bans TikTok from advertising on its apps, Bloomberg News reports

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Trump says he will not attack before US elections in November

WASHINGTON, Oct 8 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump said on Thursday the United States is having productive discussions with Iran and will not launch an attack on the country before US midterm congressional elections in November.

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Trump administration to launch new vaccine research centre

Robert Kennedy Jr said the effort would help build an evidence-based health system and use findings to make vaccines safer. (EPA Images pic) WASHINGTON: The vaccine skeptic US health secretary Robert Kennedy Jr announced Thursday a series of initiatives to study the rare adverse effects of vaccines.

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OpenAI says Iran, Russia influence ops busted

OpenAI's report showed how state actors could exploit widely available AI tools to spread sophisticated propaganda against adversaries at scale. (EPA Images pic) WASHINGTON: OpenAI on Thursday said it shut down two influence operations - from Russia and Iran - that used ChatGPT to push fake…

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S. Africa's border authority rejects claims of illegal deportee crossings from Eswatini

JOHANNESBURG, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- South Africa's Border Management Authority (BMA) has strongly defended the country's land borders with neighboring Eswatini as "secure," dismissing reports that U.S. deportees are being smuggled into South Africa.

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&TEAM Scores Their First No. 1 On Billboard World Albums With ‘Mark On Me’

& TEAM is taking their latest comeback to new heights! The group has reached several new career milestones on the Billboard charts with their Korean mini album, Mark on Me, including their first-ever No.1 on the World Albums chart.

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