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A Kenyan judge on Monday rejected Meta’s attempt to have its name struck from a lawsuit alleging widespread failings in its safety operations in Africa, in a significant blow to Facebook’s parent company. The ruling means Meta will be “significantly

Major earthquake hits Turkey, Syria; hundreds dead, many trapped  Reuters.com EARTHQUAKE UPDATE LIVE : Second Quake Jolts Turkey | Turkey, Syria Earthquake  India Today More than 200 killed as powerful earthquake hits central Turkey  FOX 11 Los Angeles Turkey hit with 7.8 magnitude

Six months after being stabbed, British author Salman Rushdie on Tuesday publishes his new novel “Victory City”, an “epic tale” of a 14th-century woman who defies a patriarchal world to rule a city. Written before the US knife attack that

Hunter Lars Bjork points to fresh tracks in the snow as he lumbers through a whited-out forest in central Sweden, where the biggest wolf hunt in modern times is drawing controversy. “We have quite a lot of wolves here, we’re

Britain faces its largest ever strike by health workers on Monday as tens of thousands of nurses and ambulance workers walk out in an escalating pay dispute which the health minister said would place further strain on the National Health

The Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, a strong supporter of President Vladimir Putin, worked for Soviet intelligence while living in Switzerland in the 1970s, Swiss newspapers reported, citing declassified archives. According to the Sonntagszeitung and Le Matin Dimanche weeklies, the Swiss

It sucks to be a sucker. Think about how many sayings we toss around that all mean that very thing: “Don’t take any wooden nickels!” “A fool and his money are soon parted.” “If you believe that, I’ve got a

Earthquake detected in WNY  WGRZ.com Buffalo’s winter of misery continues as it’s hit by a 3.8 magnitude earthquake  Daily Mail 3.8 magnitude earthquake hits Buffalo, wakes region with boom shortly after 6 a.m.  Buffalo News USGS reports earthquake in Erie County  WIVB.com – News

For Glenn Rankin, eating dog food is just part of a day’s work. As managing director of British startup Yora Pet Foods, Rankin’s job is figuring out how to lure dogs — or at least, their grocery-shopping owners — away

Chinese spy balloons under Trump not discovered until after Biden took office  CNN Spy Balloon Live | Suspected Spy Balloon ‘Provocative’, ‘Damaging’ To U.S.-China Relations – Analyst  CNN-News18 Chinese spy balloon shot down off coast of South Carolina, DOD says | USA