TikTok app to 'go dark' in the US on Sunday
• Jan 18, 2025, 9:38 AM
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TikTok says it will "go dark" in the United States on Sunday unless the government provides assurances a new law calling for its ban won't be used to punish service providers. The US Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law supported by President Joe Biden and Congress that requires the app's owner ByteDance to either sell TikTok or cease US operations by January 19.
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Ahead of Trump's inauguration, thousands rally in Washington against his policies
• 7:31 PM
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Thousands took part in the “People’s March” in protest of the policies of US President-elect Donald Trump in Washington on Saturday. The march included members of civil rights and social justice groups who campaign on issues like abortion access, climate
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A look at Trump's controversial nominations for cabinet
• 11:40 AM
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With less than two days to go before US president-elect Donald's Trump is sworn into office, FRANCE 24 takes a look at some of Trump's top picks including controversial figures such as defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth, who has been accused of sexua
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TikTok app to 'go dark' in the US on Sunday
• 9:38 AM
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TikTok says it will "go dark" in the United States on Sunday unless the government provides assurances a new law calling for its ban won't be used to punish service providers. The US Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law supported by President Joe Biden a
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Colombia suspends peace talks with ELN rebels over border fighting
• 9:36 AM
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Colombia on Friday suspended peace talks with the National Liberation Army, or ELN, for a second time in less than a year after blaming the rebel group for recent violence in a northeastern region. The ELN has been fighting ex-rebels of the former Revolu
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Trump's 'border czar' plans mass immigration raids starting Tuesday
• 8:39 AM
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US President-elect Donald Trump's chosen "border czar" threatened to carry out raids across the country starting on his first full day in office in comments to Fox News on Friday. During the first Trump administration, Tom Homan oversaw a controversial p
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How Trump won over Pennsylvania Latinos with money, religion and machismo
• 8:29 AM
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Incoming US president Donald Trump made significant inroads in the 2024 vote in Reading, home to Pennsylvania’s largest Latino community. Many of his supporters here say his attacks on immigrants pale in comparison to his promises to defend tradition, fa
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Bolivian judge orders arrest of ex-president Morales in teen sex abuse case
• 7:50 AM
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A Bolivian judge on Friday ordered the arrest of the country's former leader Evo Morales over his alleged relationship while in office with a 15-year-old girl with whom prosecutors say he later fathered a child. Morales, who has neither confirmed nor den
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'Progressive trend: In the past 30 years we've seen 60 countries liberalise their abortion laws'
• 4:34 AM
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As France celebrates half a century of legal abortion, FRANCE 24's Oliver Farry welcomes Kei Yoshida, Senior Legal Advisor at the Center for Reproductive Rights, offering an in-depth look at women's health, reproductive rights, and the progressive trend
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Trump's inauguration to be held indoors amid bad weather forecasts
• 12:19 AM
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Bad weather forecasts mean President-elect Donald Trump will take the oath of office from inside the Capitol Rotunda and people visiting Washington from around the country won’t be able to see it in person. The decision to move Monday's event indoors mar
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L.A. wildfires 'so intense, violent and brutal that recovering is problematic'
• 12:01 AM
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Two wildfires still burning in Los Angeles have torched more urban areas than any other fire in the state since at least the mid-1980s. Experts say several factors could lead to wildfires reaching cities more often, inviting climate change and urban spra
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