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How Foreign Governments Sway Voters with Online Manipulation

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The year 2024 is one of the biggest election years in history, with billions of people going to the polls around the globe. Although elections are considered protected, internal state affairs under international law, election interference between nations has nonetheless risen. In particular, cyber-enabled influence operations (CEIO) via social media—including disinformation, misinformation or “fake news”—have […]

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Affluent Americans are driving US economy and likely delaying need for Fed rate cuts

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WASHINGTON — Since retiring two years ago, Joan Harris has upped her travel game. Once or twice a year, she visits her two adult children in different states. She’s planning multiple other trips, including to a science fiction convention in Scotland and a Disney cruise soon after that, along with a trip next year to

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Look Back at Prince William and Kate Middleton's Wedding With These Photos

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Prince William and Princess Kate Middleton got married at Westminster Abbey on April 29, 2011, in a stunning ceremony where the bride wore Alexander McQueen. Surrounded by family and friends, the wedding ceremony was also a massive public affair with a celebration by what appeared to be the entirety of the United Kingdom. Since officially

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Stock market today: Asian shares rise, cheered by last week's tech rally on Wall Street

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TOKYO — Asian shares were trading higher Monday amid optimism over the rally that ended the week on Wall Street, although eyes were on the Federal Reserve policy meeting set for later this week. Sydney’s S&P/ASX 200 added 0.8% in afternoon trading to 7,637.40. South Korea’s Kospi surged 1.1% to 2,685.37. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng

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South Korea's president talks to opposition about cooperation after his party was routed in election

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SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was talking with liberal opposition leader Lee Jae-myung on Monday about how to revive bipartisan cooperation, after Yoon’s conservative party recently suffered a massive defeat in parliamentary elections. The meeting was their first since Yoon took office in 2022 after defeating Lee in the country’s

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Hawaii is known for its macadamia nuts. Lawmakers want to keep it that way

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HONOLULU — For decades, tourists to Hawaii have brought home gift boxes of the islands’ famous chocolate-covered macadamia nuts for friends and family, but these days many of the kernels in the package might not be Hawaii-grown. This little-known fact is surfacing at the state Legislature as lawmakers wrestle over legislation that would force macadamia-nut

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Spain is in suspense waiting for Pedro Sánchez to say whether he will resign or stay in office

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MADRID — Spain is in nail-biting suspense Monday as it waits for Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to announce whether he will continue in office or not. Sánchez shocked the country on Thursday, announcing he was taking five days off to think about his future after a court opened preliminary proceedings against his wife on corruption

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Revival of vinyl records in Brazil spares a 77-year-old singer – and others – from oblivion

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SAO PAULO — It took almost a half century for Brazilian singer Cátia de França to find her audience, but she finally has — with the help of a near-obsolete audio technology. Born in Paraíba, a state in Brazil’s poor northeast region, 77-year-old de França’s blend of psychedelic rock with traditional rhythms and modernist poetry

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Deforestation in Indonesia spiked last year, but resources analyst sees better overall trend

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JAKARTA, Indonesia — From trees felled in protected national parks to massive swaths of jungle razed for palm oil and paper plantations, Indonesia had a 27% uptick in primary forest loss in 2023 from the previous year, according to a World Resources Institute analysis of deforestation data. But the loss is still seen as historically

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