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Online Scammers Posed as Brad Pitt to Get Cash, Spanish Police Say
Spain’s Guardia Civil arrested five people and investigated ten others in 2024 over a romance-fraud network accused of impersonating actor…
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A Litmus Test in Japan: Should Spouses Be Able to Have Different Surnames?
Japan’s debate over allowing married couples to keep different surnames became a prominent issue in the Liberal Democratic Party’s 2024…
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Taiwan and U.S. Work to Counter China’s Drone Dominance
Taiwan and the United States deepened industrial cooperation in 2024 to build drone supply chains less dependent on China. The…
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China Launched a Rocket With a Dummy Warhead Into the Pacific
China’s People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force launched an intercontinental ballistic missile carrying a dummy warhead into the Pacific on September…
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Justin Trudeau’s Party Faces Confidence Vote as Canada Turns on Its Leader
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government survived a Conservative confidence motion on September 25, 2024 by 211 votes to 120.…
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Senegal’s Young President Wants a New World Order
Senegal’s President Bassirou Diomaye Faye used his first address to the United Nations General Assembly in September 2024 to call…
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U.K.’s Starmer Sprinkles Kamala Harris-style ‘Joy’ Into Conference Speech
Keir Starmer used his first Labour Party conference speech as British prime minister in September 2024 to argue that short-term…
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In Rare Graft Case in Singapore, Former Minister Pleads Guilty
Former Singapore transport minister S. Iswaran pleaded guilty on September 24, 2024 to four counts of obtaining valuable items from…
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As Lebanon Reels From Israeli Attacks, the Future Is Murky for a Wounded Hezbollah
Israel’s intense September 2024 campaign in Lebanon killed Hezbollah commanders, struck weapons and communications networks, and inflicted heavy damage, but…
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U.N. General Assembly: U.N. Live Updates: General Assembly Opens Amid War and Global Turmoil
The 79th United Nations General Assembly’s high-level general debate opened on September 24, 2024 amid wars in Gaza, Ukraine and…
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