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TikTok tightens privacy settings and defaults for under-18 users

A month after federal regulators ordered it to disclose how its practices affect children and teenagers, TikTok is tightening its privacy practices for the under-18 crowd.

President Trump's Republican wall eroding ahead of impeachment vote

Republicans offered only modest reproach when President Donald Trump said there were very fine people on both sides of a white supremacist rally

Number 3 House GOP leader backs Donald Trump's impeachment as tide grows

Republican opposition to impeaching President Donald Trump began crumbling at the party's upper echelons as the Number 3 House GOP leader said she would vote to impeach Trump

As tech giants banish Donald Trump, here's the next big question

Major tech platforms have shown him the door in the wake of his incitement of violence by supporters at the US Capitol on January 6. He's gone from Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat even Shopify

Indonesia President Widodo gets 1st vaccine shot as country begins drive

Indonesian President Joko Widodo received the first shot of a Chinese-made Covid-19 vaccine after Indonesia approved it for emergency use

Kim Jong Un vows to bolster N Korea's nuclear power as party meeting ends

Kim Jong Un vowed all-out efforts to bolster his country's nuclear deterrent during a major ruling party meeting where he earlier laid out plans to work toward salvaging the broken economy

Mike Pompeo cancels last trip abroad as concerns of violence grow

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has cancelled what would have been his final official trip abroad as concerns grow over potential violence at next week's presidential inauguration

Turkey President Erdogan says ready to repair frayed ties with Europe

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday his country is ready to put its frayed relationship with the European Union back on track

In eye of storm: South Africa closes borders amid rising coronavirus cases

South Africa will close border posts with neighbouring countries for entry and departure as cases surge due to the new coronavirus variant, President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced

Donald Trump issues emergency declaration for presidential inaugural

Trump is issuing an emergency declaration for the nations capital amid growing concern among local and federal authorities about violence in the lead-up to and during Joe Biden's inauguration

Donald Trump, Mike Pence speak for first time since US Capitol attack

Donald Trump and Mike Pence have spoken for the first time since last week's Capitol insurrection, during which Pence was forced to flee the Senate chamber and retreat to a secure location

Twitter without Donald Trump tumbles along with other tech shares

Shares of social media and other tech companies slid on Monday, hit by fallout from the siege on the US Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump

Primates gorillas test positive for coronavirus at San Diego park in USA

Several gorillas at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park have tested positive for the coronavirus in what is believed to be the first known cases among such primates in the US and possibly the world

Airbnb banning rioters, hate groups ahead of Joe Biden's inauguration

Airbnb has said that it's reviewing reservations in the Washington DC area ahead of next week's presidential inauguration and will bar any guests associated with hate groups or violent activity

Who were they? Records reveal Donald Trump fans who stormed US Capitol

They came from across America, marching on Washington in support of his false claim that the Nov election was stolen and to stop the congressional certification of Democrat Joe Biden as the victor.

After delay, Israeli PM Netanyahu's trial set to resume next month

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption trial will resume in February after being postponed because of a tightened coronavirus lockdown, an Israeli court said Monday.

US Army investigating officer who led group to Washington DC rally

The US Army is investigating a psychological operations officer who led a group of people from North Carolina to the rally in Washington that led up to the deadly riot in the US Capitol

Kamala Harris' team says her picture on Vogue cover wasn't one agreed upon

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris has landed on the cover of the February issue of Vogue magazine, but her team says there's a problem: the shot isn't what both sides had agreed upon, her team says

Yemen, China, Cuba top Mike Pompeo's to-do list as time runs down

As time runs down on the Trump administration, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and top aides are rushing to complete actions they believe will cement the legacy of the president and themselves

Nancy Pelosi says House will impeach Donald Trump, pushes VP to oust him

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the House will proceed with legislation to impeach President Trump as she pushes the vice president and Cabinet to invoke constitutional authority to force him out