TikTok goes offline in the US hours before ban due to come in
A message appearing for US users said a law banning TikTok had been enacted, meaning "you can't use TikTok for now".
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TikTok goes dark in the US ahead of ban
App no longer available on US Apple and Google stores after supreme court upholds lawmakers’ ban
TikTok stopped working in the US late on Saturday, shortly before a federal ban on the Chinese-owned short-video app was due to take effect.
The app was no longer available on Apple’s iOS App Store or Google’s Play Store. The US Congress passed a law in April mandating that parent company ByteDance either sell TikTok to a non-Chinese owner or face a total shutdown. It chose the latter.
Continue reading...Impeached South Korean President Yoon arrested as his supporters riot – NBC News
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Baby dead and five injured in horrific house fire in Tasmania
Firefighters pulled a child and adult from the Rokeby home on Sunday morning but were unable to reach the infant in time
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A infant has been killed and four children and an adult injured in a horrific house fire in Tasmania on Sunday morning.
Police and emergency services responded to reports of a fire at Rokeby shortly before 9am.
Continue reading...Man charged with attempted murder after allegedly setting woman on fire at home south of Brisbane
Premier says alleged Kingston domestic violence incident has ‘rocked’ Queensland as woman, 34, remains in hospital
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A Queensland man has been charged with attempted murder for allegedly setting fire to a woman in a horrific act of domestic violence in a home south of Brisbane.
After being treated by paramedics at the scene in the Logan suburb of Kingston on Saturday morning, the 34-year-old woman was rushed to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s hospital in a serious condition. Police say she sustained serious burns.
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Continue reading...‘Net zero hero’ myth unfairly shifts burden of solving climate crisis on to individuals, study finds
Shifting responsibility to consumers minimises the role of energy industry and policymakers, University of Sydney research suggests
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It’s not unusual to see individuals championed as heroes of climate action, with their efforts to install rooftop solar and buy electric cars promoted as pivotal in the fight to save the planet.
Hero figures can motivate others to follow suit, but a University of Sydney study suggests the way the energy sector shapes this narrative sets individuals up to fail.
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Continue reading...Thousands protest in Washington against Trump as he prepares for inauguration
The march took place ahead of Trump's arrival to the nation's capital as he prepares to be sworn in on Monday.
Thousands protest in Washington against Trump as he prepares for inauguration
The march took place ahead of Trump's arrival to the nation's capital as he prepares to be sworn in on Monday.
Benjamin Netanyahu issues warning ahead of Gaza ceasefire – BBC.com
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- Israel Defense Forces will receive hostages Sunday with equipped camper trailers and comforting supplies Fox News
Statue of Spanish conquistador reinstalled in central Lima
The controversial sculpture was unveiled at a ceremony marking 490 years since Peru's capital was founded.
Medics under siege: ‘We took this photo, fearing it would be our last’
The last functioning hospital in Sudan's Darfur region has come under constant bombardment.
Wild NSW weather expected to ease as WA’s Pilbara region braces for cyclone
Cleanup continues in parts of NSW as tropical low threatens heavy rain between Port Hedland and Ningaloo
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The skies above New South Wales are expected to clear this week, bringing relief to thousands who have been left sitting in the dark as massive storms swept the state and knocked power offline.
The Bureau of Meteorology forecast for the NSW capital and parts of the state suggests calmer skies in the week ahead, with light winds and a chance of a thunderstorm over Sydney on Tuesday.
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Continue reading...Steve Bannon says inauguration marks ‘official surrender’ of tech titans to Trump
Former Trump White House adviser says supplication akin to Japanese surrender to allied forces in September 1945
Steve Bannon, the former Trump White House chief strategist, has described the tech titans gathering at Monday’s inauguration as “supplicants” to Donald Trump making “an official surrender”, akin to the Japanese surrender to allied forces on the deck of the USS Missouri in September 1945.
Bannon, who served as architect of Trump’s 2016 presidential win but later fell out with the president-elect after he criticized his intellect and members of his family, told ABC News in an interview airing Sunday that Trump “broke the oligarchs” who had previously been aligned against him.
Continue reading...Trump launches cryptocurrency with price rocketing
Hours after its launch, the market capitalisation for $Trump reached nearly $5.5bn (£4.5bn).
Russia Attacks Kyiv With Ballistic Missiles, Ukraine Says – The New York Times
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South Korean court orders formal arrest of President Yoon over martial law decree – NPR
- South Korean court orders formal arrest of President Yoon over martial law decree NPR
- YouTube election fraud conspiracy theories fuel impeached South Korean president and his supporters The Associated Press
- South Korean president arrested, accused of leading insurrection The Washington Post
- Yoon supporters storm Seoul courthouse after judge extends detention Financial Times
- Yoon Suk Yeol: South Korea impeached president arrested after investigators scale walls BBC.com
Trump says he will ‘most likely’ give TikTok 90-day reprieve from ban
Trump says an announcement will probably come once he takes office on Monday about the app's future in the US.
Thousands protest in Washington DC ahead of Trump inauguration
Thousands of people joined in on demonstrations as the United States prepares to inaugurate its new president.
Two women in intensive care after Spain ski lift collapse
Officials say 10 people were taken to hospital after a chairlift failed at the Astún resort in the Spanish Pyrenees.