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Popular video-sharing platform preparing to go fully dark in the US from Sunday, reports say. TikTok is planning to go fully dark in the United States if an expected ban takes effect on Sunday, media outlets have reported. The popular video-sharing platform is preparing to completely shut down operations, instead of continuing the service for […]

Eiji Hashimoto, chairman and CEO of Nippon Steel Corporation, attends a press conference at their company headquarters Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) <!– SHOW ARTICLE –> HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The bid by Japan’s Nippon Steel to buy U.S. Steel may have a new lease on life after the Biden Administration […]
KEY TAKEAWAYS U.S. Steel shares are jumping in premarket trading Monday after the U.S. government extended until June from next month a deadline for Nippon Steel to abandon its planned $14.1 billion acquisition of the American steelmaker. The deadline has been extended to June 18 from next month, the two companies said in a joint […]
The Republican-controlled House of Representatives has voted to pass a budget deal to avert what would be the first US federal government shut down since 2019. The deal, which passed by a vote of 366 -34 only six hours before a midnight deadline, must still be approved by the Democratic-controlled Senate before it can be […]

US wants ‘real and extended pauses’ in fighting in Gaza, Blinken says The US wants “real and extended pauses” in fighting in Gaza so assistance can get to people who need it, but the best way to help people would be to end the war, US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, said on Wednesday. “Israel, […]
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has failed to meet United States demands to allow greater humanitarian access to the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, where conditions are worse than at any point in the 13-month-old war, international aid organizations said Tuesday. The Biden administration last month called on Israel to “surge” more food and other emergency aid into […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A decade after the Flint, Michigan, water crisis raised alarms about the continuing dangers of lead in tap water, President Joe Biden on Tuesday set a 10-year deadline for cities across the nation to replace their lead pipes, finalizing an aggressive approach aimed at ensuring that drinking water is safe for all […]
After a chaotic, months long saga, the U.S. has begun withdrawing its forces from Niger. The two countries announced their decision in a joint statement on Sunday, after almost a week of military talks. The deadline is September 15. America has relied on the west African country as a counter-terrorism hub for more than a […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Barely missing its midnight deadline, the Senate voted early Saturday to reauthorize a key U.S. surveillance law after divisions over whether the FBI should be restricted from using the program to search for Americans’ data nearly forced the statute to lapse. The legislation approved 60-34 with bipartisan support would extend for two […]