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Miley Cyrus wins record of the year

Published On: February 5, 2024 10:56 AM NPT By: Associated Press

Miley Cyrus took home her second Grammy of the night — and all time — with record of the year for “Flowers.”

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Taylor Swift announces new album, ‘Tortured Poets Department’ at 2024 Grammy Awards

Published On: February 5, 2024 10:51 AM NPT By: Associated Press

LOS ANGELES, Feb 5: Taylor Swift used her 13th Grammy win on Sunday to announced her new album, “Tortured Poets Department,” will arrive April 19.

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Japan wants everyone to know: Taylor Swift will make it in time for the Super Bowl

Published On: February 4, 2024 11:53 AM NPT By: Associated Press

TOKYO, Feb 4: Taylor Swift, who is holding concerts in Japan through Feb. 10, will make it in time for the Super Bowl to see her partner and football superstar Travis Kelce play.

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US hits hard at militias in Iraq and Syria, retaliating for fatal drone attack

Published On: February 3, 2024 05:30 PM NPT By: Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military launched an air assault on dozens of sites in Iraq and Syria used by Iranian-backed militias and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Friday, in the opening salvo of retaliation for the drone strike that killed three U.S. troops in Jordan last weekend.

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Tesla ordered to pay $1.5 million over alleged hazardous waste violations in California

Published On: February 3, 2024 02:15 PM NPT By: Associated Press

STOCKTON (CALIFORNIA), Feb 3: A California judge on Friday ordered Tesla Inc. to pay $1.5 million as part of a settlement of a civil case alleging the company mishandled hazardous waste at its car service centers, energy centers and a factory, multiple county district attorneys announced.

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Carl Weathers, linebacker-turned-actor who starred in ‘Rocky’ movies and ‘The Mandalorian,’ dies

Published On: February 3, 2024 01:02 PM NPT By: Associated Press

NEW YORK, Feb 3: Carl Weathers, a former NFL linebacker who became a Hollywood action movie and comedy star, playing nemesis-turned-ally Apollo Creed in the “Rocky” movies, facing off against Arnold Schwarzenegger in “Predator” and teaching golf in “Happy Gilmore,” has died. He was 76.

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India begins to flex its naval power as competition with China grows

Published On: February 2, 2024 02:05 PM NPT By: Associated Press

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — For decades, India has focused its defense policy on its land borders with rivals Pakistan and China. Now, as its global ambitions expand, it is beginning to flex its naval power in international waters, including anti-piracy patrols and a widely publicized deployment close to the Red Sea to help protect ships from attacks during Israel’s war with Hamas.

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Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny and others may vanish from TikTok as licensing dispute boils over

Published On: February 1, 2024 02:50 PM NPT By: Associated Press

Universal Music Group, which represents artists including Taylor Swift, Drake, Adele, Bad Bunny and Billie Eilish, says that it will no longer allow its music on TikTok now that a licensing deal between the two parties has expired.

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Pakistani court sentences former Prime Minister Imran Khan to 10 years for revealing state secrets

Published On: January 30, 2024 02:47 PM NPT By: Associated Press

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani court on Tuesday sentenced former Prime Minister Imran Khan and one of his party deputies to 10 years in prison each, after finding them guilty of revealing official secrets. The verdict drew swift criticism from Khan’s followers.

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Deepfake explicit images of Taylor Swift spread on social media. Her fans are fighting back

Published On: January 27, 2024 12:23 PM NPT By: Associated Press

NEW YORK, Jan 24:  Pornographic deepfake images of Taylor Swift are circulating online, making the singer the most famous victim of a scourge that tech platforms and anti-abuse groups have struggled to fix.

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Russia says a plane with Ukrainian POWs crashes, killing all aboard, and accuses Kyiv of downing it

Published On: January 25, 2024 09:51 AM NPT By: Associated Press

A Russian military transport plane crashed Wednesday in a border region near Ukraine, and Moscow accused Kyiv of shooting it down, saying all 74 people aboard were killed, including 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war headed for a swap. Russia offered no evidence and Ukraine didn’t immediately confirm or deny it.

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‘Oppenheimer’ dominates Oscar nominations, Gerwig passed over for best director

Published On: January 24, 2024 10:56 AM NPT By: Associated Press

NEW YORK, Jan 24: After a tumultuous movie year marked by strikes and work stoppages, the Academy Awards showered nominations Tuesday on Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster biopic, “Oppenheimer,” which came away with a leading 13 nominations.

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Air pollution and politics pose cross-border challenges in South Asia

Published On: January 22, 2024 02:15 PM NPT By: Associated Press

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — The air smells burnt in Lahore, a city in Pakistan’s east that used to be famous for its gardens but has become infamous for its terrible air quality.

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Russian private jet carrying six people believed to have crashed in Afghanistan, officials say

Published On: January 21, 2024 03:08 PM NPT By: Associated Press

ISLAMABAD, Jan 21: A Russian private jet carrying six people is believed to have crashed in a remote area of rural Afghanistan, authorities said Sunday.

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Japan becomes the fifth country to land a spacecraft on the moon

Published On: January 20, 2024 09:00 AM NPT By: Associated Press

TOKYO (AP) — Japan became the fifth country in history to reach the moon when one of its spacecrafts without astronauts successfully made a soft landing on the lunar surface early Saturday.

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China’s population dropped for a second straight year as deaths jumped after COVID lockdowns ended

Published On: January 17, 2024 01:46 PM NPT By: Associated Press

BEIJING, Jan 17: China’s population dropped by 2 million people in 2023 in the second straight annual drop as births fell and deaths jumped after the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions, the government said Wednesday.

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Trump notches a commanding win in the Iowa caucuses as DeSantis edges Haley for second place

Published On: January 16, 2024 12:59 PM NPT By: Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Former President Donald Trump scored a record-setting win in the Iowa caucuses on Monday with his rivals languishing far behind, a victory that affirmed his grip on the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.

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Indonesia evacuates about 6,500 people on the island of Flores after a volcano spews clouds of ash

Published On: January 15, 2024 02:05 PM NPT By: Associated Press

FLORES TIMUR, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia has evacuated about 6,500 people on the island of Flores after Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki volcano spewed thick clouds of brownish ash for the past days, authorities said on Monday.

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Maldives leader demands removal of Indian military from the archipelago by mid-March amid spat

Published On: January 15, 2024 11:20 AM NPT By: Associated Press

MALE, Maldives (AP) — Maldives’ President Mohamed Muizzu wants the Indian military personnel stationed in his archipelago nation withdrawn by March 15, an official with his office said Sunday.

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The ruling-party candidate strongly opposed by China wins Taiwan’s presidential election

Published On: January 14, 2024 05:40 PM NPT By: Associated Press

TAIPEI, Taiwan, Jan 14: Ruling-party candidate Lai Ching-te emerged victorious in Taiwan’s presidential election on Saturday, a result that will determine the trajectory of the self-ruled democracy’s contentious relations with China over the next four years.

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