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BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Commission said on Friday it has given the Chinese-owned video app TikTok one month to answer complaints from a European consumer group over its commercial practices. The EU’s executive arm said it has started discussions … [Continue reading] about EU gives TikTok a month to respond to consumer complaints
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s $6 trillion budget proposal offers major new initiatives like child and elder care subsidies, generous tax credits for families and the working poor, and free community college. It also promises politically … [Continue reading] about Biden budget highlights: Lots of spending, taxing the rich
MIAMI (AP) — The Cyprus-flagged oil tanker Berlina was drifting near the Caribbean island of Dominica earlier this year when the safety signals it is required to transmit showed it stopping in its tracks and in two minutes turning around 180 … [Continue reading] about Tanker’s impossible voyage signals new sanction evasion ploy
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A year after Mount Everest was closed to climbers as the pandemic swept across the globe, hundreds are making the final push to the summit with only a few more days left in the season, saying they are undeterred by a … [Continue reading] about Virus fails to deter hundreds of climbers on Mount Everest
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts: ___ No evidence … [Continue reading] about NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
