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TikTok has said reports it could sell its US business to X owner Elon Musk are “pure fiction”. According to Bloomberg News, officials in China – the home of TikTok’s parent firm ByteDance – are weighing up a possible sale…

Blue Origin will try again to launch its massive new rocket as early as Tuesday after calling off the debut launch because of ice build-up in critical plumbing. The 98-metre New Glenn rocket was supposed to blast off in Florida…

Governments across Europe need to take action against a rise in antisemitism driving Jews to abandon the continent, according to the leader of the European Jewish Association (EJA). EJA chairman Rabbi Menachem Margolin said 40,000 Jews have left Europe in…

The criminal charges against Hunter Biden “were the culmination of thorough, impartial investigations, not partisan politics”, the prosecutor who led the probes has said in a report that criticised President Joe Biden for having maligned the Justice Department when he…

A growing force of firefighters moved into the Los Angeles area on Monday, as more powerful winds were expected to trigger new wildfires that could set back the recent progress made in containing blazes that have destroyed thousands of homes…

The UK has refused to follow the US in declaring that a genocide is being committed in Sudan, but said those responsible for “atrocities” should be held to account. Foreign Office minister Anneliese Dodds told the Commons the UK Government’s…

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have accused Meta of “allowing more abuse and normalising hate speech” after its decision to scrap third-party fact-checking and loosen its content moderation. Harry and Meghan, in a lengthy statement issued on behalf of their…

Several towns that fell to armed groups in eastern DR Congo’s North Kivu and South Kivu provinces have been recaptured by government forces, an army spokesman said. Eastern Congo has been in conflict for decades with more than 100 armed…

The death toll from wildfires in Los Angeles has risen to 24 as forecasters again warned of dangerous weather with the return of strong winds this week. The Los Angeles County coroner’s office said eight of the deaths were attributed…

South Korea’s spy agency has confirmed two North Korean soldiers captured behind enemy lines by Ukrainian forces have not expressed interest in seeking asylum in the democratic South. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said on the social media platform X that…