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The European Commission has opened a formal investigation into Facebook and Instagram over concerns that the platforms may “stimulate behavioral addiction” in children....

Bavarian prosecutors are investigating suspected money-laundering activities by a far-right politician. The German parliament says it has lifted the political immunity of the AfD member Petr Bystron....

Prison officers complain of overcrowding and violence after two guards killed and inmate freed from van...

A case of BSE, commonly known as mad cow disease, has been identified on a farm in Ayrshire....

Most abortions in the United States are medication abortions, and telehealth has become an increasingly common way to access abortion pills — especially since the US Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision revoked the federal right to an abortion....

A Baltimore County woman has pleaded guilty Tuesday for conspiring to attack and destroy Baltimore region’s power grid last year....

Study identifies 618 proteins linked to 19 types of cancer, which could lead to much earlier detection...

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Speculoos-3b, 55 light years away, is only second planetary system to be found around an ultra-cool red dwarf...

China threw Russia an economic lifebelt after the West hit Moscow with sanctions over the war in Ukraine. As Putin prepares to visit Beijing this week to promote even closer ties, Washington is ramping up the pressure....

Officials seized more than 115 million pills containing fentanyl in 2023. The opiate is often mixed with street drugs and linked to overdoses....

Although the yearly inflation rate is the highest it has been in decades, the monthly inflation figure decreased more than experts predicted. Javier Milei’s government has introduced strict austerity policies....

Far-right anti-Islam firebrand Geert Wilders is close to forming a four-way coalition, six months after coming in first in the Netherlands national elections....

Taiwan reported 45 Chinese warplanes in its airspace within 24 hours, according to its defense ministry on Wednesday....

Intimidation is becoming a feature of daily life, even before a controversial new Kremlin-style law takes effect....

Federal prosecutors will pursue tougher sentences in cases in which artificial intelligence is used to commit an election-related crime, including threatening violence against election workers and voter suppression, Deputy US Attorney General Lisa Monaco said Monday....

New research being presented at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Venice, Italy (12-15 May) has for the first time quantified the impact of different aspects of childhood obesity on long-term health and life expectancy....

Red Lobster could file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection next week, per The Wall Street Journal....

Voters may get to decide whether to protect abortion rights and raise the minimum wage and may also be asked whether to give the state immigration enforcement powers....

Former White House Situation Room officer Mike Stiegler revealed that then-President Donald Trump never called down to check on then-Vice President Mike Pence as Trump fans hunted him at the Capitol, and that we were “that close” to losing the VP....

Commission will start questioning its industry about competition with China and others on older-generation microchips....

The Calabrian 'Ndrangeta is known to be one of the most powerful crime organizations in the world. But now Italian authorities are trying to loosen its grip....

Rebecca Joynes allegedly became pregnant after having sex with one of her victims, known as boy B, Manchester Crown Court heard - she denies the allegations against her....

Chinese police hunting international corruption targets were allowed into Australia by the federal police and subsequently escorted a woman back to China for trial, in a major breach of Chinese-Australian police protocols....

For many millions of Americans, time seemed to move differently under President Donald Trump....