Three separate outages appeared to hit Elon Musk’s X social media site Monday as he claimed it was suffering a ‘massive cyberattack.’ Downdetector.com first registered thousands of reports of trouble accessing or using the site…
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Southwest Airlines will charge to check bags for the first time, launch basic economy tickets
by adminIt’s happening: Southwest Airlines will start charging passengers to check bags for the first time. It’s a stunning reversal that shows the low-cost pioneer is willing to part with a customer perk executives have said set it apart from…
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Dick’s Sporting Goods is latest retailer to forecast rocky 2025 as recession fears swirl
by adminDick’s Sporting Goods on Tuesday said it’s expecting 2025 profits to be far lower than Wall Street anticipated, making it the latest retailer to forecast a rocky year ahead as consumers contend with tariffs, inflation and…
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Cuts to US foreign aid are hurting efforts to tackle human trafficking at scam compounds. Americans may pay the price
by adminIt wasn’t long after landing in Bangkok, Thailand, in the summer of 2023 that Jalil Muyeke realized that something was terribly wrong. He knew that the city – where he was planning to start a…
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Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte in custody on ICC warrant for crimes against humanity, government says
by adminFormer President Rodrigo Duterte was taken into custody on Tuesday after the Philippine government said it received an International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant for his arrest for alleged crimes against humanity. During his time in…
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Russia says dozens of drones fired at Moscow ahead of crucial talks between US and Ukraine
by adminRussia said dozens of drones were launched at Moscow on Tuesday in what it said were “enemy” attacks, using its preferred euphemism for Ukraine, hours ahead of critical talks between US and Ukrainian officials. If…
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All but one of the world’s top 20 most polluted cities last year were in Asia, a new study shows. The majority of these cities – 13 – are in the world’s most populous country,…
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Elections in Greenland, an island home to about 57,000 people, are usually a local affair. There is little opinion polling, with only two newspapers in the Danish autonomous territory. Greenlanders mull over politics in private…
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The Dalai Lama’s successor will be born outside China, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism says in a new book, raising the stakes in a dispute with Beijing over control of the Himalayan region he…
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Editor’s Note: Jonathan Todres is Catherine C. Henson professor of law at Georgia State University. He is the author of numerous publications on children’s rights and human trafficking, and he regularly advises organizations working on…