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Apple launches ‘age assurance’ tech as US states mull social media laws

28 Feb 2025

By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) -Apple on Thursday said it will introduce a way for parents to share the age of a child with app developers without revealing sensitive information such as birthdays or government identification numbers. The move comes as a number of U.S. state and federal lawmakers consider age-verification laws for social media and …

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US and Britain will have trade agreement, Trump says alongside Starmer

27 Feb 2025

By Jeff Mason and Elizabeth Piper WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and Britain are negotiating a bilateral trade agreement, U.S. President Donald Trump told a joint news conference with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday, saying such a deal could help avert U.S. tariffs. “We’re going to have a great trade agreement,” Trump …

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Experts cite legal gaps in Trump’s minerals deal with Ukraine

27 Feb 2025

By Stephanie van den Berg and David Thomas THE HAGUE (Reuters) – A framework agreement outlining U.S. access to revenues from Ukraine’s natural resources in exchange for security guarantees has legal gaps that must be filled in future negotiations, four experts told Reuters a day before the countries’ leaders meet in Washington. A draft of …

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Israeli military inquiry says it ‘failed to protect’ civilians on October 7

27 Feb 2025

By Emily Rose JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The Israeli military drastically underestimated the capabilities of Hamas before its attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023, and “failed in its mission to protect Israeli civilians”, a summary of an Israeli military investigation published on Thursday said. The perception that Hamas was not interested in a full-scale conflict …

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Jailed Kurdish militant leader calls for end to conflict with Turkey

27 Feb 2025

By Daren Butler ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s jailed militant leader Abdullah Ocalan called on his Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to disarm and disband on Thursday, a move that could end its 40-year conflict with Ankara and have far-reaching political and security consequences for the region. If the PKK leadership heeds its founder’s call to lay …

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Georgia to purchase Israeli data extraction tech amid street protest crackdown

27 Feb 2025

By Lucy Papachristou (Reuters) – Georgia has moved to renew contracts with Israeli technology firm Cellebrite DI Ltd for software used to extract data from mobile devices, procurement documents show, as the country grapples with ongoing anti-government street protests. The documents, published on Tuesday on the website of Georgia’s state procurement agency, show the interior …

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Prosecutors lift travel ban, allow Andrew Tate to leave Romania, source says

27 Feb 2025

By Luiza Ilie BUCHAREST (Reuters) -Online influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan left Romania on a private flight to the U.S. on Thursday and arrived in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, their media team said, after prosecutors lifted a travel ban related to criminal charges against them. A self-described misogynist, Andrew Tate has gained millions of …

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