EU questions shopping app Temu over illegal products risk
The EU on Friday told Chinese-founded e-commerce platform Temu to hand over more information as it suspects the site is failing to do enough to stop the sale of illegal products.
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Kim Sei-young holds lead with late birdies at LPGA Shanghai
Kim Sei-young hit the gas pedal at the last minute Friday to close with two birdies and card a 70, just enough to maintain her lead after second-round play at Buick LPGA Shanghai in China.
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Toulouse welcome Dupont 'boost' as Olympic star returns to Top 14
France's Olympic hero scrum-half Antoine Dupont returns to Top 14 action on Saturday in what Toulouse coach Ugo Mola hailed as a welcome boost for the struggling champions.
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Japanese atomic bomb survivor group Nihon Hidankyo wins Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize was on Friday awarded to the Japanese anti-nuclear group Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, also known as Hibakusha.
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Deadly Israeli strike on Beirut likely targeted Hezbollah security chief
Israel appeared to target Hezbollah's security chief in air strikes on Beirut that killed 22 people, in the deadliest raid on the centre of Lebanon's capital since the Israel-Hezbollah war began.
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Bangladesh Islamist chief backs crimes against humanity trial for ex-PM
Bangladesh's top Islamist politician says he supports the extradition of ousted premier Sheikh Hasina to face trial for crimes against humanity in the same tribunal that convicted his colleagues.
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Everest climber's remains believed found after 100 years
A documentary team discovered human remains on Mount Everest apparently belonging to a man who went missing while trying to summit the peak 100 years ago, National Geographic magazine reported Friday.
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20 Pakistan coal miners shot dead in attack
Twenty coal miners were shot dead in an overnight attack on their lodgings by a group of heavily armed men in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province, police said Friday.
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Clashes on South China Sea, Ukraine dominate Asia summit
The United States and its allies clashed on Friday with Russia and China at a summit in Laos dominated by disputes on maritime claims and Ukraine.
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Han Kang's books sell out in South Korea after Nobel win
Major South Korean bookstores sold out of author Han Kang's books Friday, as sales skyrocketed and the share price of local publishers soared following her historic Nobel Prize win.
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