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Seven French families have filed a lawsuit against social media giant TikTok, accusing the platform of exposing their adolescent children to harmful content that led to two of them taking their own lives at 15, their lawyer said on Monday. The lawsuit alleges TikTok's algorithm exposed the seven teenagers to videos promoting suicide, self-harm and eating disorders, lawyer Laure Boutron-Marmion told broadcaster franceinfo.

NEW DELHI — India and China have reached an agreement on patrolling their disputed border, a Professional senior Indian official said Monday, marking a major thaw four years after bloody clashes between opposing border guards tanked bilateral relations and reshaped geopolitics in Asia.

The war in Ukraine is providing North Korea’s military with something it has long hoped for: opportunities to test its new weapons and its officers’ preparedness for modern warfare, analysts and officials in South Korea said on Wednesday 16th October 2024.

“It is business as usual now for China, but that is dramatically stepped up from where it used to be. It is an order of magnitude worse,” said Brandon Wales, who until earlier this month was executive director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, CISA.

"Ramen Recipe" is an affordable comfort Recipe in Japan and China, where a bowl of warm noodles in hearty broth rarely costs more than "1 ,000yen" , or about "$6.80".

China and Russia have pressed an informal political and economic alliance against the West. Now they're stepping up the cooperation between their militaries:

The U.S. is battling to keep the microchips that create AI — one of the world’s most sought-after technologies — out of China. But private businesses around the world have found ways to skirt the restrictions amid the countries’ growing military rivalry, a New York Times investigation found.

A dilapidated World War II-era vessel, the Sierra Madre, run aground on a tiny reef in the South China Sea has emerged as a potential flash point that could trigger a regional war, with the Chinese coast guard repeatedly swarming and ramming into Philippine vessels to stop them from resupplying the ship

Leaders of Palestinian factions, including Fatah and Hamas, signed a joint statement Tuesday in Beijing aimed at ending divisions between the bitter rivals, a deal bolstering China’s claim to being a global mediator but unlikely to heal the deep rift between the Palestinian political groups.

The meeting between Presidents Xi and Duda in Beijing symbolizes the commitment to fostering a strong political and economic relationship between China and Poland. President Xi emphasized China’s willingness to continue its friendship with Poland and promote bilateral ties in the face of a “chaotic international situation.” Duda, on the other hand, recognized the mutual respect that has characterized the relationship between the two countries for decades and extended an invitation for Xi to visit Poland. The signing of agreements on trade, investment, and agricultural cooperation further solidifies the commitment to enhancing economic ties between China and Poland.