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TikTok ordered to explain failure to block AI-generated fake account insulting King

KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysia's internet regulator issued a statutory demand to TikTok on Thursday after a fake account allegedly used artificial intelligence (AI) to insult the country's king, including posts falsely claiming he ate pork and manipul...

Late queen pushed for son Andrew to be UK trade envoy

LONDON — Britain's late queen Elizabeth II pushed for her son Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to be given a high-profile job as a trade envoy, a senior official said in a 2000 document released by the government on Thursday.

Chinese kidnapping case likely linked to 'cross-border criminal network'

Further investigation into a kidnap-extortion case involving Chinese nationals in Sa Kaeo province has led to suspected links to transnational crime syndicates, police said on Thursday.

Supreme Leader ‘says enriched uranium must stay in Iran’

DUBAI - Iran’s Supreme Leader has issued a directive that the country’s near-weapons-grade uranium should not be sent abroad, two senior Iranian ​sources said, hardening Tehran’s stance on one of the main US demands at peace talks...

Cuba outraged after US indicts Raul Castro

HAVANA - Cubans expressed their shock and indignation after the United States indicted former president Raul Castro on murder charges, a stunning new escalation by President Donald Trump of pressure on the communist state.

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