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(CNN) — I have seen countries change before, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything quite like the change taking place in Saudi Arabia. It is not like the fall of Soviet Europe, nor the upheaval recently witnessed in Sri Lanka. Saudi’s change is deliberate, deep-reaching and dramatic. It is difficult to visit Saudi Arabia without a host of …
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New York CNN Business — Amazon is adding another Prime Day to the calender. The company announced Monday that the sale, called “Prime Early Access Sale,” will take place October 11-12. The 48-hour event is only for members of its Prime subscription program and will feature discounts on “hundreds of thousands” of items. “Prime Early Access Sale” will be available …
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Hong Kong CNN — People in the northern Philippines were bracing for landslides on Monday after five rescue workers were killed in the aftermath of Typhoon Noru, which made landfall on Sunday and is now heading for Vietnam. The typhoon, known locally as Typhoon Karding, intensified rapidly from Saturday to Sunday, arriving as a super typhoon at its peak of …
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Read More »UK could fine TikTok $29 million over children’s privacy concerns
Washington CNN Business — The UK said Monday it could impose a multimillion-dollar fine on TikTok after the government found the short-form video platform may have violated children’s privacy. The potential fine of £27 million, or about $29 million, follows an investigation by the UK’s data privacy regulator, which found that over the course of two years from May 2018 …
Read More »Ebola infections grow in Uganda as death toll rises to 23
CNN — Ebola infections have risen across districts in Uganda, bringing the cumulative number of confirmed and suspected deaths to 23, health authorities in the east African country said Monday. Uganda declared an Ebola outbreak last Tuesday after a case of the relatively rare Sudan strain was detected in the country’s Mubende district. The virus has now spread to neighboring …
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Read More »VP Kamala Harris visits Japan to discuss Taiwanese security situation: official
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Vice President Kamala Harris landed in Japan on Monday on her way to discuss Taiwan’s security issues amid increased aggression from China. A senior administration official confirmed that Harris and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will discuss a partnership approach to Taiwan’s security situation. The official also said that Japan’s military strength …
Read More »Iran summons British, Norwegian ambassadors amid nation-wide protests
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Iran says it has summoned the British and Norwegian ambassadors as protests over the death of a young woman in police custody continue to rock the country. Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Sunday said it had summoned Simon Shercliff, the U.K.’s ambassador to Iran, on Saturday and protested the hosting of London-based Farsi …
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