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Mothers in Syrian detention camps given 'cruel' choice to keep children or send them to Canada: advocates
More than two dozen women and children held in northeastern Syrian detention camps are due to arrive on Canadian soil any day, but the fate of 10 of those children is unknown after their mothers were given the “cruel” choice of giving them up or keeping them in “inhumane” conditions, according to advocates.
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TikTok CEO finds no allies among U.S. lawmakers in Congress grilling
The CEO of TikTok made a high-profile appearance Thursday before a U.S. congressional committee, where he faced a grilling on data security and user safety amid a recent flurry of actions from Western governments to curtail use of the app.
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Hershey's aims to reduce lead, cadmium in dark chocolate
Hershey Co. is looking to reduce "trace" amounts of lead and cadmium in its chocolate, chief financial officer Steve Voskuil told Reuters on Wednesday, after Consumer Reports found that some dark chocolate bars had potentially harmful levels of the heavy metals.
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Imran Khan: from cricket star to polarizing politician
There have been violent clashes between the police and the supporters of Imran Khan, Pakistan’s former prime minister and one-time cricket superstar, who was kicked out of government last year. Why does he remain so popular?
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Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant's situation 'perilous,' says UN agency head
The head of the United Nations’ International Atomic Energy Agency says the situation at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP) in southern Ukraine remains "perilous" as it remains connected to only one primary power source.