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Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg dead at 92

Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg dead at 92

Daniel Ellsberg, the whistleblower who leaked the “Pentagon Papers” about the Vietnam War — changing public perceptions of the conflict — died on Friday, his family announced. He was 92. Ellsberg was a military analyst when he released thousands of documents to U.S. media in 1971 that revealed successive United …

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Man forced to join deadly Central Highlands attacks

Fearing for his family’s safety, a man joined the deadly attacks on two People’s Committee offices in Dak Lak Province after being threatened, his wife said. H’Nguil Ayui, 32, sat quietly in front of her modest house located deep in a coffee farm 50 km from the Ea Tieu and …

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Work starts on first trans-Mekong Delta expressway

Work was started Saturday on the 188-km Chau Doc – Can Tho – Soc Trang expressway that will run across the Mekong Delta at a cost of over VND44.69 trillion (US$1.89 billion). The expressway will begin in Soc Trang Province’s Tran De port, run through Hau Giang Province and Can …

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US adds Switzerland to currency monitoring list, eyeing China

US adds Switzerland to currency monitoring list, eyeing China

None of the United States’ major trading partners has been designated as manipulating its currency — including China — the Treasury Department said Friday, although Switzerland was added to a “monitoring list.” China also warrants close observation, the Treasury added in a biannual report to Congress, over its failure to …

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US trafficking report highlights forced labor, exploited boys

US trafficking report highlights forced labor, exploited boys

The United States on Thursday denounced the scourge of human trafficking, calling out forced labor and the little-known but growing problem of boys and young men caught up the trade. The condemnation came as Secretary of State Antony Blinken presented a report on what he called “concerning trends” in human …

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Meta’s social media apps back up after outage

Meta's social media apps back up after outage

Meta Platforms said on Friday services on its social media apps Facebook and Instagram were restored, more than two hours after an outage that affected thousands of users. At one point, nearly 20,000 users in total said they were having trouble accessing Facebook and Instagram and Meta’s messaging service WhatsApp, …

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