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Meta bans ads targeted at teens based on gender

Meta bans ads targeted at teens based on gender

Meta, owner of Instagram and Facebook, on Tuesday said it will stop allowing advertisers to target ads at teens based on gender, as it fights accusations that its platforms are harmful to young users. Beginning in February, the social media giant said advertisers, the source of the company’s massive revenues, …

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Vietnamese girl has unique combination of diseases

An 11-year-old girl in Vietnam has calcinosis cutis, alopecia totalis and hyperthyroidism without Down syndrome, a combination of conditions that has never been recorded in medical history. The girl, who lives in the southern province of Binh Phuoc, began to lose her hair at the age of 2, and was …

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Indonesia arrests Papua governor in corruption probe

Indonesia arrests Papua governor in corruption probe

Indonesian anti-graft investigators arrested Papua’s governor on Tuesday in a corruption probe on suspicion of accepting bribes linked to infrastructure projects in the restive eastern province, officials said. Authorities have accused Lukas Enembe, 55, of granting contracts – worth up to 40 billion rupiah ($2.57 million) between 2019 and 2021 …

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US greenhouse gas emissions rose 1.3% in 2022: Rhodium

US greenhouse gas emissions rose 1.3% in 2022: Rhodium

Greenhouse gas emissions increased slightly from the previous year in 2022 by 1.3%, keeping the U.S. just 15.5% below 2005 levels and off track to meet its global pledge to slash emissions 50-52% by 2030, according to estimates published on Tuesday by research group Rhodium. The group’s preliminary estimates showed …

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China suspends short-term visas for S Koreans over Covid travel curbs

China suspends short-term visas for S Koreans over Covid travel curbs

China has suspended the issuing of short-term visas to South Koreans in response to Seoul’s imposition of travel restrictions on Chinese travelers over Covid concerns, Beijing’s embassy said Tuesday. “Chinese embassies and consulates in Korea will suspend the issuance of short-term visas for Korean citizens,” the embassy in Seoul said, …

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