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X, the social media platform owned by Elon Musk (pictured) has been suspended in Brazil. But Brazilians don’t seem to care.
Technology
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Why locals don’t care that X has been banned in Brazil

Brazil was an early and enthusiastic adopter of Twitter, but when a Supreme Court justice ordered X be banned, the reaction was not what you’d expect.

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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie at the Golden Globe Awards in 2007, the same year they appeared together at the Venice Film Festival.
Pop Culture
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Ex-factor: Preventing a Pitt-Jolie run-in in Venice

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie both had movies premiering at the Venice Film Festival. How did the exes, locked into a never-ending, acrimonious split, manage it?

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Republicans are making unfounded attacks on Tim Walz for his interest in China, where he traveled as a young English teacher and later as a congressman.
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China’s growing power turns it into US election attack line

Both Democrats and Republicans are aggressively tying their opponents to Beijing in the final months of the 2024 campaign.

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Telegram owner and Russian billionaire Pavel Durov has been arrested.
Technology
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How Telegram built haven for free speech and child predators

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov’s vision for an app that respected ‘privacy and freedom’ brought him wild success. It also made it one of the internet’s largest havens for child predators.

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Talks have failed to produce a deal to end Israel's Gaza campaign or free hostages held by Hamas. (EPA PHOTO)
Middle East
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How Israel, Hezbollah stepped back from brink of all-out-war

For almost a month, Israel and Lebanon looked poised to send the Middle East into all-out war. But a dramatic but short-lived exchange of fire has led many in the region to ask: Was that it?

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Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump during a campaign event at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Ariz., on Friday. MUST CREDIT: Tom Brenner for The Washington Post
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Allies try to energise Trump in struggle to adapt to Harris

Former aides, who have known Donald Trump for years, say those close to him are trying to energise him and keep him focused as he struggles to adapt to his new opponent, Kamala Harris.

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Now the hard part: after the euphoria of the convention, Kamala Harris faces an arduous campaign.
World
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The story behind Harris’ ‘When we fight, we win’ slogan

Kamala Harris concluded her first speech of the Democratic National Convention on Monday with what has become a familiar mantra. Here’s why the Democrats are homing in on it.

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Vice President Kamala Harris delivered the most consequential speech of her political career on the final day of the Democratic National Convention.
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Harris steps up, promises ‘new way forward’ for divided US

Presidential hopeful Kamala Harris has officially accepted the Democratic nomination before a jubilant crowd.

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Tim Walz with wife Gwen and friends and family members onstage during the third day of the Democratic National Convention.
World
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Field of Dreams: America’s coach Tim Walz makes formal debut

The DNC’s third night was designed to introduce Tim Walz as a teacher and a football coach, a father and a husband, a former congressman and current governor who now could be the nation’s No. 2.

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Former president Barack Obama joins former first lady Michelle Obama on the second day of the Democratic National Convention.
World
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Obamas electrify Democrats at Chicago convention

‘This convention has always been pretty good to kids with funny names who believe in a country where anything is possible,” Barack Obama said, a reference to his breakthrough 2004 DNC appearance.

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President Joe Biden acknowledges applause during the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
World
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‘America, I love you’: Biden finally passes torch to Harris

Joe Biden’s emotional speech at the Democratic National Convention late Monday capped a remarkable two months in American politics.

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Secret Service agents cover former president Donald Trump after a gunman shot at him during a campaign rally.
World
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The extraordinary challenge of protecting Donald Trump

The extraordinary challenges facing the Secret Service as it attempts to protect Donald Trump — a former president running for office again and one of the world’s most recognisable people.

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Captured Russian soldiers and border guards sit in a cell in a Ukrainian prison in northeastern Ukraine.
World
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Ukrainian prison cells are full of young Russian conscripts

When Ukraine launched a surprise incursion into Kursk last week, young, untrained conscripts from Russia found themselves on the new front line — and unprepared to defend it. 

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Vice President Kamala Harris speaks in Detroit on Aug. 7.
USA
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Harris’ policies have shifted and are still taking shape

Since she was catapulted to the top of the Democratic ticket less than a month ago, Kamala Harris has been forced to reiterate that she rejects a wide array of positions she embraced five years ago.

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Donald Trump leaves after holding a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate.
World
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Tense Trump agrees to Harris debate in meandering conference

The former president Trump was looking to seize the spotlight back from Kamala Harris. It’s unclear whether the rambling hour-long news conference held at his gilded club succeeded.

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