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Chinese Social Media Giant WeChat Shuts LGBT Accounts

BANGKOK – China’s most popular social media service has deleted accounts on LGBT topics run by university students and nongovernment groups, prompting concern the ruling Communist Party is tightening control over gay and lesbian content.WeChat sent ac…

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Russia, Bangladesh Report One-Day COVID-19 Records

As many countries ease pandemic restrictions amid rising vaccination rates, Bangladesh and Russia both broke one-day COVID-19 records.Moscow announced that it would ease travel restrictions on Russians who had been vaccinated as it also reported over 7…

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Biden Will Continue COVID Vaccination Appeal

WASHINGTON – After his administration fell short of its Independence Day vaccination goal, U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday will again appeal to uninoculated Americans to get the shots to protect themselves and others against the coronavirus, especi…

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Suspected Ransomware Group Demands $70 Million

Hackers suspected of being behind a massive ransomware attack have made a demand of $70 million in cryptocurrency in exchange for unlocking all of the affected systems.The demand appeared Sunday on a dark web site used by the Russia-linked REvil

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