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Australia's Minister for Communications, Michelle Rowland, introduces the Online Safety Amendment Bill in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024. (Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via AP)/AAP Image via AP)

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Australia's parliament considers legislation banning social media for under 16s

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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s communications minister introduced a world-first law into Parliament on Thursday that would ban children under 16 from social media, saying online safety was one of parents’ toughest
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President Joe Biden arrives on Air Force One late Tuesday, Nov. 19 2024, at Joint Base Andrews, from G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has been notably quiet since the Democrats' gut-wrenching defeat at the polls.
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Brazil’s Lula welcomes China's Xi for state visit as ties between countries strengthen

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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Wednesday welcomed China’s President Xi Jinping for a state visit at the Alvorada Palace in Brasilia, the latest sign of deepening ties between the two countries that analysts say may accelerate as Donald Trump re
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As US ramps up nuclear power, fuel supplier plans to enrich more uranium domestically

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OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (AP) — A supplier of fuel for nuclear power plants announced a $60 million expansion in Tennessee on Wednesday, promising to resume and grow its manufacturing of high-tech centrifuges there to enrich uranium at its facility in Ohio.
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