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Chinese version of TikTok limits use of app by those under 14
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese short video app Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, said on Saturday that all of its authenticated users below the age of 14 will now access the app in a "youth mode", i...
Sep 18, 2021
Gunman convicted in deadly Colorado school shooting gets life without parole
By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - A Colorado man convicted in June of murdering a classmate during a 2019 school shooting that wounded eight others was sentenced on Friday to life in prison without ...
Sep 17, 2021
Shanghai encourages ‘duty-free economy’ as part of consumer push
BEIJING (Reuters) - The Shanghai government will support companies applying for approval to sell duty-free goods, and encourage duty-free shops to be set up at airports, hotels, malls and other commer...
Sep 17, 2021
Magnitude 4.4 earthquake rattles Los Angeles area
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A magnitude 4.4 earthquake shook Los Angeles shortly before 8 p.m. Pacific time on Friday (0300 GMT on Saturday), the United States Geological Survey said. It was felt widely a...
Sep 17, 2021
California gunman pleads guilty to hate crimes in synagogue murder, mosque arson
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A man accused of killing one worshiper and wounding three others in a shooting spree inside a California synagogue about a month after setting fire to a nearby mosque pleaded g...
Sep 17, 2021
Evergrande says six execs redeemed investment products in advance
BEIJING (Reuters) - Six executives of China's heavily indebted Evergrande had redeemed some of the company's investment products in advance earlier this year, the property group said on Saturday. Betw...
Sep 17, 2021
U.S. DOJ resumes talks on plea deal with Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou – Globe and Mail
(Reuters) - The United States has resumed talks with Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd and lawyers for Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou about a possible deffered prosecution agreement for the Chinese ex...
Sep 17, 2021
Police in Florida speak to family of missing woman’s boyfriend
By Dan Whitcomb (Reuters) - Police and FBI agents went to the family home of a missing Florida woman's boyfriend on Friday but said they did not interview the 23-year-old man, who has refused to speak...
Sep 17, 2021
Multimillionaire real estate heir Robert Durst convicted of murder
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) - A California jury on Friday found multimillionaire real estate heir Robert Durst guilty of murdering his best friend Susan Berman in 2000, the first homicide conviction fo...
Sep 17, 2021
L.A. jury convicts real estate heir Robert Durst of murder
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) - A California jury on Friday found multimillionaire real estate heir Robert Durst guilty of murdering his best friend Susan Berman in 2000, the first homicide conviction fo...
Sep 17, 2021
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