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Associated Press photo essay shows how Nepal’s Tibetan community is being watched by Chinese tech

Associated Press photo essay shows how Nepal’s Tibetan community is being watched by Chinese tech

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — In Nepal, the unseen eye has changed Tibetan life. The cameras are not just machines perched on the thick bundles of wires that twist through narrow lanes of Kathmandu in N...

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Chinese surveillance based on US tech is used to silence Tibetans in Nepal

Chinese surveillance based on US tech is used to silence Tibetans in Nepal

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — The white dome of Boudhanath rises like a silent guardian over the chaotic sprawl of Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, crowned by a golden spire that pierces the sky. Painted on ...

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Health care rises as a priority for Americans, poll finds

Health care rises as a priority for Americans, poll finds

WASHINGTON (AP) — Julia Dvorak is worried her 83-year-old mother’s emergency room trips for seizures are depleting her retirement savings and will soon force her to go on Medicaid. At the same ti...

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TikTok signs agreements with investors to form new US venture

TikTok signs agreements with investors to form new US venture

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — TikTok has signed agreements with three major investors — Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX — to form a new TikTok U.S. joint venture, ensuring the popular social video platform can...

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Trump signs order that could reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug

Trump signs order that could reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that could reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug and open new avenues for medical research, a major shift in fed...

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US consumer prices slowed unexpectedly in November, but still up 2.7% from a year earlier

US consumer prices slowed unexpectedly in November, but still up 2.7% from a year earlier

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. inflation slowed unexpectedly last month, the government said in a report that was delayed by the government shutdown. The Labor Department reported Thursday that its consu...

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