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Citing free speech concerns, influencer Matt Welland has objected to a potential US ban of TikTok as concerns over data security and TikTok's links to China worry US officials.

Some 380,000 people took to the streets nationwide on Thursday in the latest day of union-led action against the bill since January.

Georgieva was born and raised in Bulgaria, a former Soviet satellite state.

Analysis from the World Economic Forum last year estimated it would take 132 more years to close the gender pay gap - a disparity which has made little progress this year.

As Italy lifts its ban on ChatGPT, ImmuniWeb's founder, Dr Ilia Kolochenko, has provided his take on the rules and regulations associated with AI.

France's proposed pension program is similar in some ways to other countries. However, French citizens oppose this plan and demand a better solution.

The UK government admits to having no evidence to back up claims of boat travellers being economic migrants and to throwing away 318 tonnes of subsidised food.

If the law is approved, it remains to be seen if unions will call more strikes.

The US Treasury said Usmanov is close to Putin and Dmitry Medvedev, the former Russian president and now deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council.

U.S. President Joe Biden urged Northern Irish political leaders to restore their power-sharing government with the promise that scores of major U.S.

The upcoming May local elections present the opportunity for political leaders to test the electoral strength of their parties ahead of the next general election.

The CBI suspended three other employees and apologised to victims as it expressed "revulsion" over their stories and admitted "serious failings" in its handling of the matter.

Before boarding Air Force One, Biden said the priority for his trip was "to keep the peace" in Northern Ireland and help unlock its political paralysis.

Social media giant TikTok has been fined £12.7 million for using the data of minors under 13 years old without parental consent, flouting both UK data protection laws and its own terms of service.

Up to £400 will also be offered to pregnant women, as part of a package of measures in England that the 'swap to stop' scheme will implement.

The government is trying to encourage stay-at-home parents to return to full-time work with the new 30 hours of free childcare plan, after the increasing childcare and cost of living forced women out of work.

The Head of China Research at the French Institute of International Relations says that Macron's hopes of China acting as mediator in Ukraine are unrealistic.

Vladimir Putin has long been dubbed paranoid by his critics. Every other day, some new report or revelation comes up that just confirms their apprehensions

U.S. President Joe Biden arrives in Belfast on Tuesday at a delicate political time in Northern Ireland as he helps mark the 25-year anniversary of a peace deal that largely ended 30 years of bloodshed there.

Police vehicles were on Monday pelted with projectiles, including petrol bombs, during an illegal dissident republican march in Londonderry on the eve of Biden's visit.

A quarter of century since the signing of a peace deal that largely ended violence in Northern Ireland, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said efforts had to be intensified to restore the power-sharing government central to the accord.

Several conspiracy theories have cropped up about how Russian President Vladimir Putin is getting increasingly paranoid.

In all of the surveyed countries, the characteristic least often associated with rich people was "honest."

A new analysis has found SMEs could see annual tax bills increase by around £9,000 for the bigger earners from this month. Firms making a profit of £200,000 can expect to see tax bills climb from £39,723 to £49,361.

"We expect that the Home Office will require third parties to vet and verify applicants' funds in order to provide endorsements for a visa application to be made."

U.S. President Joe Biden will visit Ireland and Northern Ireland on April 11-14 to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday peace accord on one side of the Irish border and visit his ancestral home on the other, the White House said on Wednesday.

The United States, Britain, Albania and Malta walked out on Russia's envoy for children's rights - whom the International Criminal Court wants to arrest on war crimes charges - as she spoke by video to U.N.

A report published by the Foreign Affairs Committee recommends new measures to deal with state hostage-taking, including the appointment of a new director.

Climate expert, Steve Hynd, believes the UK government's refusal to end plastic waste exports in the next four years is a big mistake.