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Stormy Daniels: Woman at center of Trump indictment is porn star-turned-ghostbuster

By Julia Harte (Reuters) -Adult film star Stormy Daniels has built a lucrative business empire around her alleged 2006 sexual encounter with former President Donald Trump and earned legions of fans for her breezy retorts to those who cast her as an immoral woman. Her popularity and profits appeared to get a boost with the …

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Meet Juan Merchan, the judge presiding over Trump’s criminal case 

By Tom Hals (Reuters) -When Donald Trump walks into Justice Juan Merchan’s courtroom on Tuesday to face criminal charges, it will be a first for a former U.S. president but familiar territory for the veteran judge who serves on Manhattan’s criminal court. Merchan last year oversaw a criminal trial of the Trump Organization that ended …

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Factbox-TikTok’s Chinese ownership, security concerns spark bans across nations

(Reuters) -The Biden administration has demanded that TikTok’s Chinese owners divest their stakes in the popular video app or face a possible U.S. ban, the company told Reuters this week. The move follows the introduction of a new U.S. legislation that would allow the White House to ban TikTok or other foreign-based technologies if they …

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Kenya prosecutor stops case against MPs after protests suspended

By Humphrey Malalo NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya’s top prosecutor on Monday dropped charges against four lawmakers over anti-government protests, a day after opposition leader Raila Odinga suspended the demonstrations, their lawyer said. Odinga said on Sunday he was ready for talks with President William Ruto, as long as authorities halted arrests connected to the protests, …

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US says it cannot confirm China collected real-time data from spy balloon

(Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration said on Monday it could not confirm reports that China was able to collect real-time data from a spy balloon as it flew over sensitive military sites earlier this year, saying analysis was still ongoing. NBC News on Monday reported that the Chinese balloon was able to transmit …

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Malaysia says Beijing concerned about its energy projects in South China Sea

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Tuesday said Beijing has expressed concerns about energy activities by Malaysian state firm Petronas in the South China Sea, even though Kuala Lumpur believes the projects are in its territory. Anwar’s remarks come after he opened the door for negotiations with China earlier this week, …

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AUKUS needs to pool tech resources as US edge erodes -Australian intelligence chief

By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) – The U.S. technological edge is eroding, an Australian intelligence chief said on Tuesday, as a Sydney conference was told the AUKUS alliance of Australia, Britain and the United States must collaborate on quantum and hypersonic technology to compete with China. Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, chairman of the U.S. …

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