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HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam has charged a man with rape after an American student said she was assaulted while in her bed during a group holiday. Nguyen Thi Quynh Tam, 24, said she was raped on July 5 and pressured by the man’s family to accept money and not go to police. She said the police also initially urged her to settle the matter privately. The AP does not […]

When U.S. Sen. Darline Graham struggled to answer in a debate whether the U.S. has a national security interest in Taiwan and the South China Sea, she drew criticism for saying national security was “not my thing.” Taiwan and the South China Sea have long been major issues in U.S. foreign policy, and tensions involving China have kept both in the news in recent months. Beijing claims Taiwan as its […]

Win or lose, the North Carolina Tar Heels already will be in elite company when they kick off the college football season against Texas Christian University in a game played in Dublin. They will be among a small but growing number of athletic programs receiving taxpayer funding from their home states. With universities competing to pay athletes millions of dollars, some states now are propping up their strained sports budgets […]

Democrats on Thursday narrowed the list of potential host cities for their 2028 presidential convention to Boston, Denver and Philadelphia as their party looks ahead to a wide-open primary to succeed President Donald Trump. Democratic National Committee Chairman Ken Martin said in a statement the cities put forward “incredibly strong bids,” and he promised the convention would be an “inspiring celebration of our party’s future nominee.” A final decision is […]

By Douglas Gillison WASHINGTON, Aug 20 (Reuters) – More than 150 wallets on Polymarket International may have traded on inside U.S. military information, attracting copycat bets and raising concerns that the market could broadcast signals exploitable by foreign adversaries, according to research published on Thursday.  The analysis by the nonprofit research group Anti-Corruption Data Collective, first reported by Reuters, sheds new light on likely military insider trading on the prediction […]

Aug 20 (Reuters) – The Democratic Republic of Congo has been allocated 70,000 doses of Merck’s Ervebo vaccine for Ebola, the World Health Organization said on Thursday, as the country attempts to contain its biggest ever outbreak of the deadly disease. Here are some details: • Last week Congo had requested a release of Ervebo vaccines from the global Ebola virus disease vaccine stockpile, managed by the International Coordinating Group […]

Aug 20 (Reuters) – Celon Pharma’s experimental semaglutide product Reduzek, a generic alternative to Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy and Ozempic, matched the blockbuster weight-loss drugs in an early-stage bioequivalence study, the Polish drugmaker said on Thursday. The company’s shares surged 14.7% following the publication of selected data from the study, and were on track for their best trading day since July 2024 if the gains hold. • The Canadian study on 91 […]

Aug 20 (Reuters) – Shein has pushed back its market debut in Hong Kong until September following a slight delay in taking investor orders for the fast-fashion retailer’s IPO at a reduced valuation, the South China Morning Post reported on Thursday. Shein plans to introduce multiple cornerstone investors, although most positions will be taken up by existing shareholders, the report said, citing sources familiar with the matter. Shein did not […]

PARIS, Aug 20 (Reuters) – France’s consumer watchdog fined British fast-fashion retailer Boohoo €2.3 million ($2.69 million) for deceptive practices such as fake discounts on its website, it said on Thursday. Boohoo exaggerated the discounts it was offering, giving shoppers a false impression of the savings they were making, the DGCCRF (Directorate-General for Competition, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control) said in a statement. Of the promotions analysed by the watchdog, […]