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Internet Explorer is shutting down in a burst of nostalgia
It was buggy and slow. But it was always there. Until it wasn't. On Wednesday, the web browser, loved and loathed by a generation, was officially retired, swept into the dustbin of internet history
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As BTS ponders its future, South Korea's economy warily takes note
In one day, the group's label HYBE saw its market value decline $1.7 billion. The drastic plunge underscores how South Korea's bestselling boy band has become not only a cultural sensation but also a powerful stakeholder in South Korea's economy
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'The power of cannabis': Japan embraces CBD despite drug taboo
Japan's CBD industry had an estimated value of $59 million in 2019, up from $3 million in 2015; the government is discussing approving medicines derived from marijuana, already used in many countries to treat conditions like severe epilepsy
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Elon Musk sued for $258 billion over dogecoin 'pyramid scheme'
Keith Johnson, who says he lost money after investing in dogecoin, described himself as an "American citizen who was defrauded" by what he called a "Dogecoin Crypto Pyramid Scheme"
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North Korea says hundreds of families ill with intestinal disease
The unidentified illness is putting a strain on a crumbling healthcare system in the midst of the Covid-19 storm
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It is soon going to be dangerously hot for 100 million Americans
More than 95 million people from Southern California to western Pennsylvania and as far south as Florida are already under an excessive heat warning or heat advisory
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US panel recommends Covid vaccines for children under five
Formal authorizations for Moderna and Pfizer should follow soon, with the first shots in arms expected early next week, just over a year-and-a-half after the first Covid vaccines were greenlighted for the elderly in December 2020
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Tesla Autopilot and other driver-assist systems linked to hundreds of crashes
Nearly 400 crashes in the US in the past 10 months have been linked to cars using advanced driver-assistance technologies, which led to the death of six people and five serious injuries
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A forlorn fight to stop America's gun factories
The American state that produced and shipped out the most firearms since 2015, New Hampshire has funneled millions of weapons into the already-flooded domestic market of a nation beset by a gun death epidemic
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YouTube Shorts takes on TikTok with 1.5 billion monthly users
YouTube Shorts went live less than two years ago, adding videos of no longer than 60 seconds to the mix of offerings on the platform
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Child malnutrition soars in Ethiopia as drought worsens
Over one million people need urgent food aid across the region after four consecutive rainy seasons have failed in the Horn of Africa, with a fifth also expected to fare poorly, causing the worst drought in 40 years and a major hunger crisis spanning Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia