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Chinese shopping app Temu wows US amid TikTok fears
Chinese shopping app Temu wows US amid TikTok fears
by  AFP

Shopping online at Temu, Laurie Silva paid just $1.25 for earrings and $15 for a cardigan -- she is among millions of US consumers the Chinese platform is wooing with low-cost bargains and a dizzying array of products.

After backlash, Twitter now calls NPR -- and BBC -- 'government-funded'
After backlash, Twitter now calls NPR -- and BBC -- 'government-funded'
by  AFP

Twitter has backtracked after an uproar for labeling the US radio network NPR as "state- affiliated media" and now calls it "government-funded." The change in how Twitter refers to Washington-based National Public Radio happened quietly overnight Saturday and comes after the network complained that the term "state-affiliated" was disparaging and inaccurate.

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