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Twitter: Influential network with a relatively limited audience

Twitter: Influential network with a relatively limited audience

Purchased by Elon Musk for $44 billion, Twitter is popular with politicians, journalists and celebrities, but the social media giant draws a smaller user base than some competitors, including Facebook.

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Power workers struggle to keep Ukraine's energy on stream

Power workers struggle to keep Ukraine's energy on stream

Perched on a gondola, two employees fix a cable to a large pylon.

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Musk seeks to soothe critics with Twitter content panel

Musk seeks to soothe critics with Twitter content panel

Twitter formally became the private property of Elon Musk on Friday, steering the social media giant down an uncertain path under the stewardship of one of its most vocal critics.

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Avengers assemble for Brazil's knife-edge election

Avengers assemble for Brazil's knife-edge election

Hollywood's biggest superheroes flew into Brazil's election Friday, as the "Avengers" answered calls for help from supporters of presidential challenger Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

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Ukraine braces for more power cuts, as Russia hits call-up target

Ukraine braces for more power cuts, as Russia hits call-up target

Four million people across Ukraine have been hit by power cuts due to Russia's bombing campaign, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday, as officials in the capital Kyiv warned of "unprecedented" outages.

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Twitter users test free speech limits in new Musk era

Twitter users test free speech limits in new Musk era

Twitter users wasted no time Friday testing the limits of free speech on the platform under new owner Elon Musk, with posts questioning transgender identity and masks.

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Hannah Goslar, friend of Anne Frank, dies aged 93

Hannah Goslar, friend of Anne Frank, dies aged 93

Hannah Goslar, one of Anne Frank's best friends who like her was held in the Bergen-Belsen Nazi concentration camp during World War II, died on Friday aged 93, the Anne Frank Foundation said.

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Ten years after Sandy, Atlantic City still suffering floods

Ten years after Sandy, Atlantic City still suffering floods

A decade after Superstorm Sandy ravaged the US east coast, the seaside town Atlantic City has fortified its famous boardwalk that narrowly divides casinos and the ocean.

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What will Elon Musk's Twitter look like?

What will Elon Musk's Twitter look like?

After months of controversy, Elon Musk is now at the head of one of the most influential social networks on the planet, whose "tremendous potential" he has promised to unleash.

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Wasps to be relegated after entering administration

Wasps to be relegated after entering administration

English rugby giants Wasps are to be relegated from the Premiership after entering administration, the Rugby Football Union (RFU) confirmed on Friday.

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