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An Arkansas woman potty-trained her cow

By Peter Santo - The Washington Times

A Chinese paramilitary policeman stands guard a the entrance to the Russian Embassy in Beijing on Tuesday, March 1, 2022. As the West condemns Russia, President Vladimir Putin has vocal supporters in China, where the ruling Communist Party tells its people they are a fellow target of U.S.-led harassment. Public sentiment largely reflects the stance of a ruling party that is the closest thing Putin has to a major ally: The war should stop but the United States is to blame. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

China seeks to unify public in support for Russia

By Zen Soo - Associated Press

This combination of images shows logos for companies from left, Twitter, YouTube and Facebook. (AP Photo/File)

Big tech grapples with Russian state media, propaganda

By David Klepper and Amanda Seitz - Associated Press

Coroner: TikTok star Huey Haha’s death a suicide

By Peter Santo - The Washington Times

Snake on a you-guessed-it reroutes Air Asia flight

By Peter Santo - The Washington Times

Olympics and China Spying Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

‘My2022’ app should be a wake-up call for U.S. to get serious about China

By Richard Berman

The Activision Blizzard Booth is shown on June 13, 2013 the during the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles. Microsoft is buying Activision Blizzard, Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022, for $68.7 billion to gain access to blockbuster games including Call of Duty and Candy Crush. The all-cash deal will let Microsoft accelerate mobile gaming and provide it building blocks for the metaverse, or a virtual environment. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Microsoft buys game maker Activision Blizzard for about $70B

By Matt O'Brien - Associated Press

Handwritten messages are left at the memorial site on Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021, outside Oxford High School in Oxford, Mich., after a 15-year-old allegedly killed these four classmates, and injured seven others in a shooting inside the northern Oakland County school one week earlier. School officials around the country are planning to step up security Friday in response to social media posts warning of violence. The anonymous threats on TikTok had many educators on edge because they are circulating in the aftermath of a deadly school shooting in Michigan. (Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP, File)

Schools step up security in response to threats on TikTok

By Carolyn Thompson - Associated Press

U.S. condemns suspension of Romanian judge over TikTok posts

By Stephen McGrath - Associated Press

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks during a hearing to examine the nomination of Nicholas Burns to U.S. Ambassador to China during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Cruz clashes with TikTok exec over Chinese espionage, propaganda allegations

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

TikTok names exec at Chinese parent ByteDance as new CEO

By TALI ARBEL - Associated Press

Biden backs off on TikTok ban in review of Trump China moves

By TALI ARBEL and MATT O'BRIEN - Associated Press

TikTok urges federal appeals court to rule against Trump ban

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Trump admin.’s TikTok restrictions blocked by second federal judge

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Trump administration grants TikTok a one-week extension

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2020, file photo, Elton John performs &quot;(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again,&quot; nominated for the award for best original song, from &quot;Rocketman&quot; at the Oscars in Los Angeles. John is opening up his vault and releasing an expansive collection of rarely heard and unreleased tracks. John announced Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, that the eight-CD collection, “Elton: Jewel Box,&quot; will be released Nov. 13. The collection includes “Sing Me No Sad Songs,” an unreleased studio demo from 1969. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

Elton John, TikTok team up to educate about AIDS epidemic

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE - This Feb. 25, 2020, file photo, shows the icon for TikTok in New York. The popular video-sharing app TikTok, its future in limbo since President Donald Trump tried to shut it down earlier this fall, is asking a federal court to intervene. &quot;With the November 12 CFIUS deadline imminent and without an extension in hand, we have no choice but to file a petition in court to defend our rights and those of our more than 1,500 employees in the US,” TikTok said in a written statement Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2020. (AP Photo/File)

TikTok asks court to intervene as Trump order looms

By MATT O'BRIEN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, Aug. 7, 2020 file photo, Icons for the smartphone apps TikTok and WeChat are seen on a smartphone screen in Beijing. The U.S. government is cracking down on the Chinese apps TikTok and WeChat, starting by barring them from app stores on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Q&A: What does banning TikTok and WeChat mean for users?

By MATT O'BRIEN and TALI ARBEL - Associated Press

In this July 21, 2020 file photo, a man opens social media app 'TikTok' on his cell phone, in Islamabad, Pakistan. President Donald Trump said Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020 he’s given his “blessing” to a proposed deal between Oracle and Walmart for the U.S. operations of TikTok, the Chinese-owned app he’s targeted for national security and data privacy concerns. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed, File) **FILE**

Trump backs proposed deal to keep TikTok operating in U.S.

By Stan Choe - Associated Press