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    The prominent landowner has added a nearly 200-year-old estate to his holdings. Archival information says it can take “a brisk walk of 4½ minutes to reach the dining room from the kitchen.”
     

Mark Zuckerberg Buys an Irish Castle

22 août 2026 à 09:28
The prominent landowner has added a nearly 200-year-old estate to his holdings. Archival information says it can take “a brisk walk of 4½ minutes to reach the dining room from the kitchen.”

© Patrick Kenealy, via Reuters

Strancally Castle in Waterford, Ireland, was built around 1830 and renovated in the early 2000s. It now belongs to Mark Zuckerberg.

After Youth Outcry, Vietnam Says Former Official Caused Fatal Crash at Tree 55

20 août 2026 à 04:31
Young people are calling for justice after a former Communist Party official killed a teenager in a car crash. The government’s response has been surprising.

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Flowers at the site of a crash that killed an 18-year-old student last year in Hanoi, Vietnam.

How Social Media Sparked a Refugee Crisis Between Spain and Morocco

11 août 2026 à 09:23
A wave of disinformation online contributed to a surge of migrants in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta who were trying to reach Europe, resulting in about 90 deaths.

© Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times

Moroccan border guards and boats patrolling the coastline on the border with Spain in Fnideq, Morocco, this month.

Malaysia Was Confident in Its Social Media Ban, but Kids Are Still Logged In

10 août 2026 à 04:27
Officials told platforms to verify children’s ages using government-issued documents, like identity cards. But the companies have balked, apparently over privacy concerns.

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Malaysia’s social media ban for children under 16 was supposed to take effect on June 1.
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