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Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi moved out of jail to house arrest

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By Frances MaoBBC News, Singapore Getty ImagesThe 78-year-old Nobel laureate has been charged with a raft of criminal offences including voter fraudMyanmar's ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved to house arrest after the military detained her following a coup in February 2021. Ms Suu Kyi was taken to a government building in Nay Pyi Taw on Monday, prison sources told BBC Burmese. She'd spent a year in solitary confinement. Read More...

New Native American farm fund to distribute $266 million in landmark civil rights settlement

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The largest U.S. philanthropy serving Native American farmers and ranchers has been established to distribute $266 million from a landmark 2010 civil rights settlement in which the U.S. government agreed to pay for almost 20 years of official discrimination, court filings show. The class-action case settled for a total of $680 million, but far fewer people than expected made successful claims to the money, leaving $266 million to be distributed through the new Native American Agriculture Fund. Read More...

TikTok overtakes YouTube for average watch time in US and UK

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ReutersApp users in the UK and US are spending more time on TikTok than on YouTube, a new report suggests. Data from app monitoring firm App Annie indicates that average time per user spent on the apps is higher for TikTok, indicating high levels of engagement. App Annie characterised TikTok as having "upended the streaming and social landscape". However, YouTube retains the top spot for overall time spent - not per user - as it has many more users overall. Read More...

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