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  • U.S.
    Associated Press Finance

    Georgia joins states seeking parental permission before children join social media

    Georgia could join other states in requiring children younger than 16 to have their parents’ explicit permission to create social media accounts. Lawmakers on Friday gave final approval to Senate Bill 351, which also would ban social media use on school devices and internet services, require porn sites to verify users are 18 or over and mandate additional education by schools on social media and internet use. A number of other states including Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas and Utah passed laws last year requiring parental consent for children to use social media.

  • World
    Associated Press Finance

    Migrant workers who helped build modern China have scant or no pensions, and can't retire

    At 53, Guan Junling is too old to get hired at factories anymore. Toiling in sweatshops and building apartment complexes they could never afford to live in, they played a vital role in China's transformation into an economic powerhouse. As they grow older, the first generation of migrant workers is struggling to find jobs in a slowing economy.

  • World
    Reuters

    INSIGHT-Meloni, Le Pen rift mars far right's prospects of wielding EU power

    When a French minister compared Italy's nationalist Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni last year to the leader of the French far right, the Italian premier rang French President Emmanuel Macron to complain. Meloni was so incensed that the French leader felt compelled to send an emissary to Rome to appease her, said two sources with knowledge of the conversations. The Italian premier's message to Macron was clear, according to one of the sources: she was no Italian version of Marine Le Pen.