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Grok faces four years in prison for ‘insulting’ Turkey’s PM Erdogan

Grok has been blocked in Turkey for allegedly insulting Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. The prosecutor's office is investigating because insulting the president is a criminal offense in Turkey…

John McCarthy July 9, 2025

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Mysterious underwater ‘pyramid’ believed to be 12,000 years old reshapes history

TAIPEI CITY (DM) A "sunken pyramid" near Taiwan may rewrite everything we thought we knew about the ancient world. Sitting just 82 feet below sea level near the Ryukyu Islands of Japan, a…

John McCarthy April 8, 2025

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Turkey strikes Kurdish militants after deadly attack on defense firm

ANKARA — Turkey said it launched strikes on Kurdish militants in Iraq and Syria today after blaming them for an attack that killed five people at a defence firm near…

John McCarthy October 23, 2024

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Russian stooge Erdogan discusses Black Sea grain deal with Putin as drone strikes port

ANKARA — As a Moscow drone struck a port in Danube, Turkey’s president Tayyip Erdogan discussed the Black Sea grain deal in a telephone call with Russian president Vladimir Putin. Erdogan’s office confirmed…

John McCarthy August 2, 2023

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Erdogan Facing Re-Election In Turkey, OKs Finland’s NATO Bid, But Makes Sweden Wait

ANKARA (Reuters) — President Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey's parliament will start ratifying Finland's accession to NATO, lifting the biggest remaining hurdle to enlarging the Western defense alliance as war rages…

John McCarthy March 22, 2023