🐢 Australia bans under-16s from social media + 13 more stories

In the last 4 days ChatGPT read 124018 top news stories. After removing previously covered events, there are 14 articles with a significance score over 5.5.

[5.6] Australia bans under-16s from social media — theguardian.com (+77)

Australia enacted a world-first social media ban for users under 16, forcing major platforms like TikTok and Instagram to remove millions of accounts or face significant fines.

The law requires platforms to remove under-16 accounts and block new sign-ups, with non-compliance fines up to $49.5m. Initial implementation has faced issues, with some teens bypassing age-verification tests, though most major platforms have agreed to comply with the ban.

[6.3] Trump reveals nationalist 'America First' strategy — swissinfo.ch (French) (+138)

The Trump administration has released a new nationalist National Security Strategy, prioritizing an "America First" foreign policy and predicting Europe's "civilizational erasure" due to mass migration and other trends.

The 33-page document calls for fighting mass migration, restoring U.S. supremacy in Latin America, and ending America's role in upholding the global order. It also plans to realign military presence toward the Americas.

The strategy, a departure from the previous administration's focus on Russia and China, omits any assessment of a Russian threat and urges Japan and South Korea to increase support for Taiwan.

[5.5] Attack compromises Chernobyl containment dome — huffingtonpost.fr (French) (+36)

A February drone attack damaged Chernobyl’s protective dome, which has now lost its main safety functions, the International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed in a report issued last Friday.

The IAEA found the attack created a 15-square-meter hole and caused a fire, rendering the dome no longer airtight. However, inspectors found no permanent damage to the containment structure's load-bearing supports or monitoring systems.

Ukraine has blamed a Russian drone for the attack, which Moscow denies. Authorities reported that radiation levels have remained normal and stable, with no radioactive leaks detected since the incident.

Highly covered news with significance over 5.5

[6.1] EU adopts Denmark's hardline migration policy — politico.eu (+63)

[6.1] Scientist breeds mosquitoes in Brazil to fight dengue disease — nature.com (+3)

[6.1] RSF seized Sudan's largest oil field — ctvnews.ca (+4)

[6.0] US advisers scrap infant hepatitis B vaccine recommendation — rnz.co.nz (+93)

[5.9] Trump allows Nvidia to sell chips in China — nbcnews.com (+61)

[5.9] German scientists found a gene causing mental illness — farodevigo.es (Spanish) (+10)

[5.9] China posts record $1 trillion trade surplus — fortune.com (+38)

[5.6] Federal judge overturned Trump's wind power ban — cnbc.com (+17)

[5.5] EU fines X for transparency violations — dn.se (Swedish) (+107)

[5.5] PFAS in pregnant women’s drinking water puts their babies at higher risk, study finds — theconversation.com (+2)

[6.6] New therapy reverses incurable blood cancer — bbc.com (+15)

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— Vadim

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