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China-based shopping apps Shein and Temu have found themselves in the crosshairs of the U.S. House of Representatives. The interim findings of a House Select Committee investigating “the threat posed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP),” was focused almost solely on questionable practices by the two popular shopping apps, in particular Temu, which has experienced a meteoric rise in the U.S. since its September 2022 debut.
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Kroger, Walmart and Whole Foods across the U.S. have been receiving bomb threats with some callers threatening to detonate devices if not paid Bitcoin, gift cards or money.
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