A shy penguin wins New Zealand’s bird election after campaign filled with memes and tattoos
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — It’s noisy, smelly, shy – and New Zealand’s bird of the year.
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Bangladesh youth revolution: One month after toppling government
We reconnect with our Bangladesh community, one month since a youth-led movement forced out PM Hasina.
Navient reaches $120 million settlement with CFPB for misleading student loan borrowers
Navient has reached a $120 million settlement with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau over its practices with student loan borrowers, the company tells CNBC.
In South Korea, Misogyny Has a New Weapon: Deepfake Sex Videos
In 2020, as the South Korean authorities were pursuing a blackmail ring that forced young women to make sexually explicit videos for paying viewers, they found something else floating through the dark recesses of social media: pornographic images with other people’s faces crudely attached.
How Modi’s BJP turned bulldozers into a ‘deadly weapon’ against Muslim homes in India
On August 17, authorities demolished the one-storey house of autorickshaw driver Rashid Khan in Udaipur, northern Rajasthan state, which he was renting to two families.
Anti-war protesters clash with police outside Australian arms convention
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Thousands of anti-war protesters clashed with police Wednesday outside a military arms convention in downtown Melbourne.
Indian state imposes curfew and shuts internet after fresh wave of ethnic clashes
GUWAHATI, India (AP) — Indian authorities on Tuesday imposed an indefinite curfew and shut down the internet in some parts of the northeastern state of Manipur following protests from students against a fresh wave of ethnic violence, which has roiled the state for more than a year.
India’s Manipur imposes curfew, cuts internet to quell escalating violence
The move follows student protests calling for peace that erupted in response to a new wave of ethnic violence.