This monument stood for hundreds of years before vandals smashed it. Historians say it must never happen again
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South Korea's Yoon warns of tech threat to democracy at summit
SEOUL — South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol on March 18 called fake news and disinformation based on artificial intelligence (AI) and digital technology threats to democracy, as his country hosted a gathering of senior global officials including from UK, the European Union and the United States.
Putin wins Russia election in landslide with no serious competition
President Vladimir Putin won a record post-Soviet landslide in Russia's election on Sunday, cementing his already tight grip on power in a victory he said showed Moscow had been right to stand up to the West and send its troops into Ukraine.
South Asian students fight accusations of U.K. visa fraud 10 years on
LONDON -- Mehmood has not returned to Pakistan in eight years and has not told his elderly mother about his circumstances in the U.K., where his life has been put on hold since December 2015.
India to begin voting on April 19 in world’s largest election
A victory would make Modi, 73, only the second prime minister after Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s independence hero and its first prime minister, to win a third straight term.
Hong Kong jails 12 people over the storming of the legislature in 2019 protests
HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court sentenced 12 people Saturday to prison over the storming of the city’s legislative council building at the height of the anti-government protests in 2019.
What the Japanese wabi-sabi esthetic is all about
On a recent visit to New York I stopped at a Japanese bookstore in Manhattan. Among the English-language books about Japan, I encountered a section of a shelf marked “WABI-SABI” and stocked with titles such as “Wabi Sabi Love,” “The Wabi-Sabi Way,” “Wabi-Sabi for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers,” and, in all lowercase, “simply imperfect: revisiting the wabi-sabi house.”
Rising tide of ethno-religious nationalism threatens civilisation
The complexities brought about by human migration and cultural diversity have given rise to ethno-religious nationalism worldwide. However, in an era where the well-being of the global community is intricately intertwined, turning inward is not a sustainable solution. Instead, building bridges between civilisations is key to safeguarding the fate of humankind.