From Indonesia to India to U.S., AI creeps into elections
TOKYO -- When Prabowo Subianto wanted to soften his image among young Indonesian voters, his campaign team brought out a smiling face: a cartoonish digital version of himself.
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Singapore closes last 18-hole public golf course to make way for homes
Opened less than 18 years ago, the course hosted its final rounds for the public on Saturday as it joins others in Singapore that have closed or shrunk in recent years. Only one public course remains, a nine-hole venue in the north of the city state.
The expansion of BRICS+: More may be better
Malaysia and Thailand recently unveiled their plans to join BRICS, which has been rechristened as BRICS+ with the induction of new members. This multilateral bloc of rising economies of the 21st century that is often seen as an emerging institutional collective of the Global South countries that aspire to establish a robust and inclusive multipolar world order.
India Wins Cricket World Cup, Stamping Its Domination of the Sport
India won the men’s Cricket World Cup on Saturday, defeating South Africa to end a dry spell in tournament victories that had lasted over a decade, even as the nation was dominating the sport globally in other measures like talent, cash and influence.
A Taliban delegation attends a UN-led meeting in Qatar on Afghanistan, with women excluded
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Taliban delegation on Sunday attended a United Nations-led meeting in Qatar on Afghanistan after organizers said women would be excluded from the gathering.
For India’s garbage pickers, a miserable and dangerous job made worse by extreme heat
JAMMU, India (AP) — The putrid smell of burning garbage wafts for miles from the landfill on the outskirts of Jammu in a potentially toxic miasma fed by the plastics, industrial, medical and other waste generated by a city of some 740,000 people. But a handful of waste pickers ignore both the fumes and suffocating heat to sort through the rubbish, seeking anything they can sell to earn at best the equivalent of $4 a day.
Lawless biker gangs menace India’s Bengaluru while officials look the other way
Charan Singh’s car was ambushed on a deserted Bengaluru road one night – swarmed by a pack of reckless motorcyclists engaged in a terrifying high-speed chase.
Celebrations erupt as India crowned T20 cricket world champions
Cricket fans in India are in party mode after their team beat South Africa by seven runs at the final of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 in Barbados.