Sachin Tendulkar: Indian cricket legend warns of 'disturbing' deepfake video
Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar has criticised a deepfake video in which he seems to be promoting an online gaming app.
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Two British brothers 'should be banned from Switzerland' for museum heist
Prosecutors have called for two British brothers to be banned from Switzerland for five years as punishment for their role in raiding a museum of iconic Chinese Ming Dynasty artefacts.
Flight cancellations: Airport chaos angers Indians as fog hits travel
India's aviation regulator has issued an advisory to airlines after dozens of people took to social media to complain about flight delays and cancellations.
Ayodhya: Transforming a flashpoint holy city into the ‘Hindu Vatican’
On a brutally cold morning, Yogendra Guru looked adrift in a maze of traffic after visiting the heavily secured makeshift shrine where Hindus believe Lord Ram was born.
Women and children who went to live with IS in Syria are being brought home
"Welcome back to Kyrgyzstan," says Shukur Shermatov, addressing a class of 20 women. He is wearing a traditional felt cap, but there is nothing traditional about this school. It sits inside two rings of military security and the students are women who have been brought home from camps in Syria, where they ended up after living with the Islamic State group.
Myanmar rebel group claims control of India border town
Ethnic insurgents in western Myanmar say they have captured an important town on one of the main routes to India from military forces.
Climate anxiety: 'I don't want to burden the world with my child'
Awareness of the climate crisis has generally been strongest in developed countries, but "climate anxiety" is now also leading some couples in other parts of the world to decide against having children.