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Gandhi to Stalin: India's disparate opposition
India's opposition faces huge challenges as their loose coalition of more than two dozen parties take on the juggernaut of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling party.Analysts say Stalin provides the opposition a much-needed ideological base to challenge Modi's Hindu nationalism, championing social justice for those at the bottom of India's millennia-old caste hierarchy.
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Digital 'sleuths' fuel misinformation after Iran strikes
Terrified onlookers crouch behind a wall as lights streak across the night sky in what self-proclaimed digital investigators claimed was footage of Iranian drones over Israel.- Amplified by algorithm - Contributing to the flood of misinformation, researchers said, was the Iranian state media which misrepresented old footage of wildfires in Chile to falsely claim it showed damage from the strikes in Israel.
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Deputy Accused Of Leaking Homicide Investigation Details To Victim's Husband
Authorities said that Orange County Deputy Francisco Alberto Estrella Chicon showed "intent to obstruct" the homicide investigation of a kidnapped woman.
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Bill to phase out smoking advances in UK parliament
A contentious bill that aims to eventually phase out smoking in Britain advanced in parliament on Tuesday, as the House of Commons voted in favour of the controversial measure. In the first vote of the bill, 383 MPs voted in favour with 67 voting against.
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US university pulls student speech after Jewish groups object
A top US university has canceled its plans for a graduation speech by a Muslim student over what it says are safety concerns, after pro-Israel groups criticized her selection.The fallout from the conflict has been felt around the world, and is particularly intense on US college campuses, where both pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian groups say they are being victimized and silenced.
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Australia's Great Barrier Reef hit by record bleaching
Australia's spectacular Great Barrier Reef is experiencing its worst bleaching event on record, the country's reef authority reported on Wednesday.But aerial surveys conducted by the scientists show about 730 out of more than 1,000 reefs spanning the Great Barrier Reef have bleached, the authority said.
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Venezuela shuts Ecuador diplomatic missions over raid
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro said Tuesday he had ordered the closure of his country's diplomatic missions in Ecuador after a raid on the Mexican embassy in Quito.Maduro said he had ordered "diplomatic personnel to return to Venezuela immediately... until international law is restored in Ecuador."
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