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Bangladesh youth revolution: One month after toppling government | Protests

We reconnect with our Bangladesh community, one month since a youth-led movement forced out PM Hasina. Last week, Bangladesh marked one month since a youth-led movement ended Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s 15-year rule. Initially sparked by protests against a quota system for government jobs, the unrest soon escalated into a full-scale revolution. More than 1,000 […]

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SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn makes history with first private spacewalk | Science and Technology News

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A pioneering duo of astronauts has made history by becoming the first private civilians to perform a spacewalk, hailed by NASA as “a giant leap forward” for the commercial space industry. The SpaceX Polaris Dawn mission, led by fintech billionaire Jared Isaacman, launched early Tuesday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, journeying deeper into

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US House passes bill targeting China that would limit EV tax credits

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A group of automakers says the bill makes fewer vehicles eligible for the tax credits. The United States House of Representatives has narrowly voted to approve legislation to tighten rules limiting Chinese content in vehicles qualifying for US electric vehicle (EV) tax credits. The House voted on Thursday 217 to 192 to approve the bill,

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Ajit Doval, Reportedly Carrying Ukraine Peace Plan, Meets Vladimir Putin

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<!– –> The two were seen exchanging a handshake in a picture shared on X by the Russian Embassy in India Moscow: National Security Adviser Ajit Doval met Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday on the sidelines of the BRICS National Security Advisers’ meeting. The two were seen exchanging a handshake in a picture shared

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As new semester dawns, campus protesters in US face heightened restrictions | Protests News

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In response, many universities began the new academic year with a slate of new rules and guidelines that critics say dampen free speech. At New York University, for instance, a paragraph about the word “Zionism” was added to the school’s official “Guidance and Expectations on Student Conduct” on August 25. “Using code words, like ‘Zionist,’

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3 kids among 7 family members shot dead as they watched TV in their home in South Africa: “It was an execution”

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Unknown gunmen shot dead seven members of the same family, including three children, in an execution-style killing in their home in rural South Africa, police said Thursday. A 5-year-old boy was among those killed in the shooting at a homestead in the eastern KwaZulu-Natal province late Wednesday, police said. The eldest victim was a woman

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Floods in northeastern Nigeria affect one million people | Floods News

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Severe flooding in northeastern Nigeria has killed at least 30 people and affected more than one million others, the authorities have said. The collapse of the Alau dam on the Ngadda river in Borno State on Tuesday caused some of the state’s worst flooding since the same dam collapsed 30 years ago, and prompted residents

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Australia strips medals from Afghanistan war commanders | Conflict News

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Defence minister cancels awards of small number of officers over alleged war crimes committed on their watch. Australia has moved to strip senior military officers of their distinguished service medals over alleged war crimes committed on their watch in Afghanistan. The announcement on Thursday comes after the 2020 Brereton Report found credible evidence that Australian

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Who won the Harris-Trump US presidential election debate? | Politics

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Both sides claim victory as they seek to sway swing voters in the run-up to November’s election. The first televised debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former United States President Donald Trump was closely watched in the US. Harris’s team says she won, but Trump’s side say their man came out on top. So

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What’s the economic toll of Israel’s war on Gaza? | Israel-Palestine conflict

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Israel’s finances are under strain and its budget deficit is widening, as agencies downgrade the nation’s credit. More than 40,000 Israeli businesses are expected to go bankrupt in the coming months. Tourism has ground to a halt and consumption, trade and foreign investment have all slumped. Israel’s war on Gaza is damaging almost every sector

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