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Pandemic racism, mass shootings spur Asian-Americans to take up guns

Published by AFP Azusa (United States) (AFP) – Ricky Lam has always stayed away from guns. But since two mass killings in the space of a couple of days rocked California’s Asian community, this 35-year-old Chinese-American is thinking again. “I’m still on the fence. I don’t know if I want to purchase a gun. But […]

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Sharjeel Imam, Asif Tanha Roped In as Scapegoats: Delhi Court

Published by BOOM Live By Ritika Jain Delhi Court today discharged the case against Sharjeel Imam and Asif Iqbal Tanha where they were accused of perpetrating violence at Jamia Milia Islamia University in December 2019 during the anti-CAA protests. It appeared that the police were unable to apprehend those who actually participated in violent protests

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Clipped Video Falsely Claims Cleric Taha Siddiqui Called For War Against Hindus

Published by BOOM Live By Hazel Gandhi A clipped video of West Bengal’s Furfura Sharif cleric Taha Siddiqui is being shared with a false claim that he asked Muslims to wage war against Hindus. BOOM found that the video is clipped, and the full video shows him encouraging Muslims to compete with Hindus in terms

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From vaccines to AI: New weapons in the fight against cancer

Published by Relaxnews By praetorianphoto / Getty Images Could humanity finally be gaining the upper hand in our age-old fight against cancer? Could humanity finally be gaining the upper hand in our age-old fight against cancer? Recent scientific and medical advances have added several new weapons to our arsenal, including personalised gene therapy, artificial intelligence

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Half a million strike in UK as cost-of-living crisis bites

Published by Wayarc Daily Half a million people stopped work over pay in Britain on Wednesday leaving transport networks paralysed and thousands of classrooms empty in the largest walkout in over a decade. As Europe battles a cost-of-living crisis, Britain’s umbrella labor organization the Trades Union Congress (TUC) called it the “biggest day of strike

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Kerala Journalist Siddique Kappan Walks Out Of Jail After 2 Years

Published by BOOM Live By Ritika Jain More than two years after he was incarcerated Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan walked out of Lucknow jail on Thursday. Kappan’s release order comes more than three months after the Supreme Court and the Allahabad High Court granted him bail. A sessions court judge signed the release order earlier

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UK to ‘use all tools’ available to crack down on thousands of firms that missed property register deadline

Published by City AM By Louis Goss The UK government has vowed to “use all the tools” at its disposal to crack down on the thousands of overseas companies that have failed to report their beneficial owners with Companies House’s new property register. The government pledged to fine and prosecute the “oligarchs and non-compliant organisations”

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London restaurants: Outlook ‘bleak’ as insolvencies mount across the industry

Published by City AM By Laura McGuire London restaurateurs have described the outlook for the sector as ‘bleak’ after research has revealed that the number of hospitality businesses going bust has jumped by 65 per cent in the last year. The figures, which were released by accountancy firm Price Bailey, show that 1,880 British restaurant

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UK receives lowest ever score on corruption index as Britain’s reputation suffers after a string of political scandals

Published by City AM By Louis Goss Britain has received its lowest ever score and ranking on Transparency International’s annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI). The drop “is a powerful indictment” in the decline in public standards, campaigners say, which have been dragged down by a series of recent government scandals around the procurement of PPE

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Myanmar Junta Prepares for Poll, Raising Fears of More Bloodshed

Published by Go Kompas.com BANGKOK, KOMPAS.com – Two years after a coup snuffed out Myanmar’s short-lived democratic experiment, the country’s military is planning elections that analysts warn could spark further bloodshed as opposition to junta rule rages on. Observers also say the planned poll cannot be free and fair under the present circumstances, with one

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