Ladakh leader stage protest over statehood
Sonam Wangchuk, an engineer-innovator from Ladakh, claimed that he is under house arrest. Notably, Wangchuk is currently on a five-day ‘climate fast.
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Indian police detain students over BBC’s Modi documentary
Indian police arrested several students in New Delhi Wednesday at a screening of a BBC documentary about Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Plain
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ChatGPT Passes US Law School Exam
ChatGPT from OpenAI, a US company that this week got a massive injection of cash from Microsoft, uses artificial intelligence
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Bolsonaro supporters protest in Brazil
Thousands of supporters of Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro stormed the country’s Congress, Supreme Court, and presidential offices in the
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Taliban ban women from Afghan universities
The Taliban have banned women from universities in Afghanistan, sparking international condemnation and despair among young people in the country.
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Floods in Malaysia force thousands to evacuate
More than 66,000 flood victims were housed at temporary relief centres across five states in Malaysia on Tuesday (Dec 20),
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Peru’s new govt. declares 30-day state of emergency amid protests
Peru’s new government declared a national emergency Wednesday as it struggled to calm violent protests over President Pedro Castillo’s ouster,
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Amazon rainforest still burning in 2022
This year’s Amazon fire season was milder than the previous two years, but there were still nearly 1,000 major fires,
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Somalia faces the worst drought in 40 years
Somalia is grappling with its worst drought in 40 years, and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in the country
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Rishi Sunak approves UK’s first new coal mine in 30 years
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak handed restive Conservative MPs in England’s north a major win Wednesday, allowing the construction of the
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