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Myanmar’s military chief Min Aung Hlaing. File | Photo Credit: AP Myanmar’s military government will release 5,864 prisoners, including 180 foreigners, under an amnesty marking the Southeast Asian nation’s independence day, state media said on Saturday (January 4, 2025.) Myanmar has been in turmoil since early 2021, when the military overthrew an elected civilian government and…
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The rockets from Gaza have mostly fallen silent. A ceasefire with Hezbollah militants in Lebanon has taken hold. But repeated fire from Yemen’s Houthi rebels, a faraway foe, is proving a stubborn threat for Israel. The Iran-backed Houthis are stepping up their missile attacks, sending hundreds of thousands of Israelis scrambling for shelter in the…
New Delhi: During the day, he works as a recruiter at a private company in Uttar Pradesh’s Noida. At night he turns into a US-based model on a soul-searching trip to India. His day job offered him security, and his nocturnal activities brought in the money through manipulation and blackmail. Tushar Singh Bisht, 23, was…
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Meta is taking down profiles of several AI characters from Facebook and Instagram, created over a year ago after some of them were rediscovered by users and led to a viral controversy. These AI-generated profiles were first introduced by Meta in September 2023, but most of them were removed last year. Recently, Meta executive Connor…
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People take part in a protest against the impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol near his official residence, in Seoul, South Korea, January 4, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters South Korean investigators again asked the country’s acting president on Saturday (January 4, 2025) to order the presidential security service to comply with an arrest…
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New Delhi: A 14-year-old student was allegedly stabbed to death outside a school in Delhi after a fight with his classmate on Friday. The incident took place outside the Rajkiya Sarvodaya Bal Vidyalaya No 2 in Shakarpur area. According to the police, the victim, Ishu Gupta, was engaged in a heated argument with another student,…
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A man has been banned by United Airlines after he allegedly urinated on another passenger midway into a flight. The unidentified man was travelling aboard UA Flight 189 from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Manila, Philippines last month when he got up from his seat, four hours into the flight and started peeing on…
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A former member of the US Army’s elite Green Berets has been identified as the man behind the Tesla Cybertruck bombing in Las Vegas. Matthew Livelsberger described the attack as a personal act of “cleansing his mind” and condemned the “feckless leadership” of a nation he believed was on the verge of collapse. Livelsberger left…
MYSURU Well known political scientist and academician Prof Muzaffar Assadi passed away at a private hospital in Bengaluru on January 3. Prof Assadi, 63, who served as the Acting Vice Chancellor and Dean of Faculty of Arts at University of Mysore, leaves behind his wife, a son and a daughter. Prof Assadi’s body will be…
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Chinese authorities have abruptly cancelled several performances of Jin Xing, a well-known transgender dancer and TV host. The move has sparked fears of Beijing’s tightening grip on the ideological and cultural expression of the LGBTQ+ community. Jin, known for her modern dance and candid television persona, is a rare figure of success and visibility in…
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