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Pakistani breast milk bank closes after Islamic clerics withdraw approval

Doctors deplore decision and point to country’s high neonatal mortality rate as bank, which opened in June, forced to close without taking a single depositWhen he heard a hospital in Karachi was setting up a milk bank for babies, the news was a “huge r…

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Revealed: Meta approved political ads in India that incited violence

Exclusive: Ads containing AI-manipulated images were submitted to Facebook by civil and corporate accountability groupsThe Facebook and Instagram owner Meta approved a series of AI-manipulated political adverts during India’s election that spread disin…

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‘I was told I’d be killed if I didn’t leave’: Himalayan state is a testing ground for Modi’s nationalism

A region known as ‘God’s land’ offers a glimpse of the future if Indian prime minister’s BJP party retains its powerFor centuries it has been known as the “land of the gods”. Stretching high up into the Himalayas, the Indian state of Uttarakhand is hom…

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Taliban edict to resume stoning women to death met with horror

Afghan regime’s return to public stoning and flogging is because there is ‘no one to hold them accountable’ for abuses, say activistsThe Taliban’s announcement that it is resuming publicly stoning women to death has been enabled by the international co…

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Christchurch gunman discussed attacks online a year before carrying them out | Chris Wilson, Ethan Renner, Jack Smylie and Michal Dziwulski for the Conversation

New research into Brenton Tarrant’s posts on 4chan raises questions about why authorities did not detect them before the 2019 mosque shootingsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or d…

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