Thu 21 May 2026: What began as a demolition drive in Bandra East, Mumbai, turned tense when Western Railway razed a mosque and surrounding buildings, claiming the land was illegally occupied. Carried out on May 19 in the Gareeb Nagar slum following a Bombay High Court directive, the operation cleared roughly 500 unauthorized huts adjacent […]
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Thu 21 May 2026: Israel is now perceived more negatively than any other country in the world, followed by North Korea, Afghanistan and Iran, according to new global polling published by Nira Data as part of its 2026 democracy and country perception research. The five most positively perceived countries were Switzerland, Canada, Japan, Sweden and […]
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Thu 21 May 2026: In a typical conversation today, it is not difficult to sense when someone has stopped listening. Their attention shifts, their response arrives too quickly, or their eyes drift toward a screen waiting nearby. The exchange continues, but something essential has already been lost. We speak more than ever across platforms, devices, […]
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Thu 21 May 2026: Helle Lyng, an Oslo-based journalist who gained attention for grilling Indian PM Narendra Modi during his May 18 visit to Norway, says Facebook and Instagram have suspended her accounts. In a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday, Lyng revealed she had been struggling to log into her Instagram account throughout […]
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Thu 21 May 2026: The United States has removed Francesca Albanese, a UN special rapporteur on the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories, from its list of sanctioned individuals, according to the US Treasury Department website. The removal on Wednesday comes a week after a federal judge temporarily blocked the sanctions, finding that the administration likely violated her […]
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Wed 20 May 2026: The Consumer Price Index (CPI), known as inflation, has risen by some 1.1% in April to reach some 4% mainly driven by rising fuel prices. According to Statistics South Africa (Stats SA), this is the highest inflation has been since August 2024 when it stood at 4.4%. “Consumers were dealt a […]
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Wed 20 May 2026: The Palestinian Ministry of Awqaf and Religious Affairs on Wednesday condemned the illumination of the walls of the Ibrahimi Mosque with the Israeli flag colors and Hebrew phrases. In a statement, the ministry called it “a blatant assault” on the sanctity of the mosque located in the West Bank city of […]
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Wed 20 May 2026: A NITI Aayog report on the School Education System in India reveals that 98,592 government schools still lack functional girls’ toilets, while 61,540 schools have no usable toilets at all. The report states that the percentage of schools with functional toilets increased from 85.17% in 2014 to 94% in 2024–25. The report raises serious […]
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Wed 20 May 2026: Australians are feeling the pressure of rising grocery prices. At the same time, we throw away huge amounts of perfectly edible food every year. Some food spoils before we can use it. But we waste plenty of food by throwing away parts of ingredients we simply don’t think to use. Many of these […]
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Wed 20 May 2026: A court in Pakistan has sentenced Umar Hayat, 23, to death for murdering a 17-year-old TikTok and Instagram influencer whose killing last year had reignited a debate about women’s safety. Tuesday’s verdict “is a lesson for all such criminals in society”, said Hassan Yousaf, the father of Sana Yousaf, who was shot […]
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