KOLKATA, India — Mohammad Salim, a Rohingya Muslim refugee, thought he had left genocidal violence and Facebook vitriol behind when he fled his native country, Myanmar, in 2013. But lately, his new home, India’s West Bengal state, has not felt much safer. And once again, Facebook is a big part of the problem. During India’s […]
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Although Tyson Fury is the heavyweight division’s lineal champion and one of its best fighters in recent years, this British behemoth would be a gifted entertainer in just about any arena. Whether he’s performing with brute grace inside the ring or poignantly retelling the story of his battles with substance abuse and depression outside it,
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WASHINGTON — Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao has sold the stock she owned in one of the nation’s biggest manufacturers of highway construction materials, just days after the holding raised questions over a potential conflict of interest. Ms. Chao sold the shares, worth $250,000 to $500,000, last Monday, according to a letter the Transportation Department released
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At last, the van with the Ebola victim’s coffin arrived. The woman’s relatives were relieved. But a small group of young people hissed in anger. They watched the burial team carefully put on protective suits, itching for a fight. They grabbed the rope meant to lower the coffin into the grave and used it as
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Doctor Yves de Locht practices euthanasia in Belgium. He receives requests from patients who want to die almost every day, but for personal and emotional reasons he says he can only do a maximum of one euthanasia per month. Active euthanasia or mercy killing is only legal in a handful of countries in the world.
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A Trump administration national security official has sought help from advisers to a think tank that disavows climate change to challenge widely accepted scientific findings on global warming, according to his emails. The request from William Happer, a member of the National Security Council, is included in emails from 2018 and 2019 that were obtained
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Klay Thompson sustained a torn ACL in his left knee during Game 6 of the NBA Finals, more heartbreaking injury news for the Golden State Warriors after Kevin Durant ruptured his right Achilles tendon and had surgery. Thompson injured the knee late in the third quarter of Golden State’s 114-110 loss to the Raptors on
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• Twenty Democratic presidential candidates will take the debate stage later this month. Steve Bullock, Seth Moulton and Wayne Messam will be left out. • Those candidates didn’t make the cut, in part, because they failed to reach 1 percent in three qualifying polls. The exclusions illustrate the challenge of using polls at this early
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Asian shares were mixed Friday as investors weighed a variety of factors, including alleged attacks on two tankers in the strategic Strait of Hormuz and lingering worries about trade conflict between the U.S. and China. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 edged up 0.3% to 21,097.21. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.2% to 6,553.40. South Korea’s Kospi lost
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Image copyright Ashleigh White Image caption Ashleigh White, from Barnsley, and her son, Noah. Ashleigh White’s son Noah became seriously ill with neonatal herpes after being infected with HSV-1, the highly contagious “herpes simplex virus” that causes cold sores in adults. It is sometimes known as the “kiss of death” because of the way it
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