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Zomato is a popular food delivery service in India

India food delivery app takes down casteist commercial after backlash

NEW DELHI — An Indian online food delivery platform has withdrawn its advertisement on recycling waste after backlash over how it portrayed a Dalit character.Dalits (formerly untouchables) are a historically disadvantage group in the country.Zomato's advert for World Environment Day showed the character as items made of recycled waste.The company took down the video, saying it had "unintentionally" hurt certain communities.The ad featured actor Aditya Lakhia, who famously played a character called Kachra in the 2001 Bollywood film Lagaan (Land Tax).Starring Aamir Khan, the film tells the story of peasants who challenge their British rulers to a game of cricket in order to escape a punitive tax. The film won an Oscar nomination, and was included in a list of the 25 best...

June 09, 2023

India food delivery app takes down casteist commercial after backlash

Experts believe the focus of Ukraine's long awaited counter-offensive will be in Zaporizhzhia

Ukraine forces step up counteroffensive, as Russia claims repelling attacks

KYIV — After weeks of preparation, the Ukrainian army may finally have launched the bulk of its offensive in an attempt to break through the Russian defenses in the hope of a success that is vital for the continuation of the war.Russian officials and independent bloggers say Ukrainian troops -- backed by tanks, artillery and drones -- are trying to advance south of the town of Orikhiv for the second night running.Russia said on Friday that it had repelled several Ukrainian attacks in southern Ukraine, particularly in the Zaporizhzhia region."Over the last 24 hours, Ukrainian forces have continued their attempts to carry out offensives in the Yuzhno-Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions", the Russian Ministry of Defense said in a statement, assuring that these had been repelled...

June 09, 2023

Ukraine forces step up counteroffensive, as Russia claims repelling attacks

Greta Thunberg holds a sign reading, 'School strike for the climate' as she attends a climate march, in Turin, Italy, Friday 13 December 2019.

Swedish climate activist stages final school strike for the climate

STOCKHOLM — Greta Thunberg is staging her final School Strike for Climate Friday.The Swedish activist sparked the global youth movement in 2018 when she encouraged students to skip classes on Fridays to demand action against climate change.Since then, millions of students in more than 180 countries have participated in the Fridays for Future strikes, calling for the fossil fuel industry to transition to renewable energy, among other demands.“When I started striking in 2018 I could never have expected that it would lead to anything,” Greta tweeted this morning.“Some more people joined, and quite suddenly this was a global movement growing every day.”“Today, I graduate from school, which means I’ll no longer be able to school strike for the climate,” tweets Greta. “This is...

June 09, 2023

Swedish climate activist stages final school strike for the climate

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, left, and US President Joe Biden, right, shake hands during their bilateral meeting in the White House, Washington, Thursday.

UK and US hail 'Atlantic declaration' to counter Russia and China

WASHINGTON — The UK and the US have announced a new strategic pact "for a new age" to counter Russia, China and economic instability, in Rishi Sunak's first trip to the White House as prime minister.The so-called 'Atlantic Declaration' ushers in a new, closer partnership in defense, nuclear energy and the supply of essential metals for the energy transition."Countries like China and Russia are willing to manipulate and exploit our openness, steal our intellectual property, use technology for authoritarian ends, or withdraw crucial resources like energy," said Sunak. "They will not succeed. Today, we have agreed the 'Atlantic Declaration,' a new economic partnership for a new age, of a kind that has never been agreed before."Under the...

June 09, 2023

UK and US hail 'Atlantic declaration' to counter Russia and China

People shout slogans during a demonstration against violence on women, in Rome, Saturday, Nov. 27, 2021.

A brutal murder prompts Italy to boost laws against gender-based violence

ROME — After the latest murder of a woman by her partner, Italy is revisiting its laws protecting women from gender-based violence. But experts say new legislative measures are not what the country needs.Only days after a pregnant woman was brutally killed by her boyfriend in a murder that shocked and outraged the nation, Italy has introduced stricter measures to try to stop the steady rise in the number of femicides in the country.Giulia Tramontano, 29, was seven months pregnant when she was stabbed to death by her partner and baby’s father, 30-year-old Alessandro Impagnatiello, who was reportedly in a secret relationship with another woman.The gruesome details of the murder and Impagnatiello’s attempts to conceal her body, together with his efforts to deflect attention from the...

June 09, 2023

A brutal murder prompts Italy to boost laws against gender-based violence

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán (left) and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (right) had widely different assessments on the new migration deal.

EU chiefs hail new migration deal while Viktor Orbán calls it 'unacceptable'

LUXEMBOURG — Official reactions are pouring in after home affairs ministers struck a major deal to revamp the European Union's migration and asylum policy.Ursula von der Leyen, who, upon becoming president of the European Commission, made the overhaul one of her top priorities, called the agreement a "huge milestone.""Migration is a European challenge," von der Leyen said in a tweet. "Working together, we can achieve a common solution."Charles Michel, president of the European Council, an institution that has witnessed countless debates on migration over the past years, most of which were as polarising as they were fruitless, said the deal represented "truly a big step."Von der Leyen and Michel sent their personal congratulations to Ylva...

June 09, 2023

EU chiefs hail new migration deal while Viktor Orbán calls it 'unacceptable'

Boats docked at the Hurghada Marina in Egypt's southern Red Sea resort city of Hurghada on June 8, 2023

Shark attack in Egypt kills a Russian citizen

CAIRO — Egyptian authorities have banned swimming near a beach at an Egyptian Red Sea resort following a deadly shark attack that killed a Russian citizen on Thursday, according to Egyptian and Russian officials.The incident took place in the popular tourist city of Hurghada on Egypt’s eastern coast.Russian Consul-General Viktor Voropayev told Russia state-run TASS news that a Russian national who was born in 1999 “died as a result of a shark attack.”“This has been confirmed by Egypt’s competent authorities,” Voropayev said, as cited by TASS.Minister of Environment, Yasmine Fouad, ordered a committee to investigate the incident, according to a statement released by Egypt’s Environment Ministry.She also directed local authorities to implement the “highest levels of safety...

June 09, 2023

Shark attack in Egypt kills a Russian citizen

A file image of Philippine military and defense chiefs during the ASEAN Fleet Review at Subic Bay in the Philippines on May 11

ASEAN to hold first joint military exercise in the South China Sea

JAKARTA — Southeast Asian countries will hold their first-ever joint military exercise in the South China Sea, Indonesian officials said on Thursday.The decision was taken at a meeting of military commanders of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Indonesia, which will host the exercise in the North Natuna Sea, the southernmost waters of the South China Sea.“We will hold joint military drills in the North Natuna Sea,” Indonesian military chief Yudo Margono said after a meeting of Southeast Asian defense chiefs in Bali.This will be the bloc’s first joint military exercise of its own although member states have held naval drills with the US in the past.Margono told state-run news agency Antara the exercise would be in September and would not include any...

June 09, 2023

ASEAN to hold first joint military exercise in the South China Sea

Some residents in China were using AirDrop to spread leaflets and images echoing slogans used in a rare protest against Xi last October.

China to clamp down on AirDrop and Bluetooth file sharing for national security reasons

HONG KONG — China’s cyberspace regulator plans to issue new rules clamping down on the use of wireless file sharing functions such as Bluetooth and Apple’s AirDrop on national security grounds.The move comes after protesters in China used AirDrop during anti-government protests in October 2022 to share content, bypassing strict internet censorship. Weeks later, Apple moved to limit the use of the AirDrop function on devices in China.The draft proposal was issued earlier this week by the Cyberspace Administration of China, the powerful internet watchdog that reports to a body headed by leader Xi Jinping.The aim of the regulation is to “maintain national security and social public interests” by regulating the use of close-range wireless communication tools such as Bluetooth, Wi-Fi...

June 09, 2023

China to clamp down on AirDrop and Bluetooth file sharing for national security reasons

The charges include conspiracy, false statements and illegally retaining classified documents, says Mr Trump's attorney

Donald Trump indicted over classified documents case

WASHINGTON — Former US President Donald Trump has been charged over his handling of classified documents after he left the White House.Trump, 76, faces seven charges including unauthorized retention of classified files, US media reported. The charges are not yet public.It is the second indictment of Trump and the first ever federal indictment of a former president.He is campaigning to make a return to the White House in 2024.Legal experts say the indictment will not limit Trump's ability to run for the presidency again.In a post on Truth Social on Thursday, Trump said he was innocent and had been summoned to appear at a federal court in Miami, Florida, on Tuesday afternoon, where he will be arrested and hear the charges against him."I never thought it possible that such a thing...

June 09, 2023

Donald Trump indicted over classified documents case

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