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Why is India forcing 80 million people to justify their right to vote?
Al Jazeera
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July 10, 2025
Mumbai, India – A move by India’s top election body, the Election Commission of India (ECI), to re-scrutinise nearly 80 million voters’ documents in a bid to weed out “foreign illegal immigrants” has prompted widespread fears of mass...
Junta Fighter Jet Crashes in Phar Saung Township
MoeMaKa
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July 5, 2025
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – July 3 Perspective (MoeMaKa, July 4, 2025) Junta Fighter Jet Crashes in Phar Saung Township Amid intense fighting in recent weeks in Phar Saung Township of Karenni (Kayah) State, a junta fighter jet reportedly lost...
Hate Speech and the European Court of Human Rights: Hate Speech, Its Effects and the Question of Regulation
Reason Magazine
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July 15, 2025
In this post I look at my book's key findings on the effects of hate speech and the controversies surrounding its regulation. This analysis lays out the groundwork for understanding both the harms attributed to hate speech and the dangers of...
Mizoram: Bairabi-Sairang New Rail Line To Boost Economy, Connectivity
MENAFN
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July 15, 2025
(MENAFN- IANS) Guwahati, July 15 (IANS)The Bairabi-Sairang railway line, which would connect Mizoram's capital city Aizawl with the huge Indian railway network, will boost the economy, trade, connectivity and tourism in the northeastern region,...
₹7,000 Crore Lost in 5 Months: Trafficked Indians Forced into Cyber Scams by Foreign Crime Gangs
The Logical Indian
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July 15, 2025
Indians lost an estimated ₹7,000 crore to online scams in the first five months of 2025, according to the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). These scams ranging from investment cons and fake job...
US court briefly pauses Trump’s move to end protective status for Afghans
St. Kitts Gazette
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July 15, 2025
An appeals court has briefly extended temporary protected status (TPS) for nearly 12,000 Afghans in the United States, hours before it was to expire. Monday’s order came 60 days after the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) under President...
MWC celebrates ‘marvelous things’
Anabaptist World
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June 30, 2025
An ensemble from the United States, Germany, Colombia and Indonesia led the congregation in singing praise to God for doing “marvelous things” to open a celebration of 100 years of Mennonite World Conference on May 25 in Schwäbisch-Gmünd, Germany....
Encourage reading to help reduce digital addiction in children
Global New Light Of Myanmar
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July 15, 2025
Reading can systematically improve knowledge and skills, as well as develop critical thinking. Although reading is a simple activity, in this rapidly advancing technological age, traditional book reading and online reading are becoming...
I Say What I See: The Forgotten Glory of the W (Double U) Football Match
Global New Light Of Myanmar
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July 15, 2025
By @Editor In the Yangon of the 1960s and 70s, where one-storey homes lined quiet streets and private cars were a rare luxury, a unique sporting tradition thrived in the heart of our communities. It wasn’t played in stadiums or watched on...
Mizoram grapples with cross-border crisis amid new influx of refugees
The Federal
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July 8, 2025
Civil society groups in Mizoram on Monday (July 7) scurried to broker peace between warring Chin rebel factions from Myanmar, amid a fresh influx of refugees into the state from the neighbouring country. This development underscores the growing...
EOIs invited for Film City project
Global New Light Of Myanmar
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June 28, 2025
According to the Master Plan of the Film City Project, the land will be developed in sections and interested businessmen have been invited to cooperate with the Myanmar Motion Picture Organization in a notice dated 27 June. 200 acres of land in...
ICE Said They Were Being Flown to Louisiana. Their Flight Landed in Africa.
The Intercept
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July 8, 2025
When eight men in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement boarded a plane in May, officials told them that they were being sent on a short trip from Texas to another ICE facility in Louisiana. Many hours later, the plane landed in...
India puts 15 Christians out at sea; their fate unknown
Alabama Baptist
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July 9, 2025
Fifteen Christian refugees from Myanmar were put out to sea eight weeks ago by India’s navy and their fate remains unknown. Morning Star News says the ethnic Rohingya Christians were among 38 people that Delhi police and Indian officials deported...
Advocates renew concerns with Haitian children potentially becoming ‘stateless’
Dayton Daily News - Ohio
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The group says that led to children being held in “cage-like detention facilities or shipped off to untold destinations.” In Springfield, there are more than 1,200 American-born children of Haitian immigrants younger than 4, according to the Clark...
A breakdown of Trump’s TPS terminations and what they mean for New York
City & State New York
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July 9, 2025
Since he took office in January, President Donald Trump and the Department of Homeland Security have revoked the Temporary Protected Status of immigrants from seven countries. The TPS program, which grants migrants from designated countries legal...
After 'merciless' torture, Ahmad now lives in a hideout — waiting on a call from Australia
SBS
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Nearly four years after being captured and tortured by the Taliban, Ahmad can still vividly recall the cell he was held in. "The space was extremely damp, dark, and cold," he recalls. "The smell of moisture filled the air, and the dim lighting...
Syracuse celebrates World Refugee Day: ‘Lean into love’ (27 photos)
Syracuse.com - New York
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June 28, 2025
Syracuse, N.Y. – An afternoon highlighting the many cultures and homelands of the city’s resettled refugees filled the parking lot and fields of Grant Middle School on Syracuse’s North Side on Saturday. The World Refugee Day celebration included...
World Press Photo returns to the Algarve
The Portugal News
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The opening is scheduled for July 20th at 6:00 pm at the former fish market and will feature a guest appearance by one of the winning photojournalists. Considered the most prestigious international photojournalism exhibition, this exhibition is...
The Puzzling Prisoner Escape Incident in Hlaing Tharyar
MoeMaKa
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July 4, 2025
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – July 2 Highlights (MoeMaKa) July 3, 2025 The Puzzling Prisoner Escape Incident in Hlaing Tharyar On the afternoon of June 1, a detainee named Ma Zun Pwint Hlaing, who was being held at the Hlaing Tharyar Township Police...
News of the day: 14 July, 2025
The Print
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July 14, 2025
UPI surpasses Visa with 650 million daily transactions Unified Payments Interface (UPI), which was developed by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), has officially surpassed Visa to become the world’s leading real-time payment...