Doctored headline falsely claims Malaysian MP backed halal certification for pork

Doctored headline falsely claims Malaysian MP backed halal certification for pork

Social media posts in Muslim-majority Malaysia have targeted an ethnically Chinese lawmaker with a fabricated headline claiming she backed halal certification for pork, which is forbidden in Islam. Teresa Kok denied making such a statement and has lodged a police report over the false claim, while Malay-language daily Berita Harian also denied ever publishing such…

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The landscape beneath Antarctica’s icy surface revealed in unprecedented detail

The landscape beneath Antarctica’s icy surface revealed in unprecedented detail

A new map has unmasked the landscape beneath Antarctica’s ice in unprecedented detail, something scientists say could greatly enhance our understanding of the frozen white continent. Researchers used satellite data and the physics of how Antarctica’s glaciers move to work out what the continent might look like beneath the ice. They found evidence of thousands…

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A President with His Finger on the Nation’s Pulse

A President with His Finger on the Nation’s Pulse

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Zach Bryan’s Stubborn, Shaggy New Album

Zach Bryan’s Stubborn, Shaggy New Album

In 2019, it seemed possible that the next big country star would be a Navy aviation ordnanceman from Oklahoma named Zach Bryan, who recorded scruffy videos of himself hollering fervent lyrics about nights that lasted forever and relationships that didn’t. “I put as much thought as I could into, like, writing the songs,” he told…

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Qatar welcomes second phase of Gaza peace plan

Qatar welcomes second phase of Gaza peace plan

Qatar, which is helping to mediate a peace deal between Israel and Hamas, has welcomed the US announcement on Wednesday of the start of the next phase of the Gaza peace plan. The Gulf state hopes that the start of the second phase will contribute to improving the humanitarian situation, said Foreign Ministry spokesman Majid…

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Widespread delays hit Uganda election amid internet shutdown

Widespread delays hit Uganda election amid internet shutdown

Polls have opened in Uganda’s presidential and parliamentary elections, though voting has been disrupted by logistical delays in parts of the country amid an internet shutdown. In the morning, the BBC observed growing frustration among voters queuing at some polling stations in the capital, Kampala, where voting had yet to start. Election officials are yet…

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In Two Films About Palestinian Struggle, Time Is of the Essence

In Two Films About Palestinian Struggle, Time Is of the Essence

Dabis’s diagrammatically structured screenplay is built on clear historical parallels and tidy intergenerational contrasts. A young boy adores his father, yet grows up to be despised by his own son. Political rage seems to ebb and flow with each generation. All three major male characters experience Israeli settler violence, the consequences of which are brutal,…

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