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X sued the Indian government last month, accusing it of misusing the law to censor content on its platform
Musk's X is suing India, as Tesla and Starlink plan entry
NEW DELHI — An Indian court is due to hear a lawsuit filed by Elon Musk's social media company X, accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government of misusing the law to censor content on its platform.Last month, X sued the government saying a new website — Sahyog — launched by the federal home ministry last year, was being used to expand its censorship powers and take down content.X argued the portal gave government officials wide-ranging powers to issue blocking orders that were "in violation" of India's digital laws. It said it could not be compelled to join Sahyog, which it called a "censorship portal".The Indian government has said that the portal is necessary to tackle harmful online content.Other American technology giants such as Amazon,...
April 03, 2025

Musk's X is suing India, as Tesla and Starlink plan entry

Aid is being sent from across the globe to help disaster-stricken communities
UK charities launch Myanmar Earthquake Appeal
LONDON — The UK's Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) is launching an appeal to help the thousands of people injured and displaced as a result of last week's powerful earthquake which struck Myanmar and the wider region.Made up of 15 UK aid agencies, including the British Red Cross, Oxfam and Save the Children, the DEC is asking the British public for donations before the monsoon season arrives in two months.More than 2,800 people have died and more than 4,500 have been injured, according to the leaders of Myanmar's military government, with figures expected to rise.The charities say shelter, medicine, food, water and cash support is "urgently needed".Baroness Chapman, minister for development, said public donations to the DEC appeal would be matched pound-for-pound...
April 03, 2025

UK charities launch Myanmar Earthquake Appeal

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watches a cadet practicing on the parallel bars during his visit to the Kang Kon Military Academy, in Pyongyang, North Korea, February 25, 2025
North Korea has sent 3,000 more soldiers to bolster Russia’s war on Ukraine
SEOUL — North Korea appears to have sent at least 3,000 more soldiers to Russia early this year, South Korea’s military said Thursday, demonstrating Pyongyang’s continued support for Moscow’s war on Ukraine as world leaders push for an end to the three-year conflict.The reinforcements, sent in January and February, add to the roughly 11,000 troops North Korea has sent to Russia so far, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said. About 4,000 of them have been killed or injured in combat, according to Seoul.Pyongyang has also sent a “significant amount” of short-range ballistic missiles and about 220 pieces of 170-millimeter self-propelled howitzers and 240-millimeter multiple rocket launchers, South Korea said. It said the North’s contributions are “expected to increase...
March 27, 2025

North Korea has sent 3,000 more soldiers to bolster Russia’s war on Ukraine

The commission's chairperson Park Sun-young (left) comforted adoptee Yooree Kim (right) during an emotionally charged press conference
South Korea admits to 'mass exporting' children for adoption
SEOUL — South Korean governments committed numerous human rights violations over decades in a controversial program that sent at least 170,000 children and babies abroad for adoption, a landmark inquiry has found.It said the government's lack of oversight enabled the "mass exportation of children" by private agencies that were driven by profit, and found examples of fraud, falsified records and coercion.Since the 1950s, South Korea has sent more children abroad for adoption than any other country, with most sent to Western countries.South Korea has since moved to tighten its adoption processes, but some adoptees and their biological parents say they are still haunted by what they went through. The BBC spoke to one woman who claimed her adoptive parents "took better...
March 26, 2025

South Korea admits to 'mass exporting' children for adoption

A view of wildfire spreading across the city as the fire continues to spread to the other cities due to strong winds on March 25
At least 24 dead in South Korea's 'worst ever fires'
SEOUL — At least 24 people have been killed as multiple wildfires continue to ravage South Korea's south-east region.Most of the victims are in their 60s and 70s, say authorities, adding that some 26 people are injured — with 12 in critical condition — as the deadly wildfires have forced more than 23,000 people to flee their homes.The "unprecedented" crisis remains critical and is "rewriting the record books for the worst wildfires in our nation's history", said acting president Han Duck-soo.The fires gutted the 1,300-year-old Gounsa temple in Uiseong city, where many cultural relics were removed and transported to safer ground.The fires started in Sancheong county on Friday afternoon and later spread to Uiseong county, authorities said.Fuelled by strong...
March 26, 2025

At least 24 dead in South Korea's 'worst ever fires'

The remains of the Gounsa temple in Uiseong, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea, following wildfires. The historic Buddhist temple is a registered national treasure built more than 1,300 years ago
1,300-year-old temple destroyed as wildfires ravage South Korea, killing 18
SEOUL — A centuries-old Buddhist temple has been destroyed as South Korea struggles to contain ‘unprecedented’ wildfires ravaging the country’s southeast that have killed at least 18 people.The 1,300-year-old Gounsa temple in Uiseong County, located more than 125 miles (200 kilometers) southeast of the capital Seoul, was completely burned to the ground with its ceremonial bell the only piece appearing somewhat intact, according to photos from the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism.Some of the artifacts that were in the historic site, including the seated stone Buddha designated a treasure by the state, were spared from the fire as they were relocated to other temples ahead of the approaching blazes, it added.At least 18 people have been killed and 19 others injured as wildfires fueled...
March 26, 2025

1,300-year-old temple destroyed as wildfires ravage South Korea, killing 18

Actor Sushant Sing Rajput was found dead in his Mumbai home in June 2020
Bollywood actress vindicated over boyfriend's death after media hounding
NEW DELHI — Bollywood actress Rhea Chakraborty was called "a gold digger" and "a murderer". She was slut-shamed and spent 27 days in prison after a hate-filled vicious media campaign in 2020 alleged she had been involved in the death of her actor boyfriend Sushant Singh Rajput.Now, India's federal investigators have told a court that Rajput, a rising star in India's popular Hindi film industry, died by suicide and that neither Chakraborty nor her family had a role in his death.In a statement shared with the BBC, senior lawyer Satish Maneshinde, who fought Chakraborty's case, said the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had "thoroughly investigated every aspect of the case from all angles and closed it".The findings have been presented in a...
March 26, 2025

Bollywood actress vindicated over boyfriend's death after media hounding

Papua New Guinea's sudden Facebook ban, which started on Monday, has drawn criticism
Papua New Guinea blocks Facebook to 'limit' fake news and porn
PORT MOSERBY — Papua New Guinea has blocked access to Facebook in what authorities call a "test" to limit hate speech, misinformation and pornography.The sudden ban, which started on Monday, has drawn criticism from opposition MPs and political critics, who called it a violation of human rights.Defending the move, Police Minister Peter Tsiamalili Jr said the government is not trying to suppress free speech, but that it has the "responsibility to protect citizens from harmful content".Facebook is the most popular social media platform in Papua New Guinea, with an estimated 1.3 million users — including many small businesses that rely on it for sales.Social media has also been key in facilitating public discourse amid declining press freedom in the country.Neville...
March 26, 2025

Papua New Guinea blocks Facebook to 'limit' fake news and porn

Indian comedian Kunal Kamra is defending his right to make jokes about political figures
Indian comedian faces probe for joke that angered politicians
MUMBAI — A prominent Indian comedian is standing by his right to make jokes after an angry mob attacked a comedy club where he had made an onstage jibe at a right-wing politician.Kunal Kamra, known for his quips about popular culture and politics, is under investigation for alleged defamation by police in the western state of Maharashtra after he told a joke about the state’s Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. The case is the latest to underscore the country’s declining freedoms and the sensitivities of India’s right-wing politicians, some of whom have called for the artist’s arrest.A video of the skit, posted to Kamra’s YouTube channel Sunday, shows the comedian apparently taking a jibe at Shinde. In the video, Kamra does not explicitly name the politician but, in a song,...
March 25, 2025

Indian comedian faces probe for joke that angered politicians

The Unification Church, which started in South Korea, has established a presence in Japan since the 1960s
Japan court dissolves controversial 'Moonies' church
TOKYO — A court in Japan has ordered the disbandment of the controversial Unification Church, which came under scrutiny after the shock killing of former prime minister Shinzo Abe in 2022.The alleged assassin had confessed that he held a grievance against Abe because of the ex-leader's ties with the church, that he blamed for bankrupting his family.Japan's education and culture ministry sought the church's dissolution and accused it of manipulating followers into making huge donations and other financial sacrifices.But the church, more popularly known as the "Moonies", argued that the donations were part of legitimate religious activities. It can appeal to overturn Tuesday's ruling.The order handed down by a Tokyo district court will strip the church of its...
March 25, 2025

Japan court dissolves controversial 'Moonies' church

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