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28+ min ago (42+ words) Police in Australia say they are responding to a developing incident at Sydney's Bondi Beach after reports of gunshots. Police in Australia say they are responding to a developing incident at Sydney's Bondi Beach after media outlets report a shooting....

52+ min ago (201+ words) Hamas's Gaza chief Khalil al-Hayya in a video statement on Sunday said Raed Saad was among five people killed in an Israeli attack in Gaza. Hamas has confirmed the killing of its senior commander Raed Saad in an Israeli attack in Gaza in the highest-profile assassination of a senior figure in the Palestinian group since the October ceasefire deal. The Israeli military had said on Saturday it had killed Saad in an attack near Gaza City. At least 25 people were wounded in the latest Israeli attack in Gaza. Hamas' Gaza chief Khalil al-Hayya in a video statement on Sunday accused Israel of violating the October ceasefire agreement. "In the wake of Israel's continued violations, including the latest assassination of a Hamas commander just yesterday, we call on the mediators and especially the US administration and US President Donald Trump as…...

1+ hour, 11+ min ago (516+ words) A massive police operation is under way following the latest deadly attack at a US educational institution. By Tim Hume and News Agencies A manhunt is under way for the perpetrator behind a shooting attack at Rhode Island's Brown University in the United States that killed two people and wounded nine, eight of them critically. A shelter-in-place order was in effect early Sunday on the campus of the prestigious Ivy League university and surrounding neighbourhoods in Providence, as law enforcement searched for the assailant. On Saturday afternoon, a suspect with a firearm entered Brown's Barus and Holley building, home to the school of engineering and the physics department, where students were taking exams. Two people were killed and eight critically injured when the attacker opened fire, with a ninth sustaining injuries from bullet fragments, officials said. The victims are yet…...

1+ hour, 17+ min ago (404+ words) When Irfan bhai rang up to tell me that I had been nominated for the Asghar Ali Engineer Memorial Lifetime Achievement Award, I was deeply honored but I hesitated because I know so many activists in India who deserve this award much more than I do. What finally made me accept was the regard I have for the person whose memory this award celebrates. I won't ramble on to people who know better than I do about who Dr. Engineer was and what he was able to do despite all the life-threatening attacks he faced in his lifetime. His work lives on long after him and is visible here today. I do not mean to imply that violence and hatred from minority religious groups did not, and does not exist. Indeed it usually takes two hands to clap and the…...

1+ hour, 42+ min ago (30+ words) A global roundup of some of last week's events. A global roundup of some of last week's events. A global roundup of some of last week's events....

1+ hour, 44+ min ago (220+ words) Mind-bending" outpost for spotting animals " and the northern lights Built in 1984 by a family of keen anglers from Chicago, Gangler"s is "one of the world"s finest fishing lodges. But this outpost in the forests of Northern Manitoba offers far more than the chance to catch pike and trout, said Mike MacEacheran in The Telegraph. Canada As You Like It has a five-night stay from "5,420pp, including flights. Talking Point All 43 police forces in England and Wales are set to be granted access, with those against calling for increasing safeguards on the technology The Week Recommends Jafar Panahi"s furious Palme d"Or-winning revenge thriller was made in secret The Week Recommends Raz Shaw"s take on the classic musical is gloriously cheering" The Week Recommends Elizabeth Goldring"s definitive account" brings the German artist vividly to life" The Week…...

1+ hour, 44+ min ago (374+ words) All 43 police forces in England and Wales are set to be granted access, with those against calling for increasing safeguards on the technology "To government ministers and police chiefs, it is the biggest investigative breakthrough since DNA screening," said Mario Ledwith in The Times. "To privacy campaigners, it is "turning the country into an open prison." Live facial recognition is already used by eight police forces, who used the technology to scan tens of thousands of faces a day with "ruthless efficiency", looking for matches to a police hit list of offenders and suspects. Now the Government is looking into expanding its scope. This database could be used to analyse footage of suspects from CCTV, doorbells, dashboard cameras and the like. If that sounds "Orwellian", its because it is, said the Daily Mail. Using facial recognition to keep people safe…...

2+ hour, 10+ min ago (246+ words) There is only one Mahatma in this country'Mahatma Gandhi, the Mahatma Gandhi of "Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram." The same Mahatma Gandhi who represented the pluralistic culture of this country and who was assassinated by Godse. Sanjay Parate is the Vice President of the Chhattisgarh Kisan Sabha, affiliated to the All India Kisan Sabha. A great relief for villagers in India, particularly the economically weaker sections, exists in the form of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA). Under this law villagers who need" In 2005 India created a widely acclaimed law for providing 100 days employment guarantee in villages. At a time when the state was withdrawing from such responsibilities in many countries," Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar was a unique representative of the Dalit-exploited-oppressed sections of Indian society, who was born in the Hindu religion, but did not die as a Hindu. His…...

3+ hour, 25+ min ago (37+ words) These are the key developments from day 1,389 of Russia's war on Ukraine. These are the key developments from day 1,389 of Russia's war on Ukraine. Here is where things stand on Sunday, December 14:...

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