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Stuti MishraThe fact-checking unit that saw India’s Prophet Muhammad row go global

Offensive comments made on TV by a BJP spokesperson might have gone unnoticed, until an Alt News video about the incident went viral online. Stuti Mishra speaks to the outfit’s founder about the challenges of calling out hate speech in India today

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South Asia

Sri Lanka shuts schools and orders work from home amid fuel shortage

Europe

Japan urges 37 million people to switch off lights to save energy

Southeast Asia

Filipina crowned at world’s largest & most popular transgender pageant

Australasia

11 arrested during massive climate protest in Sydney

India

Police arrest activist who sought accountability for Gujarat riots

News

Explorers find WWII Navy destroyer, deepest wreck discovered

India

India’s Supreme Court upholds clean chit to Modi in Gujarat riots case

China

Five arrested for sedition as Hong Kong prepares for 25th anniversary

Australasia

Women in Australia’s mining industry face rampant sexual harassment

China

Chinese human rights lawyers to go on trial charged with subversion

Asia

Indonesian artists’ ‘antisemitic’ work removed from German show

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World

Stuti MishraThe fact-checking unit that saw India’s Prophet Muhammad row go global

South Asia

A model’s account of rape is sparking a new #MeToo moment in Nepal

World

Stuti MishraWith capital march and ‘jihad’ call, Imran Khan refuses to go quietly

South Asia

World

Alisha Rahaman SarkarSri Lanka shuts schools and orders work from home amid fuel shortage

World

Sravasti DasguptaSearch for survivors ends in Afghanistan after earthquake

World

Stuti MishraRescuers in race against time to reach survivors of Afghanistan quake

South Asia

Why Sri Lanka’s economy collapsed and what’s next

South Asia

Taliban appeals to world for international aid as death toll hits 1000

South Asia

Fears of ‘chaotic’ rescue as Afghan quake kills at least 1,000

South Asia

Sri Lanka’s PM says economy has ‘completely collapsed’

East Asia

East Asia

India sends team to assist after Afghanistan earthquake

East Asia

North Korea could be planning advanced deployment of nuclear weapons

East Asia

Taiwan scrambles jets to respond to Chinese planes in its defence zone

East Asia

South Korea hits dozens with travel bans amid crypto probe

East Asia

Taiwan accuses Qatar World Cup organisers of ‘scoring an own goal’

East Asia

Strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake strikes Taiwan’s east coast

East Asia

At least 800 families ill with intestinal disease in North Korea

East Asia

North Korea battling outbreak of unidentified intestinal epidemic

Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia

World’s deepest shipwreck discovered 7,000m down in sea in Philippines

Southeast Asia

Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi placed in solitary confinement

World

Namita SinghSingapore and South Korea confirm their first monkeypox cases

Home News

British couple break their backs in moped crash on dream Bali holiday

Southeast Asia

Rare megamouth shark washes up on Philippines beach

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Giant stingray ‘biggest freshwater fish ever documented’

World

Alisha Rahaman SarkarUS ‘deeply concerned’ as Vietnam jails environmental activist

Australia and New Zealand

Australasia

Nasa launches first commercial rocket from spaceport in Australia

Australasia

Hunt for ‘serial pest’ smashing up mobile speed camera cars

Australasia

Police arrest suspect after four injured in mass stabbing in Auckland

Space

Mysterious spirals of blue light in sky stun New Zealand stargazers

Australasia

Australians urged to turn off lights for two hours every evening

Australasia

Forklift driver foils carjacker by hoisting vehicle into the air

World

Alisha Rahaman SarkarThreats against Jacinda Ardern have almost tripled over three years

Americas

US Crime News

When is Ghislaine Maxwell’s sentencing?

US Crime News

What happened to Jeffrey Epstein?

US Crime News

Jeffrey Epstein’s island: What really happened there?

US Crime News

How Ghislaine Maxwell met Jeffrey Epstein

Americas

Ghislaine Maxwell: The Epstein associate guilty of sex trafficking

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Ghislaine Maxwell due to face victims at sentencing hearing - latest

LiveAmericas

Three dead and 50 hurt after Amtrak train derails in Missouri – live

US politics

Pelosi explains why she ‘elbowed’ Republican congresswoman’s daughter

LiveUS politics

Jan 6 hearing: Ex- Trump aide expected to testify as surprise witness

LiveAmericas

Trailer with 46 bodies found in San Antonio - follow live

US politics

NY Gov. Kathy Hochul, who replaced Cuomo, faces Democrats

Americas

Three in custody after 46 migrants found dead in San Antonio

LiveUS politics

Lauren Boebert faces primaries reelection challenge - live

US politics

Democrats Bruce, Matthews vie to face South Carolina's Scott

UK and Europe

Home News

Home Office to reopen ‘dangerous’ removal centre for Rwanda plan

Home News

Two people killed after collision between car and van

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Tory MP who beat Theresa May ready to ‘remove’ PM in elections - live

UK Politics

PM ‘shreds trust’ with three international law breaches – top diplomat

Crime

Sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell facing up to 65 years in prison

Home News

‘Authoritarian’ powers to restrict noisy protests come into force

UK

Tories back PM’s plan to rip up Northern Ireland Brexit deal despite criticism

US

Russia sanctions First Lady Jill Biden and daughter Ashley

Europe

Nazi guard, 101 jailed for five years

LiveEurope

Russia accused of war crimes as 18 dead in Ukraine mall strike - live

Europe

Expert on Ukraine war to answer your questions in ‘Ask Me Anything’

Europe

Putin’s shopping centre airstrike a ‘war crime’, say G7 leaders

Europe

EXPLAINER: NATO holds summit with gaze on Russia — and China

Europe

‘An act of terror’: 16 dead as Russian missiles hit Ukraine mall

Europe

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Voices

Ian HamiltonWhy is the monkeypox vaccine only being offered to men?

Voices

Liam O'DellFan of Love Island? You should be worried about its future

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Harriet WilliamsonThe Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade – this is how Voices responded

Editorials

EditorialThe West has three options over famine caused by the war in Ukraine

Voices

Kathleen N. WalshKamala Harris is heavy on outrage over Roe – but light on solutions

Voices

Sean O'GradyThere’s really no need to ‘cancel’ Laurence Fox

Letters

It’s grossly unfair that Russian players aren’t allowed at Wimbledon

Sport

Football

Scott: Misogynistic remarks will not stop me presenting football

Football

Chelsea edge closer towards deal for Man City forward Sterling

Football

Salah to leave Liverpool as a free agent next summer

Football

‘The right place and the right time’: Bale relishing MLS move

Football

On this day in 2018: Rooney leaves Everton to join MLS side DC United

Football

Fernandinho completes his return to former club Athletico Paranaense

Football

West Ham sign goalkeeper Alphonse Areola on permanent deal from PSG

LiveTennis

Wimbledon 2022 LIVE: Nadal, Swiatek and Williams all in action

Tennis

How to watch Williams and Nadal matches online and on TV today

Tennis

What time is Serena Williams playing at Wimbledon today?

Tennis

What time is Rafael Nadal playing at Wimbledon today?

Tennis

What time is Coco Gauff playing at Wimbledon today?

Tennis

Wimbledon order of play today: Serena Williams and Nadal in action

Tennis

What time does Wimbledon start today? TV channel and how to watch

Sport

England aware of being in ‘vulnerable’ stage against Australia

Lifestyle

Fashion

Gucci debuts its first-ever pet collection including £5,700 mini sofa

Health & Families

A £4 hay fever tablet which ‘cures all symptoms’ is selling out

Lifestyle

The weirdest things left behind in Ubers this year

Health & Families

How to tell the difference between a cold and Covid

Fashion

9 small fashion brands to know and support this season

Lifestyle

Palace responds to video of Prince William confronting paparazzi

Climate

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Global warming driving Antarctica’s only native insect to extinction

News

Some Brits have no idea why bees are important to the environment

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Every heatwave ‘more intense and more likely’ because of climate change

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Glastonbury clean up: Are revellers more environmentally conscious?

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Flash flooding threat in Utah after 60 hikers left stranded in park

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Thames road tunnel scheme to plant million trees to address environmental impact

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Top predators could trap themselves trying to adapt to climate crisis

Culture

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BBC reality star Jasmine Burkitt dies aged 28

News

Tom Felton told not to answer question about JK Rowling at event

News

Stormzy spotted at Glastonbury with Billie Eilish

News

Glastonbury 2023 registration, tickets and everything you need to know

News

Mary Mara death: ER star dies aged 61

News

Andy Fletcher of Depeche Mode’s cause of death revealed by band

News

Glastonbury’s Emily Eavis calls 2022 festival the ‘best one yet’

News

Doctor Who’s Russell T Davies jokes he’s going to sue Ryan Gosling

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Matt MathersInside Politics: War crime

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Liam JamesDate of ‘Cradle of Humankind’ fossils pushed back over a million years

Business

James MooreCorporate America has stepped up more than I expected over Roe v Wade

Editor’s letters

Ben BurrowsExhilarating England kick off new era of cricket

Politics explained

Sean O'GradyWhat does the future hold for the Lib Dems, electoral promise or pain?

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Gwen AdsheadThe devil you know: Forensic psychiatry and the minds of criminals

Opinion

Antonio GuterresThe world is burning – it’s time for a renewables revolution

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