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3 weeks ago | 
flipboard.com | Sarah Shamim
NowJust days after celebrating her birthday, a 17-year-old TikToker was fatally shot at her home in Pakistan. Just days after celebrating her birthday, a 17-year-old TikToker was fatally shot at her home in Pakistan. Police have arrested a suspect they believe had been stalking her.
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3 weeks ago | 
aljazeera.com | Sarah Shamim
Police in Pakistan's capital Islamabad have arrested a man accused of murdering a 17-year-old social media influencer, Sana Yousaf. Yousaf, who had hundreds of thousands of followers on TikTok and Instagram, was shot dead at her home on Monday, the latest high-profile instance of suspected femicide in Pakistan. What happened to Sana Yousaf?
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3 weeks ago | 
aljazeera.com | Sarah Shamim
Japan has introduced new rules restricting how names are spelled and pronounced. The new regulations, announced last week, aim to quell a growing practice of Japanese parents giving their babies unconventional names, known as "kira kira", or glittery, in kanji, one of Japan's major writing systems. But why are such names a problem for Japanese authorities?
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3 weeks ago | 
aljazeera.com | Sarah Shamim
Karol Nawrocki, Poland's right-wing opposition candidate, narrowly won the second round of voting in the country's presidential election on Sunday, according to the National Electoral Commission (NEC). Here is all you need to know about the results:Recommended Stories Who won the presidential election in Poland? Nawrocki won with 50.89 percent of the votes, the NEC website updated early on Monday. He defeated liberal Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski, who secured 49.11 percent of the vote.
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4 weeks ago | 
aljazeera.com | Sarah Shamim
Republicans in the United States Congress are pushing for an increase in taxes on US universities, under a new bill that narrowly passed in the House of Representatives last Thursday. The bill's supporters argue that a provision relating to higher educational institutions is crafted to target "woke" universities.
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1 month ago | 
aljazeera.com | Sarah Shamim
US President Donald Trump ambushed South African President Cyril Ramaphosa during a meeting at the White House in Washington, DC on Wednesday when he claimed that a "genocide" against white Afrikaners is taking place in South Africa. This claim has been widely discredited. Here are some of the key moments from the meeting.
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1 month ago | 
aljazeera.com | Sarah Shamim
Russia and Ukraine are poised for talks in Turkiye on Thursday, even though the prospects of President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy meeting directly for the first time in three years were dashed by the Kremlin late on Wednesday. United States President Donald Trump, who had earlier indicated that he might join the negotiations, will also not attend, according to American officials.
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1 month ago | 
aljazeera.com | Sarah Shamim
The United States and China reached a deal on Monday to suspend heavy tariffs against each other's imports for 90 days. The recent breakthrough marked a detente in the tariff war launched by US President Donald Trump since he returned to office in January. While Trump initially unveiled tariffs against most countries, he then paused most of them - except against China, the US's biggest economic rival.
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1 month ago | 
aljazeera.com | Sarah Shamim
Waves of Ukrainian drones have hit Moscow in recent days as the Russian capital prepares for the country's most important national holiday, Victory Day, this week. Russia celebrates May 9 as Victory Day to mark the defeat of Nazi forces in World War II. The day involves a major military parade, with leaders of Russia's allies often in attendance.
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2 months ago | 
aljazeera.com | Sarah Shamim
A team of scientists claims to have discovered a new colour that humans cannot see without the help of technology. The researchers based in the United States said they were able to "experience" the colour, which they named "olo", by firing laser pulses into their eyes using a device named after the Wizard of Oz.Olo cannot be seen with the naked eye, but the five people who have seen it describe it as being similar to teal. What has the study found?
