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- The shooting heightens scrutiny around Punjab’s Crime Control Department as the family demands justice
- Pakistan slashes sales tax on sanitary pads, related items from 18 percent to 0 percent, says information minister
- Prominent rights organization describes decision as “welcome development” for millions of women
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- The Thai royal died after being hospitalized for three years following a sudden collapse
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- Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, said on X he was held on Saturday evening for around three hours under the Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act
- Anthropic shut down AI models globally after US national security orders
- US government cited risk of jailbreaking Fable 5 to identify software vulnerabilities
- Somali referee was denied entry to the United States for the World Cup
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It’s a name given by social media fans to Joshua Harris, a 12-year-old autistic and non-verbal Briton, who has been visiting UK mosques and distributing cakes to promote solidarity amid an increase in far-right support in the country. On a recent trip to Madinah with his father, “The Joshie-Man” turned his ‘Cake not hate’ campaign to ‘Dates not hate’ by handing out the holy city’s famous ajwa and ambar dates people in the courtyard of the Prophet’s Mosque.
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