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Bangladesh protests: Why a former Hasina aide is blaming the US and the Clintons
A former minister in Sheikh Hasina’s government has alleged that Bangladesh’s 2024 student-led protests were not organic but the product of a carefully planned foreign operation.
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How two managers approved the same leave, and what it reveals about Indian vs Japanese work culture
A Reddit post, now widely circulated, ignites discussion on culture and empathy in the workplace and has sparked a nuanced debate about how tone, trust and cultural norms shape our day-to-day experience of work.
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Key to success: Insta360 gifts gold keyboard keys worth nearly Rs 40 lakh to employees
The China-based camera maker’s unusual Programmer’s Day reward has gone viral, with staff joking they will “finish the whole keyboard” if the tradition continues.
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Lawyer storms stage to serve subpoena to Sam Altman during live talk
A packed San Francisco audience gathered for what was meant to be an easy, free-flowing conversation on tech and leadership, until an unexpected interruption jolted the room, briefly derailing the evening and leaving everyone wondering what had just unfolded.
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What America’s longest-tenured workers reveal about how jobs really changed
A handful of corporate lifers trace the quiet revolutions in speed, tech and purpose at work.
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How a childhood virus may raise dementia risk
A new study shows shingles reactivation could harm the brain, and vaccinatioappears to lower long-term risk.
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How Silicon Valley is inching toward engineered babies: The tech, the risks and the legal grey zones
A look at the Silicon Valley startups pushing embryo editing, the billionaires funding them, and the scientific and ethical fight surrounding their work.
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Trump’s $2,000 “tariff dividend”: What it is, who might get it, and the US Supreme Court fight
A closer look at what the president proposed, why he is pushing it now, and the legal fight over his tariff powers.
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A US civil rights museum doubles down on a messy past amid federal push for a rosier narrative
Atlanta’s National Center for Civil and Human Rights reopens with an expanded, unflinching look at America’s racial story.
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Who pays to rebuild Gaza, and why Arab capitals are pushing back
Arab states warn that rebuilding only the Israeli-controlled half of the enclave could cement a de facto division.
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SNAP payouts in limbo: How a US shutdown sparked a global talking point
What the court tussle means for America’s food aid and why the world should care.
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AI and consciousness: Why philosophers say the next leap may redefine the mind
How shifting ideas about intelligence are opening the door to a new debate about artificial consciousness.
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Why we say “hello” when we pick up the phone
When the telephone was invented, the greeting we use today wasn’t always obvious — and “hello” wasn’t the first choice.
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Mass walk-out after official calls Miss Mexico “dumb head”
A live-streamed clash in Thailand sparked a contestant walkout after a pageant executive insulted Miss Mexico, forcing an apology and emergency oversight changes.
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Rama Duwaji: The Syrian-American artist who met Zohran Mamdani on a dating app
Their creative partnership began on Hinge and now shares the spotlight in New York politics.
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Indian H-1B manager says tech bias is growing: ‘People say we bring caste’
An anonymous post by an Indian H-1B manager alleges rising anti-Indian sentiment in US tech, including claims that workers are stereotyped as importing “the caste system.”
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How US media framed Zohran Mamdani’s New York City win
From wire desks to tabloids, coverage blended celebration of a barrier-breaking victory with scrutiny of Mamdani’s progressive agenda and his looming clash with national politics.
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China’s Fujian enters service: What the new carrier means for power in the western Pacific
China commissions the Fujian, its first domestically built carrier with electromagnetic catapults, underscoring a faster push to challenge US power in the western Pacific.
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Use AI or lose your job: How bosses are forcing the next workplace reset
From Accenture to startups, bosses are telling staff to master generative AI—or be replaced by those who can.
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US Supreme Court to weigh challenge to same-sex marriage
A decade after Obergefell, Kim Davis asks the justices to reconsider the right that reshaped American family life.
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What the new US passport gender rules mean under the Trump administration
A late-night Supreme Court order let the Trump administration enforce a rule requiring U.S. passports to list sex assigned at birth. Here’s what that means for renewals, existing “X” markers, and the road ahead while lower courts weigh the policy.
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How 26 billionaires spent $22 million to stop Mamdani from becoming New York mayor, and failed
A network of 26 billionaires poured $22 million into anti-Mamdani efforts but the message didn’t land. Grassroots organizing and small donations carried Mamdani to victory and tested the limits of big-money influence.
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Why Arjuna Ranatunga lost so much weight
The photos from Colombo stopped cricket Twitter in its tracks: Arjuna Ranatunga looked dramatically different. What changed between the captain we remember and the man fans just saw?
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Will Musk intervene in the Chinese astronauts’ crisis?
Three Chinese astronauts on Tiangong are facing an unexpected delay after their ride home hit trouble in orbit. As chatter grows about a SpaceX rescue, the real route back to Earth hinges on what China decides, and what its backup plans can actually do.
