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Muslim population misinformation fuels Islamophobia in India

New Delhi (AFP) - Amit Upadhyay repeats online misinformation as he claims to know why India's population is growing: he says his Muslim neighbours are having too many babies, so Hindu women have a responsibility to bear more of their own.

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Fiery Kohli fined again after IPL post-match row

New Delhi (AFP) - Indian cricket star Virat Kohli was fined on Tuesday for the second time in this IPL season after a post-match altercation with former national team-mate Gautam Gambhir.

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Australia hikes rates despite signs of slowing inflation

Sydney (AFP) - Australia's central bank announced a surprise interest rate hike to an 11-year high on Tuesday, dashing hopes it would hold them steady as inflation shows signs of slowing.

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Ice-cool Harden scores 45 as Sixers stun Celtics, Jokic downs Suns

New York (AFP) - James Harden scored 45 points as the Philadelphia 76ers stunned the Boston Celtics in the NBA playoffs on Monday before Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets took a commanding 2-0 series lead over the Phoenix Suns.

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'Godfather of AI' quits Google to warn of the tech's dangers

Washington (AFP) - A computer scientist often dubbed "the godfather of artificial intelligence" has quit his job at Google to speak out about the dangers of the technology, US media reported Monday.

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Qantas names Vanessa Hudson as first woman chief executive

Sydney (AFP) - Australian airline Qantas named company veteran Vanessa Hudson as its first woman chief executive on Tuesday, replacing the cost-cutting Irish-Australian Alan Joyce.

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Rocket fire from Gaza after Palestinian hunger striker dies

Gaza City (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - Gaza militants fired rockets Tuesday after the death in Israeli custody of a leading Palestinian figure in the Islamic Jihad group, who had been on hunger strike for nearly three months.

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Hollywood writers to strike as studio talks collapse

Los Angeles (AFP) - Thousands of Hollywood television and movie writers will go on strike Tuesday, their union said, after talks with studios and streamers over pay and working conditions ended without a deal.

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Hollywood bracing for writers strike as talks end

Los Angeles (AFP) - Hollywood was preparing for a major strike by thousands of TV and movie writers, as talks to avoid a walkout ended Monday without a deal just hours before a crunch deadline.

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'Because it's there': The enduring appeal of Everest

Kathmandu (AFP) - The death of a US climber on Mount Everest, the fourth fatality this season, has shone a spotlight on the dangers of scaling the world's highest peak.

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Stars shine bright in New York as Met Gala honors Lagerfeld

New York (AFP) - A-listers from the worlds of fashion, film, politics and sports celebrated the late king of couture, Karl Lagerfeld, at the annual Met Gala on Monday, bringing their top style game to New York, oozing glamour -- and delivering serious baby news.

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At 75, Israeli society faces sharpening divisions

Yiron (Israel) (AFP) - Israel has undergone major societal transformations during its 75 years of existence, which have left the nation confronting deepening divisions.

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75 years after the Nakba, Palestinians still long for return

Gaza City (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - From her modest home in the blockaded Gaza Strip, Amina al-Dabai remembers the very different world in which she grew up more than seven decades ago.

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Asian markets open higher as investors weigh Wall Street losses

Hong Kong (AFP) - Asian equities rose at the open on Tuesday following a holiday weekend, as investors digested losses on Wall Street after the takeover of First Republic Bank.

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Ice-cool Harden scores 45 as Sixers stun Celtics

New York (AFP) - James Harden scored a career playoff high 45 points as the Philadelphia 76ers overcame the absence of Joel Embiid to stun the Boston Celtics in game one of their Eastern Conference semi-final series on Monday.

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Napoli to shake off title blow with one more point to go

Naples (Italy) (AFP) - Naples woke up on Monday still digesting the disappointment of Napoli not sealing their first Serie A title in over three decades, but knowing glory is just a few more days away.

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Japan PM Kishida plans South Korea visit

Tokyo (AFP) - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Tuesday he plans to visit South Korea next week for talks with President Yoon Suk Yeol, as the two US allies pursue warmer ties.

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Europe's produce at stake in Spain's water war

Totana (Spain) (AFP) - Spanish farmer Juan Francisco Abellaneda's salads and watermelons fill the shelves of European supermarkets winter and summer.But maybe not for much longer.

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Harden scores 45 as Sixers stun Celtics

New York (AFP) - James Harden scored a career playoff-high 45 points as the Philadelphia 76ers overcame the absence of Joel Embiid to stun the Boston Celtics in game one of their Eastern Conference semi-final series on Monday.

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Australia targets Big Tobacco in crackdown on vaping

Sydney (AFP) - Australia announced a sweeping crackdown on vaping Tuesday, accusing tobacco companies of hooking the next "generation of nicotine addicts" by deliberately targeting teenagers.

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Qantas names Vanessa Hudson as first female chief executive

Sydney (AFP) - Australia's Qantas Group named Vanessa Hudson as its first female chief executive on Tuesday, replacing the cost-cutting Irish-Australian Alan Joyce.

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Search still on for alternatives to Musk-owned Twitter

Washington (AFP) - Since Elon Musk took over Twitter in October, users irked by the platform's new regime have vowed to move their online presence elsewhere, though this has proved harder than some had banked on.

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Ethics of Supreme Court justices in spotlight at Senate hearing

Washington (AFP) - The US Supreme Court is used to doing the grilling but it will be the high court itself in the hot seat on Tuesday as a Senate panel conducts an extraordinary examination of the ethics of the justices.

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Chewed for millennia, coca leaf gets flavorsome makeover in Bolivia

Santa Cruz (Bolivia) (AFP) - Bitter and tough, the coca leaf chewed throughout the South American Andes for thousands of years as a natural pick-me-up has been getting an appetizing makeover in Bolivia.

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Two Kenyan pastors face courts over cult massacre

Malindi (Kenya) (AFP) - Two pastors were appearing before Kenyan courts on Tuesday suspected of being behind the deaths of at least 109 people found buried in what has been dubbed the "Shakahola forest massacre".

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