Film and TV
‘Hindutva Pandemic’ documentary exposes right wing ideology’s role in Leicester unrest
A recently released documentary from Maktoob Originals, titled 'Hindutva Pandemic,' exposes the role of Hindutva in inciting the 2022 unrest in the city of Leicester, UK.
Opinion
How AI could take over elections – and undermine democracy
Archon Fung, Harvard Kennedy School and Lawrence Lessig, Harvard University
Could organizations use artificial intelligence language models such as ChatGPT to induce voters to behave in specific ways?
Sen. Josh Hawley...
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World
315,000 grave violations against children in conflict over 18 years: UNICEF
A staggering 315,000 grave violations against children in conflict took place between 2005 and 2022, said UN Children’s Fund UNICEF on Monday
World
UN agency for Palestine refugees on verge of financial collapse
The United Nations on Friday appealed for sustainable funding for its agency that supports Palestine refugees, UNRWA, which is on the brink of financial collapse.
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India
“Anti-minority leader with blood on his hands”: IAMC urges US Congress to call off invitation to Narendra Modi
Major diaspora group, Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC) on Saturday called on Democratic and Republican leaders in the Senate and House of Representatives to "rescind their invitation" to India’s...
World
Mexico: Police discover 45 bags filled with human remains
At least 45 bags with human remains have been found in a ravine in the western Mexican state of Jalisco during a search for seven young people reported missing last week.
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World
Over 1,500 children killed or injured in Ukraine since Russia’s full-scale invasion began
Over 1,500 children killed and injured in Ukraine since Russia’s full-scale invasion began 15 months ago.
Opinion
Why 40°C is bearable in desert but lethal in tropics?
Alan Thomas Kennedy-Asser, University of Bristol; Dann Mitchell, University of Bristol, and Eunice Lo, University of Bristol
This year, even before the northern hemisphere hot season began, temperature records were...
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Opinion
If we’re going to label AI an ‘extinction risk’, we need to clarify how it could happen
Nello Cristianini, University of Bath
This week a group of well-known and reputable AI researchers signed a statement consisting of 22 words:
Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be...
World
Don’t try civilians in military courts, HRW urges Pakistan
"The Pakistan government should immediately transfer civilians set to be tried in military courts to the civilian justice system, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday.
The human rights group stated that...
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Science & Technology
Risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside, pandemics, nuclear war: Experts
On Tuesday, 80 artificial intelligence scientists and more than 200 "other notable figures" signed a statement that says, "mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside...
Photo
From voting to victory: A visual essay on the Turkish elections
As a political anthropologist, I have observed and written about theories and practices of democracy across the continents – Australia, Europe, India, the USA and beyond. It is this very interest, which took me to a polling booth during the second round of the 2023 Turkish Presidential elections for which the voting took place on Sunday, 29 May.
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