Iraqi-British designer says her fashion line fuses both cultures
In a fusion of cultures, Iraqi-British fashion designer Suhaila al Tamimi, unveiled a line inspired by both cultures in Basra ...
Usha Vance to lead US delegation to Greenland as Trump talks of takeover
A high-profile U.S. delegation will visit Greenland this week to visit an American military base and watch a dogsled race as ...
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French publishers and authors sue Meta for AI training copyright
French publishers sue Meta, accusing the tech giant of unlawfully using copyrighted works to train its AI model, Llama. Ontario school boards’ lawsuit advances as a judge rules against Meta, Snapchat, ...
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Indian slums get ‘cool roofs’ to combat extreme heat
In the Vanzara Vas slum in the Narol area of the city, which has more than 2,000 dwellings, most of them airless, one-room homes, residents that are part of the project, such as Nehal Vijaybhai ...
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Three charred to death as hut catches fire in Delhi's Anand Vihar
Three men from Uttar Pradesh died in a hut fire near AGCR Enclave, Anand Vihar, East Delhi early Tuesday morning. The fire, which started around 2:15 am, was intensified by a gas cylinder explosion.
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Indian slums get ‘cool roofs’ to combat extreme heat
As climate change has made India’s summers more extreme, Ahmedabad has suffered temperatures in excess of 46°C. In the Vanzara Vas slum in the Narol area of the city, which has more than 2,000 ...
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20 shops gutted in fire at Kolkata slum
Nearly 20 shops were destroyed in a fire that broke out at Santoshpur Railway Station’s platform number 2 on Sunday, an official said. Three fire engines soon reached the spot, and after a 90-minute ...
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From Slums to Startups: The Inspiring Ascent of Indian Women Entrepreneurs
She was married off at the tender age of 12 and sent to stay with her husband's family in a Mumbai slum. What was supposed to be a new beginning soon became a living hell of physical and emotional ...
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Phuket monkey steals French tourist’s phone, takes selfie (video)
A French tourist shared a hilarious TikTok video of a monkey in Phuket snatching her mobile phone and taking a selfie video. Fortunately, some Thai locals successfully helped them retrieve the phone.
The Indian Express24d
Supreme Court clears decks for Bandra’s Bharat Nagar slum redevelopment project, pulls up petitioners for ‘dilatory tactics’
The Supreme Court Thursday cleared the decks for the redevelopment of the Bharat Nagar slum in Bandra (East) by dismissing an appeal filed by residents against the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) ...
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Skills, not degrees: How Kenya’s slum youth are finding success through apprenticeships
NAIROBI, Feb 28 — Growing up in a Kenyan slum, Annastacia Mwende always loved cars but never thought of being a mechanic. Now, she is the star pupil at a back-street Nairobi garage. Kenya needs more ...