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Indiaâs âcockroachâ movement vows to protest if election chief doesnât resign (opens the original)
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Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. India's "cockroach" protestors have issued an ultimatum to the country's chief election commissioner to resign within 48 hours or face nationwide protests. The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), a Gen-Z pressure group born out of self-deprecating humour, led one of the biggest student protests in years, which forced the resignation of prime minister Narendra Modi's education minist
Exclusive: Leader of Chinaâs underground church calls on Trump to intervene with Xi (opens the original)
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Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. On 3 July this year, pastor Ezra Jin Mingri was suddenly whisked out of his Chinese jail cell and put on a flight to Los Angeles, where he was reunited with his family after eight years. His release came as a surprise even to the 56-year-old leader of the prominent underground Zion Church, who had spent almost nine months in a jail cell following a nationwide crackdown on chu
New Zealand apologises to children of man who vanished with them into bushland (opens the original)
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Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. The New Zealand government has apologised to the three children of fugitive Tom Phillips, who hid them in a dense forest for years before being killed by the police in a shootout. The apology comes after a public inquiry criticised officials for not taking the harms and risks to the children seriously enough early in the saga of their disappearance. Prime minister Christopher
UN calls for AI to be reined in as China and Trump downplay threat (opens the original)
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The UN has asked artificial intelligence companies to rein in development of the technology, as both China and the US played down the growing concerns of industry leaders. In a letter sent to countries and AI developers, UN human rights chief Volker Türk cautioned that the world was “on the cusp of irreversible change, affecting not just us but generations of humanity to come”. "The current race towards ever more powerful AI is a step change towards greater existential risks to every aspect of o
Iran war live: Blow to peace as crucial talks postponed after Trump’s wild claim (opens the original)
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Oman announced late on Sunday that planned talks with Iran about the future of the Strait of Hormuz had been cancelled “in the interests of consensus”, scuppering hopes of a diplomatic breakthrough in the near term. Foreign minister Sayyid Badr Albusaidi said the meeting had been postponed, without a clear alternative date set. He said Oman remained committed to “fostering dialogue that supports stability and lasting cooperation in our region”. Iranian officials had said earlier that they would
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