In the first edition of our new fact-checking show Truth or Fake, we focus on Afghanistan. A photo purportedly showing the new Afghan central bank chief has gone viral on social media; we show you how our Observers team debunked the image. Meanwhile, we demonstrate how widely shared images of alleged recent violence in Afghanistan's Panjshir Valley, attributed to the Taliban, actually come from a 2018 film.
Muslim groups in Australia on Friday criticized the disparity in the police response to two stabbing attacks in Sydney this month, saying it had created a perception of a double standard and further alienated the country's minority Muslim community. The Australian National Imams Council said an attack at a Bondi Junction shopping center was “quickly deemed a mental health issue” while the stabbing of a Christian bishop at a Sydney church two days later was “classified as a terrorist act almost immediately.”
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Indians, traditionally known as avid savers, are now stashing away less money and borrowing more.
The Bank of Japan kept interest rates around zero on Friday and highlighted a growing conviction that inflation was on track to durably hit 2% in coming years, signalling its readiness to hike borrowing costs later this year. The central bank also stuck to its guidance made in March to keep buying government bonds around the current pace, dashing hopes by some traders that it could soon taper purchases partly to slow the yen's declines.
Extraordinary question during discussion of Rwanda deportation plan was met with visible bewilderment from the audience
Cavalry horses Vida and Quaker ran loose in the road near Aldwych, central London
French jet engine maker Safran posted an 18.1% jump in first-quarter revenue and reaffirmed financial targets for the year while joining U.S. partner GE Aerospace in lowering a target for engine deliveries. The Paris-based company posted quarterly revenues of 6.22 billion euros ($6.67 billion), up 19.1% on an underlying basis. Safran co-produces engines for Boeing and Airbus narrow-body jets with GE Aerospace through their CFM joint venture, which is the sole supplier to Boeing's 737 MAX family of jets and competes with Pratt & Whitney on the Airbus A320neo series.
A Ukrainian court ordered on Friday for Agriculture Minister Mykola Solsky to be taken into custody over allegations of his involvement in an illegal acquisition of state-owned land worth about $7 million. Solsky denies the allegations, which relate to events in 2017-2021, before he started as agriculture minister in March 2022. The judge set bail at 75.7 million hryvnias ($1.9 million).Solsky tendered his resignation letter on Thursday but technically remains in his post until parliament consid
The whispers around Adrian Newey being unsettled are nothing new. As soon as the Christian Horner controversy first erupted back in early February, there was speculation regarding Formula One’s pre-eminent designer and specifically on which side of the fence he stood.
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Gary Roden quits days after he was criticised for telling BBC some grassroots music venues are "poorly run".
The Hammersmith and City line has been suspended on Friday morning as emergency workers respond to a casualty on the track. The incident has also closed the District line between Tower Hill and Upminster with severe delays on the rest of the line. Meanwhile customer service managers on the London Underground are staging a fresh 24-hour strike in a dispute over terms and conditions.
Protests against the Gaza war grip dozens of campuses across America, with hundreds of arrests.
The key question is what will 52-year-old Sánchez, one of Europe’s longest-serving Socialist leaders, decide to do on Monday.
Microsoft and Google showed investors that heavy artificial intelligence investment can pay off with rising revenue, allaying concerns raised a day earlier by Meta, which said its expensive foray into AI was not immediately paying off. Shares in Google-parent Alphabet were up over 11% in Frankfurt on Friday, while Microsoft shares rose nearly 5%. Microsoft beat Wall Street estimates for third-quarter revenue and profit on Thursday, driven by gains from adoption of artificial intelligence across its cloud services.
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The New York multi-instrumentalist, who has played with Philip Glass and Steve Reich, shows great flair for making minimalism rich and harmonically complex
A surprising surge in productivity at restaurants and other businesses has helped the nation defy expectations of a recession.
JPMorgan, Walmart, and others are using the technologies to become more efficient.. That should help their stocks for the long run.
My Lexus IS200 will be 25 next year. It has done almost 96,000 miles, travelled in France, charged up and down the M40 and never let me down. I now live in a city and do not need a car with such a large engine, but a smallish reliable runabout to carry two adults and two grandchildren under 12. What do you suggest?
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