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Sweden says Iran was behind thousands of SMS to Swedes calling for revenge over 2023 Quran burnings (www.independent.co.uk)

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Sweden says Iran was behind thousands of SMS to Swedes calling for revenge over 2023 Quran burnings

Sweden says that Iran was behind thousands of text messages that were sent to people in the Scandinavian country calling for revenge over the burnings of Quran, Islam’s holy book in 2023

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Pakistani jailed after 'pretending to be white' to stir up hatred during UK riots (www.express.co.uk)

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Man jailed after 'pretending to be white' to stir up hatred during UK riots

Ehsan Hussain was jailed after admitting to offences including distributing material likely to stir up racial hatred in Birmingham during the UK riots.

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Russian soldiers torture and murder Russell Bentley, a Texan fighting against Ukraine in the Donetsk People's Republic (www.newsweek.com)

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Russia charges soldiers over torture, murder of Texan Russell Bentley

A Texan soldier fighting for Russia was killed in the spring, and Russia has said four Russian service members are to blame.

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Chinese Zoo Admits Pandas Are Painted Dogs After Outrage (www.tmz.com)

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Chinese Zoo Admits Pandas Are Painted Dogs After Outrage

Chinese zoogoers are barking mad after learning the alleged pandas they visited at the Shanwei Zoo were just dogs painted to look like the at-risk bears.

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EU vows retaliation if Hungary sends buses of migrants to Brussels (www.latimes.com)

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EU vows retaliation if Hungary sends buses of migrants to Brussels

Hungary’s anti-immigrant government signaled last week that it is serious about giving migrants free one-way travel to Brussels.

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Iran summons Australian ambassador over post that ‘promoted homosexuality’ (edition.cnn.com)

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Iran summons Australian ambassador over post that ‘promoted homosexuality’ | CNN

A series of smiling Instagram photos of diplomats wearing purple and enjoying cupcakes has caused a spat between Iran and Australia, with the Australian ambassador summoned to explain the “disrespectful” behavior.

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Ford becomes the latest company to scale back its diversity and inclusion policies (edition.cnn.com)

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Ford becomes the latest company to scale back its diversity and inclusion policies | CNN Business

Ford is changing some of its diversity and inclusion policies, joining a growing list of companies altering their approaches amid a changing legal and political environment and online pressure from the right.

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Amazon Cancels ‘Queer Fantasy’ Show Which Cast an English King as Black, Gay, and Disabled. (thenationalpulse.com)

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Australian tranny wins discrimination case after being banned from women-only app, judge awards him $10,000 AUS (www.theguardian.com)

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Transgender woman Roxanne Tickle wins discrimination case after being banned from women-only Giggle for Girls app

Tickle successfully sued social media platform Giggle for Girls with judge stating ‘on its ordinary meaning sex is changeable’

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British police release image of brown dog suspected of killing a man and warn public not to approach him (www.bbc.com)

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Hunt for two dogs suspected of killing man in Birmingham

Two dogs have been seized but two more American bulldog types are being sought by police.

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'Keyboard warrior' jailed for part in UK disorder (www.bbc.com)

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Lincoln 'keyboard warrior' jailed for part in UK disorder

Wayne O’Rourke posted misinformation about the killing of three young girls in Southport on 29 July.

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Two employees of an LGBTQ club in Russia arrested on suspicion of being members of an "extremist organisation" (www.bbc.com)

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Two arrested in Russia's first LGBTQ+ extremism case

It is the first criminal case of its kind since Russia outlawed the so-called "international LGBT" movement last year.

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Russia adds 'LGBT movement' to list of terrorist organisations (www.reuters.com)

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National Institute of Health awards $200K for researchers to create transgender voice training app (www.foxnews.com)

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NIH awards $200K for researchers to create transgender voice training app

A transgender professor and two speech therapy experts have teamed up to create the software at the cost of $213,878 in taxpayer funds, according to documentation.

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Meet the trad wives: the anti-feminist influencers calling for traditional values (www.euronews.com)

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Meet the trad wives: the anti-feminist traditional influencers

Have you heard of trad wives? Content posted by women in flowery dresses from lavish country kitchens may look innocent enough, but beneath this they are in fact calling for a return to 1950s style gender norms.

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Irish PM concedes defeat in referendums about women's role in the home, definition of family (www.cbc.ca)

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J.K. Rowling reported to police for ‘misgendering’ trans news anchor (torontosun.com)

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J.K. Rowling reported to police for ‘misgendering’ trans news anchor

The first national news anchor in the U.K. has filed a police complaint against Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling over alleged transphobia.

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Doritos Spain fires transgender influencer over controversial tweets about doing 'thuggish things' to a minor (www.foxbusiness.com)

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Doritos Spain fires transgender influencer over controversial tweets about doing 'thuggish things' to a minor

Doritos Spain is under fire online after multiple news outlets reported that transgender influencer Samantha Hudson has made controversial statements on children.

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Alberta town bans Pride flags, rainbow crosswalks after plebiscite (nationalpost.com)

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Alberta town bans Pride flags, rainbow crosswalks after plebiscite

Residents voted in favour of the town flying only government flags and painting crosswalks in a white striped pattern.

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Reddit hasn’t turned a profit in nearly 20 years, but it just filed to go public anyway (edition.cnn.com)

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Reddit has never turned a profit in nearly 20 years, but it just filed to go public anyway | CNN Business

Reddit, the message board site known for its chronically online userbase and for originating much internet discourse, filed for its long-anticipated initial public offering on Thursday.

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Google apologizes after new Gemini AI refuses to show pictures, achievements of White people (www.foxbusiness.com)

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Google apologizes after new Gemini AI refuses to show pictures, achievements of White people

Google has issued an apology after the company's latest iteration of its AI, known as Gemini, provided images of Black, Hispanic and Asians but not White people.

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Zimbabwe’s vice president says the government will block a scholarship for LGBTQ people (www.nbcnews.com)

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Zimbabwe’s vice president says the government will block a scholarship for LGBTQ people

Sex between men carries a potential sentence of up to a year in prison in Zimbabwe, and the country’s constitution bans same-sex marriages.

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Putin Urges Russians To Have More Kids For Nation's "Ethnic" Survival (www.ndtv.com)

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Putin Urges Russians To Have More Kids For Nation's "Ethnic" Survival

Russian families must produce at least two children for the sake of the nation's ethnic survival, and three or more if it is to develop and thrive, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.

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British Home Office to pay influencers to post on TikTok urging migrants not to cross Channel (www.heart.co.uk)

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Home Office to pay influencers to post on TikTok urging migrants not to cross Channel

Influencers on TikTok are to be paid by the British government to urge migrants not to cross the Channel in small boats.

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Swiss shop puts up sign saying they will no longer rent skis to Jews because of thefts: 'We are no longer renting out sporting equipment to our Jewish brothers,' the sign reads in Hebrew (nationalpost.com)

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A top Jewish group in Switzerland slams an antisemitic sign purportedly by a local ski rental stand

The sign, which is in Hebrew, bars Jewish people from renting skiing equipment, citing recent thefts as the reason.