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Target of Bolsonaro attacks to become Brazil election court chief

Openly reviled by President Jair Bolsonaro, Brazilian judge Alexandre de Moraes may have to show the stuff that earned him the nickname "RoboCop" as arbiter in polarizing, disinformation-plagued elections to decide the far-right incumbent's fate.Currently a Supreme Court justice -- a job in which he has been a constant target of Bolsonaro's attacks -- Moraes is set to take over Tuesday as head of...

Golf: French activists fill holes with cement in protest at watering exemptions

(Reuters) - Climate activists affiliated with Extinction Rebellion have targeted golf courses in southern France, filling holes with concrete in protest over exemptions from water restrictions during one of the worst droughts on record.France has told residents to avoid non-essential water usage like car-washing and watering gardens. However, activists complain that golf courses are allowed to continue watering greens. The protest action took place at...

Split families still suffer after 75 years of India-Pakistan partition

KARACHI/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Ali Hasan Baqai and Syed Abid Baqai, brothers split for 75 years by the partition of India and Pakistan, talk with their families on a video call, words and tears binding them but with no hope of reunion.Thousands of families like the Baqai brothers' remain divided three-quarters of a century after their countries were formed in the rupture of independence...

Salman Rushdie: Magical realist forced to live on the run

British Indian author Salman Rushdie is a master of magical realism who captured global attention as the target of a fatwa that forced him into hiding, and which now drives his fierce defense of freedom of speech.The 75-year-old, who was stabbed in an attack on Friday at a speaking event in New York state, was propelled into the spotlight with his second novel "Midnight's...

Alleged British IS ‘Beatle’ charged after arrest in UK: police

A British man accused of being part of an Islamic State (IS) kidnap-and-murder cell known as the "Beatles" appeared in court in London on Thursday on terrorism charges after returning to the UK.The Metropolitan Police said Thursday that 38-year-old Aine Davis had "been charged with various terrorism offenses following an investigation by the Met's Counter Terrorism Command".Davis appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court in central...
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