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<p>Doctors and students at RG Kar hospital in Kolkata protest against the rape and killing of a doctor</p>
India

Doctor’s brutal rape and murder leads to protest in India

The Independent meets protesters in Kolkata demanding ‘justice’ for murdered 31-year-old resident as incident leads to calls for a nationwide walkout

<p>Muhammad Yunus greets people after laying a wreath at the National Martyrs' Memorial in Dhaka</p>
South Asia

Interim leader says Bangladesh is a mess but ‘the monster is gone’

<p>Tesla chief Elon Musk and former president Donald Trump</p>
Americas

Elon Musk draws fire for playing down atomic bombing of Japan by US

<p>Representative: Number of Indians join a march in Kolkata on 9 August 2024</p>
India

India’s population to hit 1.52 billion by 2036 driven by ageing boom

News & Advice

Japan airport runway closed after cargo plane makes emergency landing

<p>An endangered siamang gibbon seized along with nearly two dozen rare animals and reptiles at Chennai airport in India </p>
India

Gibbon and flying lemur among exotic animals seized at Indian airport

<p>File: Jimmy Lai arrives at the Court of Final Appeal</p>
China

Former Hong Kong governor calls Jimmy Lai’s conviction ‘unjust’

<p>Taiwan’s F-16 flies alongside the EVA Air flight carrying Taiwanese Olympic athletes coming home to Taipei </p>
East Asia

Taiwan deploys F-16 fighter jets for gold medal-winning boxer home

<p>Ceco sniffs luggage for bedbugs at Incheon airport in South Korea on 8 August 2024</p>
News & Advice

South Korea deploys bedbug sniffer dog to keep away Paris critters

<p>Billionaire tycoon and Chairman of Reliance Industries Mukesh Ambani with his family</p>
India

The numbers behind the staggering wealth of Asia’s richest family

India

YouTuber lands in trouble with viral video of ‘peacock curry’

<p>Pro-divorce protesters take part in demonstration in front of the senate building in Manila</p>
Southeast Asia

Only one country other than Vatican bans divorce – is that changing?

Explore news for you

Editor’s picks

<p>Neeraj Chopra celebrates after winning silver in the men's javelin – India’s only non-bronze medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics </p>
Olympics

Why is the world’s most populous nation 71st in Olympics medal table?

<p>The Taiwanese president praised those attending the talks chaired by the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China for showing up despite China’s blocking tactics</p>
from taipeiEast Asia

Taiwan says China invasion would be worse crisis than Ukraine or Covid

<p>File A Chinese newspaper on sale, with the headline that reads “Outsider strikes back”, featuring Donald Trump on the front page in Beijing on 10 November, 2016</p>
East Asia

Why a second Trump presidency would mean turmoil for Taiwan

South Asia

<p>Refugee Team’s Manizha Talash, known as Talash, wears a cape which reads ‘free Afghan women’ as she competes in the Paris Olympics Breaking event </p>
Olympics

Refugee breakdancer disqualified for displaying message on cape

Olympics

Refugee breakdancer disqualified for displaying message on cape

<p>Refugee Team’s Manizha Talash, known as Talash, wears a cape which reads ‘free Afghan women’ as she competes in the Paris Olympics Breaking event </p>
<p>Protesters climb a public monument as they celebrate after getting the news of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's resignation, in Dhaka</p>
South Asia

What’s happening in Bangladesh? Student protest explained

<p>A porter carries the luggage of a Bangladeshi national upon his arrival in India</p>
South Asia

Fear of persecution pushes Bangladeshi Hindus to flee to India

<p>File: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina checks her watch as she waits for the official opening time to cast her vote in Dhaka </p>
South Asia

Sheikh Hasina ‘will return to Bangladesh’ when elections are called

<p>Muhammad Yunus upon his arrival at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka</p>
South Asia

Muhammad Yunus lands in Bangladesh to lead interim government

<p>Muhammad Yunus upon his arrival at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka</p>
South Asia

Muhammad Yunus lands in Bangladesh to lead interim government

<p>BANGLADESH-PROTESTAS</p>
South Asia

Yunus arrives in Bangladesh’s after being selected to lead government

<p>Bangladesh Nobel Peace Prize winner and microcredit pioneer Muhammad Yunus delivers speech</p>
South Asia

Who is Muhammad Yunus, the Nobel laureate chosen to lead Bangladesh?

East Asia

<p>Kim Jong-un inspects a flood-hit area in Nort Korea</p>
East Asia

Kim Jong-un’s newest car shows North Korea can get around sanctions

<p> North Korea's leader Kim Jong-n seeing off personnel being sent for the restoration and reconstruction after flood damage hit North Pyongan Province in late July</p>
East Asia

North Korean defects to South by crossing Yellow Sea maritime border

Asia Disasters
East Asia

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un rejects outside aid for flood recovery

<p>A picture released by Korean Central News Agency shows a general view of a ceremony for transferring 250 tactical ballistic missile launchers to the frontier military units, in Pyongyang</p>
East Asia

Kim Jong-un shows off delivery of new 250 missile launchers

<p>A dealer walks next to monitors showing foreign exchange rates in Tokyo, Japan, on 5 August 2024</p>
Asia

Asia stocks plunge as fears of recession grow

<p>Ricky Gervais in T-shirt with ‘kindness’ slogan</p>
Home News

Ricky Gervais calls for Labour to enact ban on animal cruelty tickets

<p>Taiwanese investigators bust largest pornography racket with hundreds arrested </p>
East Asia

Taiwan police bust largest child sexual abuse images ring

<p>Lu Sirui, a 24-year-old working as a marketer, talks about nüshu, a centuries-old secret script, that she has learned from online feminist groups</p>
East Asia

A centuries-old secret script is empowering young women in China

Southeast Asia

<p>Pro-divorce protesters take part in demonstration in front of the senate building in Manila</p>
Southeast Asia

Only one country other than Vatican bans divorce – is that changing?

Southeast Asia

Only one country other than Vatican bans divorce – is that changing?

<p>Pro-divorce protesters take part in demonstration in front of the senate building in Manila</p>
<p>Rohingya refugees gather at a temporary shelter in the basement of a government building </p>
Southeast Asia

Children among dozens dead in drone attack in Myanmar, witnesses say

<p>Olympic gold medalist from Philippines awarded lifetime supply of ramen </p>
Olympics

Filipino Olympic gold medalist awarded lifetime supply of ramen

<p>Move Forward Party’s prime minister candidate Pita Limjaroenrat leaves after the constitutional court</p>
Southeast Asia

Thai court dissolves reformist Move Forward party that won election

<p>Malaysian prime minister Anwar Ibrahim had paid tribute to the Hamas leader </p>
Southeast Asia

Meta apologises over removal of Malaysia PM’s social media posts

<p>Malaysian prime minister Anwar Ibrahim had paid tribute to the Hamas leader </p>
Southeast Asia

Meta apologises over removal of Malaysia PM’s social media posts

<p>Persistent jibes about his bachelorhood provoked an Indonesian man to kill </p>
Southeast Asia

Man kills neighbour for taunting him about being single

Indonesia New Zealand Papua Attack
Southeast Asia

Gunmen kill helicopter pilot who landed in remote Indonesian village

Australia and New Zealand

<p>A fire burns at the Double Tree Hotel after a helicopter crashed into the roof in Cairns</p>
Australasia

Hundreds evacuated as helicopter crashes into roof of Hilton hotel

Australasia

Hundreds evacuated as helicopter crashes into roof of Hilton hotel

<p>A fire burns at the Double Tree Hotel after a helicopter crashed into the roof in Cairns</p>
<p>File: Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese and ASIO chief Mike Burgess at a press conference on Monday 5 August </p>
Australasia

Australia’s ‘friends’ among nations interfering in diaspora community

<p>Democracy Manifest </p>
Australasia

Man behind iconic ‘succulent Chinese meal’ meme dies aged 82

<p>Popular zoologist Britton worked with the BBC and National Geographic</p>
Australasia

British zoologist Adam Britton jailed for sexually abusing dogs

<p>New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon</p>
Australasia

New Zealand PM suggests Australians are stupid in war of words

<p>New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon</p>
Australasia

New Zealand PM suggests Australians are stupid in war of words

<p>The Great Barrier Reef is home to one of the most diverse lives includig hundreds of fish species </p>
News

Hottest temperatures in centuries push Great Barrier Reef to brink

<p>The coins featured the popular character Bluey and were due to be released into general circulation next month </p>
Australasia

Man ‘stole £300,000 of coins commemorating kids TV show Bluey’

Americas

<p>Democratic presidential candidate, Vice President Kamala Harris spoke at a campaign rally at Desert Diamond Arena on August 9 in Glendale, Arizona</p>
US politics

Why Trump should fear the women going all out for Kamala Harris

<p>Harris now has a 2.4-point lead over Trump in the latest average of national polls</p>
US politics

Can Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump? Latest poll updates

<p>Donald Trump speaks to Elon Musk in X Spaces interview </p>
US politics

Trump repeats same old talking points in Musk interview

<p>Seth Meyers joked he was calling Republicans ‘weird’ long before Tim Walz </p>
US politics

Seth Meyers jokes Tim Walz copied his ‘Republicans are weird’ line

<p>Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump participates in an interview with billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk on the social media platform X from his Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach, Florida, on August 12 2024 </p>
LiveUS politics

Trump likens Harris to wife Melania in tech-plagued Musk interview

<p>Kennedy’s dreams of being on the New York ballot were dashed on Monday after a judge ruled he falsified paperwork </p>
US politics

RFK Jr is struck from New York ballot

<p>Seth Meyers joked he was calling Republicans ‘weird’ long before Tim Walz </p>
US politics

Seth Meyers jokes Tim Walz copied his ‘Republicans are weird’ line

<p>Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump participates in an interview with billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk on the social media platform X from his Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach, Florida, on August 12 2024 </p>
LiveUS politics

Trump likens Harris to wife Melania in tech-plagued Musk interview

<p>Kennedy’s dreams of being on the New York ballot were dashed on Monday after a judge ruled he falsified paperwork </p>
US politics

RFK Jr is struck from New York ballot

<p>Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump (left) and presumptive Democratic nominee Kamala Harris (right) </p>
US politics

Harris uses Trump’s own words on Truth Social to troll Musk interview

<p>Trump drew comparisons between ‘beautiful’ Kamala Harris (right) and his wife Melania (left) </p>
US politics

Trump says ‘beautiful’ Harris looks like Melania in Musk interview

<p>Republican nominee Donald Trump hoped his conversation with Elon Musk on X would boost his momentum. It just created more questions. </p>
US politics

Trump wanted Elon Musk to give him a reset — he didn’t get one

<p>Kamala Harris appears on the next issue of <em>TIME </em>magazine as part of a story titled ‘The Reintroduction of Kamala Harris’</p>
US politics

Time magazine unveils new front cover featuring Kamala Harris

Biden
Americas

Biden using his final months in office to promote 'moonshot' initiative to reduce cancer deaths

Political Conventions Infrastructure
Americas

Want to speed up a road or transit project? Just host a political convention

<p>A break-in at Trump’s campaign office in Virginia is under investigation. Police have released an image of the suspect. </p>
US politics

Break-in at Trump campaign office in Virginia under investigation

<p>Donald Trump and Elon Musk were supposed to speak for an interview on X spaces Monday evening. It eventually got underway 40 minutes after a tech delay. </p>
US politics

X users lament tech problems that delayed Trump and Musk interview

UK and Europe

LiveCrime

UK riots: Man who looted Lush shop pleads guilty

LiveCrime

UK riots: Man who looted Lush shop pleads guilty

Home News

AI deepfake videos of Starmer and Prince William in crypto scam

<p>Ioan Pintaru appearing at Westminster Magistrates' Court in London on Tuesday </p>
Crime

Girl stabbed ‘eight times with steak knife’ in Leicester Square

<p>Labour MP Clive Lewis repeated the oath after making his first attempt ‘under protest’ (Yui Mok/PA)</p>
UK Politics

Labour MP accused of trying to blame Israel for UK’s far-Right riots

<p>An 11-year-old girl was stabbed in Leicester Square on Monday </p>
LiveCrime

Leicester Square stabbing: Suspect in court after girl, 11, knifed

<p>An 11-year-old girl was stabbed in Leicester Square on Monday </p>
LiveCrime

Leicester Square stabbing: Suspect in court after girl, 11, knifed

The Minecraft psychology lab (University of Essex/PA)
UK Politics

University says it is first to open ‘Minecraft psychology lab’

<p>Ian Coates, Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar (Nottinghamshire Police)</p>
News

Family of Nottingham attack victim furious after NHS failings revealed

<p>The suspect was detained by police</p>
Europe

Masked attacker stabs five people in Turkey and live-streams it

<p>Locals and firefighters tackle fierce wildfire burning near Athens as winds feared to spread blaze to capital </p>
LiveEurope

One dead, strong winds to spread fire in Athens - live

<p>Ukrainian servicemen of the 43rd Artillery Brigade fire self-propelled artillery 2S7 Pion toward Russian positions, in an undisclosed area, in the Pokrovsk district, in the eastern Donetsk region</p>
LiveEurope

Kyiv advancing on Putin’s forces in Kursk as it claims 1,000 sq km

<p>Satellite image shows East Attica covered in thick smoke as wildfires continue to burn in Greece</p>
Europe

Satellite images show how quickly Greek wildfires are spreading

APTOPIX Greece Wildfire
Europe

Crews battle scattered fires in Athens suburbs, helped by calmer winds and reinforcements

<p>Reports of spiking went up fivefold in the UK between 2018 and 2022</p>
Europe

Techno festival becomes first to test for spiked drinks

<p>The Parthenon temple atop the Acropolis hill in a smoke cloud from a wildfire, in Athens on August 12, 2024</p>
Europe

Tourists in Athens return to streets after night of deadly wildfires

<p>A firefighter tries to extinguish a wildfire engulfing a firewood business in Penteli</p>
Europe

Greek firefighters battle through the night as Athens under threat

Voices

<p>The conclusion is that Colcane should have been detained under the provisions of the Mental Health Act 1983</p>
The Independent View

The Nottingham stabbings could – and should – have been avoided

The Independent View

The Nottingham stabbings could – and should – have been avoided

Editorial
<p>The conclusion is that Colcane should have been detained under the provisions of the Mental Health Act 1983</p>
<p>Riot police hold back protesters near a burning police car in Southport </p>
Voices

The far-right rioters have no right to say they’re ‘friends of Israel’

<p>‘Unity is needed to prevent riots that target ethnic minorities’ </p>
Voices

These are the mistakes the government must avoid making with the riots

<p>It’s a simple plan: corporations who import or extract fossil fuels pay a price per tonne, a price that is set to increase over time</p>
Letters

Labour must adopt a climate income – it would enrich us all

<p>‘One of the core traits of toxic masculinity is bullying’ </p>
Voices

As an expert in men and masculinity – here’s my advice to Elon Musk

<p>‘One of the core traits of toxic masculinity is bullying’ </p>
Voices

As an expert in men and masculinity – here’s my advice to Elon Musk

<p>Any credible strategy by the government needs not just to condemn the rioters but also directly address the ‘root causes’ </p>
Voices

Enough of ‘stop the boats’ – this is how to deal with immigration

<p>The West was as surprised as the Kremlin by this week’s events</p>
Voices

Putin’s greatest fear is coming true – and he’s panicking

Sport

<p>Brentford have set a price of £60m for their star forward but so far clubs have been reluctant to meet it.</p>
Football

Brentford hold firm on Ivan Toney’s high price tag

Football

Brentford hold firm on Ivan Toney’s high price tag

<p>Brentford have set a price of £60m for their star forward but so far clubs have been reluctant to meet it.</p>
<p>Aaron Wan-Bissaka has left Manchester United </p>
Football

Wan Bissaka leaves Manchester United to join West Ham

Football

Arsenal learn Merino transfer fee - but remain way off with their bid

<p>Team GB competed at London 2012 in the men’s football competition </p>
Olympics

Team GB targeting men’s football team at LA 2028 Olympics

Liverpool’s record goalscorer Ian Rush is hopeful the contract impasse affecting three players can be resolved (John Walton/PA)
Football

Ian Rush hopes Liverpool sort new deals for star trio

Liverpool’s record goalscorer Ian Rush is hopeful the contract impasse affecting three players can be resolved (John Walton/PA)
Football

Ian Rush hopes Liverpool sort new deals for star trio

<p>Kyle Walker believes the 2024/25 Premier League title is Man City’s “to lose” </p>
Football

Walker says Premier League is ‘our trophy to lose’ before the season

<p>Philippe Clement is hoping to lead Rangers into the Champions League group stages </p>
Football

Clement explains importance of Champions League place to Rangers

<p>Salmaan Moerat will lead the Springboks in Perth </p>
Rugby Union

Springboks ring changes for second clash with Australia

<p>Six per cent of Brits believe they could qualify for the Olympic 100m in Los Angeles if they started training today </p>
Olympics

One in four Brits convinced they could qualify for 2028 Olympics

<p>Graham Thorpe (Mike Egerton/PA)</p>
Home News

England cricketer Graham Thorpe died after being hit by train

UFC

UFC 305 card in full as Adesanya challenges Du Plessis this weekend

UFC

What time does UFC 305 start in UK and US this weekend?

<p>James Anderson retired from Test cricket in July </p>
Cricket

England legend Anderson eyeing shock return to white-ball cricket

Graham Thorpe (Mike Egerton/PA)
Cricket

Former England batter Graham Thorpe was struck by train, inquest told

UFC

How to watch UFC 305 online and on TV this weekend

Lifestyle

<p>Woman furious after her sister tries to plan a gender reveal on her 21st birthday </p>
Lifestyle

Woman outraged after sister plans gender reveal on her 21st birthday

<p>The internet has had a strong reaction after a couple admitted to charging wedding guests $333 to save money. </p>
Lifestyle

Couple charges wedding guests $333 each in effort to save money

<p>Husband leaves vacation early after mother-in-law uses his toothpaste - and the internet has a strong reaction. </p>
Lifestyle

Husband leaves vacation early after mother-in-law uses his toothpaste

Your garden will need some extra care during scorching temperatures (Alamy/PA)
Lifestyle

What has the heatwave done to my garden?

<p>A bride expects her retired art teacher mom to pay for her age-gap wedding (Getty Images)</p>
Lifestyle

Bride expects retired art teacher mom to pay for her age-gap wedding

<p>The daughter argued that her parents lived near the airport and could easily have taken an Uber </p>
Lifestyle

Daughter sparks debate after refusing to pick parents up from airport

Your garden will need some extra care during scorching temperatures (Alamy/PA)
Lifestyle

What has the heatwave done to my garden?

<p>A bride expects her retired art teacher mom to pay for her age-gap wedding (Getty Images)</p>
Lifestyle

Bride expects retired art teacher mom to pay for her age-gap wedding

<p>The daughter argued that her parents lived near the airport and could easily have taken an Uber </p>
Lifestyle

Daughter sparks debate after refusing to pick parents up from airport

Climate

<p>Europe suffered brutal heatwaves and wildfires in 2023</p>
Europe

European heatwave killed over 47,000 people in 2023

Europe

European heatwave killed over 47,000 people in 2023

<p>Europe suffered brutal heatwaves and wildfires in 2023</p>
<p>Waves hit the shore in Shirahama, Wakayama prefecture, western Japan on Monday</p>
News

Thousands evacuated and flights cancelled as storm Maria lashes Japan

<p>Smoke from wildfires is seen above the Greek parliament building in central Athens on Sunday</p>
News

Greece wildfires force thousands to flee tourist towns

<p>Jane Goodall, pictured in 2019. The 90-year-old zoologist, primatologist and anthropologist is regarded as the foremost expert on chimpanzees in the world, still travels almost every day of the year promoting her Jane Goodall Institute and raising money to protect the environment</p>
Climate 100

At 90, primatologist Jane Goodall is still on her crusade for nature

<p>The New York City subway system exposes 5.5 million people a day to toxic air, a new study found. Black and Hispanic workers are disproportionately impacted by the pollution. </p>
News

New York subways expose commuters to toxic air

<p>The New York City subway system exposes 5.5 million people a day to toxic air, a new study found. Black and Hispanic workers are disproportionately impacted by the pollution. </p>
News

New York subways expose commuters to toxic air

<p>A spear-fisherman dives as plastic bags float in the water off the coastal city of Batroun, Lebanon </p>
News

Scientists find plastic-eating fungi that could help clean up oceans

<p>A car negotiates a flooded section of road, as torrential rain and thunderstorms hit the UK. Earth’s string of 13 straight months with a new average heat record came to an end this past July</p>
News

July finally breaks streak of record global temperatures

Culture

<p>A Banksy artwork depicting two elephants poking their heads out of blocked out windows was unveiled on the side of a building in Chelsea on Tuesday (Yui Mok/PA)</p>
Culture

Watch: Recap of every Banksy artwork that has popped up in last week

News

Barack Obama shares his 2024 reading list

<p>Miley Cyrus</p>
News

Emotional Miley Cyrus becomes youngest Disney Legend

<p>The Umbrella Academy</p>
News

The Umbrella Academy fans spot a massive editing mistake in season 4

News

Umbrella Academy star calls show for making him ‘angry’

News

Glenn Close: Hillbilly Elegy star takes swipe at JD Vance

<p>Des Lynam and Gary Lineker</p>
News

Ex-Match of the Day host says BBC can’t ‘justify’ Gary Lineker salary

<p>Vince Vaughn at Sundance Film Festival, Utah, in 2019</p>
News

Vince Vaughn rips into modern ‘responsible’ comedies

Premium

<p>Take advantage of rail and boat routes when travelling to and from New Zealand’s capital </p>
Travel

Can we reboot a Wellington trip for this nervous flyer?

Travel

Can we reboot a Wellington trip for this nervous flyer?

Head shot of Simon Calder
Simon Calder
<p>Take advantage of rail and boat routes when travelling to and from New Zealand’s capital </p>
<p>More than 700 migrants crossed the Channel on Sunday, as two people died attempting the journey</p>
Politics explained

What can the government do to turn the tide of Channel casualties?

<p>Close shave: most men can’t get away with stubble without it looking like trouble</p>
Lifestyle

This is what women really think about your ‘cool summer stubble’

<p>The heat is on: in sweltering summers, though it may be hard, the dream sleep can be attained </p>
Health and Wellbeing

Too hot to sleep? No sweat! In summer you need another kind of rest

<p>For young Mr Men fans in France, the adventures of Mr Nonsense come in a different guise</p>
Errors & Omissions

Mea Culpa: A bizarrely overused headline word

<p>For young Mr Men fans in France, the adventures of Mr Nonsense come in a different guise</p>
Errors & Omissions

Mea Culpa: A bizarrely overused headline word

<p>‘I’ll be back’: Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Terminator</p>
Features

Why The Terminator has never felt more relevant, 40 years on

<p>Sadly, based on current trends and with technology evolving at a rapid rate, we can only expect more opportunities to arise for perpetrators to abuse</p>
Voices

We need to do more to protect women from revenge porn

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