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A carnival float depicting a controversial Hindu Temple planned for an upcoming India Day Parade in the streets of New York City has sparked criticism, with several groups calling it “anti-Muslim.” The float depicts the Ram Mandir — a grand pink sandstone temple built for the Hindu god Ram, in the holy city of Ayodhya. The temple was built on top of the ruins of the 16th-century Babri mosque, which was destroyed by Hindu nationalist mobs in 1992. Consecrated and opened in January 2024 by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the temple remains a controversial topic and a bitter reminder of…

In the Northern Hemisphere the summer season is in full swing and tourists are on the go. But there is a dark side of tourism and a number of popular places have complained about hordes of visitors. There have been protests against tourists in Spanish cities and the island of Mallorca. Venice has long been plagued by cruise ships and now charges an entrance fee. Lisbon, Prague and Amsterdam have all seen tensions rise between visitors and locals. Some businesses think they may have an answer.Overtourism: The costs of a $1.5 trillion industry To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a…

Hundreds of protesters have been arrested in India after mass demonstrations over the rape and murder of a doctor.More than 1,500 people have been detained in the state of West Bengal, where the crime took place, during the days-long protests by doctors and women’s groups who have been calling for better protection.Richa Garg, a doctor who was part of the protests in New Delhi, said she no longer felt safe at her workplace.”As a woman, it boils my blood,” she said.”The culprits of this crime should be found immediately – and our workplaces should be made safer.”The protests were sparked…

German media have reported on the shift in the political mood in the US over the past two weeks since President Joe Biden bowed out of the race. The new candidate, Kamala Harris, is seen to be scoring points against the Republican challenger, former President Donald Trump. Respondents to Germany’s monthly Deutschlandtrend survey by pollster infratest dimap have a clear preference: of the 1,300 eligible voters surveyed between August 5 and 7, a whopping 77% said they believe Vice President Kamala Harris is more suitable for the presidency, while only 10% favor Donald Trump. In July, when Biden was still the…

A new version of the mpox virus has emerged in Central Africa, spreading among children and adults in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and neighboring countries.  Infection with mpox causes a pus-filled skin rash lasting up to four weeks, which can be very painful. But what symptoms should we look out for and what can we do to reduce the risk of infection? What is mpox?  You might have heard of mpox with its former name — monkeypox. Mpox is an infectious disease caused by the monkeypox virus. The virus was first discovered in 1958 in Denmark, when an outbreak that resembled…

You don’t have to have been an Olympic athlete to experience something like the post-Olympic blues. “It can happen to anyone who does something emotionally important,” Jens Kleinert of the Psychological Institute at the German Sport University Cologne told DW. “For example, say I spend a year or two building my house and put an incredible amount of energy into it – including emotional energy, because it means so much to me. Then the house is suddenly finished. And everyone is surprised that I don’t seem really happy about it, but instead say: Somehow I feel totally broken and empty…

Taylor Swift performed at London’s Wembley Stadium on Thursday, a little over a week after police in Vienna foiled a terror attack plot that led to the cancellation of three of her Eras Tour concerts in the Austrian capital. In addition to events in Vienna, the shows come two weeks after three girls were killed in a mass stabbing at a dance class themed around her music in northwest England. The US singer-songwriter appeared on the Wembley stage for her hit song “22,” wearing a T-shirt bearing the words “a lot going on at the moment” — interpreted as a…

Thai lawmakers will vote on whether to appoint heiress Paetongtarn Shinawatra as the country’s new prime minister on Friday. Shinawatra is the 37-year-old daughter of billionaire former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and the niece of another former prime minister, Yingluck Shinawatra, but she has never held elected office herself. The Pheu Thai party selected her as its candidate after a court sacked Premier Srettha Thavisin on Wednesday for appointing a cabinet member with a criminal conviction. “We are confident that the party and coalition parties will lead our country,” she said her candidacy was announced. Pheu Thai’s coalition controls 314 out…

Europe’s demographic time bomb has been ticking for decades, with societies of European Union countries growing older and people living longer. More than a fifth of the European Union’s population is now aged 65 or older. That figure is expected to reach a third by 2050. The World Health Organization warned last year that 2024 would mark the first time that over-65s would outnumber Europe’s under-15 population. Despite large increases in immigration over the past two decades, the continent still needs to attract enough workers whose taxes can help cover the growing cost of public pensions. Economists predict that by 2050, there will…

A round of talks aimed to restore peace in Gaza have begun in Qatar – with a deal the likeliest way of preventing a wider conflict from breaking out in the Middle East.Officials from the US, Qatar and Egypt are meeting an Israeli delegation in Doha in the latest efforts by international mediators to strike a peace deal between Israel and Hamas, who have been at war for the past 10 months. The White House says the talks are likely to run into Friday. Hamas representative have previously told Sky News they will not be taking part in the talks.According…