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At the entrance to a small bright-green house with a wooden door in the village of Kazhuthapali in India’s southern state of Tamil Nadu, sits the King of Love. That is the literal translation of UA Anburaj’s name. And the 43-year-old lives up to it. The tall, quiet man watches …

The dating app Tinder changed the way we connect by mainstreaming the swipe: Swipe left to reject; swipe right to see if there’s a spark. Now, in the age of pernicious romance scams, Tinder is going hard on another feature: the block. Tinder, which is owned by Match Group, recently said …

Four people have been confirmed dead and thousands displaced in New Zealand after Cyclone Gabrielle brought widespread flooding and landslides to the northern part of the country. Gabrielle, which reached New Zealand on Sunday before making its way down the east coast of the North Island, cut off entire towns, …

If one were to rank the top incident that has marred Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s political career, it would be the Gujarat riots of 2002. And a year before India goes to polls to possibly elect Modi for a third term, his government’s attempts to suppress any public discourse …

Arsenal versus Manchester City on Wednesday will not be your regular first versus second in the league match. Arsenal’s hopes of a first league title since 2004 rely heavily on this match. But its significance stems from the fact that it is the first staging of a rivalry that could …

Edith Kah Walla was at the front of a crowd of students that welcomed Cameroon’s new President Paul Biya on a tour of the United States in 1984, full of hope that the young leader would bring stability and democracy, and end corruption. Four decades on, Biya, now the world’s …

It was 3.40am on January 3 when Digambar Singh Bisht woke up hearing a loud rumble. “It felt like the ground beneath us would crack open,” he told Al Jazeera. The house shook and the glass windowpanes of two nearby hotels got shattered. The family of five rushed out in …

Tunisian police have arrested two more prominent opponents of President Kais Saied and the head of a radio station that has broadcast criticism of the president. The detentions on Monday come amid a wave of arrests targeting politicians and other critics of the government. Police raided the house of Noureddine …

Fans of LEGO Friends will be pleased to know that their favorite toymaker recently released seven brand new sets from its ‘Friends’ lineup. The sets were released to celebrate the launch of eight new LEGO Friends characters – all of whom come from diverse backgrounds. The characters – Autumn, Aliya, …

The US Securities and Exchange Commission is on the warpath—and crypto is in its crosshairs. Over the weekend, The Wall Street Journal reported that the agency intends to sue crypto firm Paxos for issuing BUSD, a stablecoin developed in partnership with the world’s largest crypto exchange, Binance. The SEC declined to comment, but …