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A Rising India Is Also, in One Remote Pocket, a Blood-Soaked War Zone

Weeks of ethnic violence in the Indian state of Manipur have claimed about 100 lives. Hundreds of people have been burned out of their homes. More than 35,000 people have become refugees. Men, women and children have been set ablaze by angry mobs.

They Spoke Up for Free Speech. Now They Are Being Sued for Defamation.

Powerful figures who know they can use the courts to intimidate, harass and punish critics have taken advantage of what the United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights has called “judicial harassment” in Thailand.

‘How Could This Happen?’: Canadian Fires Burning Where They Rarely Have Before

Of the more than 400 fires burning in Canada, more than one-third are in Quebec, which has little experience with so many and such large wildfires.

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