The Gen Z revolution spreading in Asia – Financial Times

  1. The Gen Z revolution spreading in Asia  Financial Times
  2. Exclusive: Young activists who toppled Nepal's government now picking new leaders  Reuters
  3. ‘More egalitarian’: How Nepal’s Gen Z used gaming app Discord to pick PM  Al Jazeera
  4. The key issues that drove Gen Z protests that toppled Nepal’s government  PBS
  5. Young Nepalis brought down the government. Now they need a plan.  The Washington Post
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Turkey: Thousands protest against crackdown on opposition – DW

  1. Turkey: Thousands protest against crackdown on opposition  DW
  2. Turkey court delays ruling on opposition leader amid political crisis  Reuters
  3. Tens of thousands protest in Ankara against legal crackdown on Turkish opposition  The Guardian
  4. Turkiye court adjourns case challenging CHP opposition party’s congress  Al Jazeera
  5. Transcript: Turkey’s opposition is under siege  Financial Times
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Trump insists foreign workers are ‘welcome’ days after arrest of hundreds of South Koreans

US president says he doesn’t want to ‘disincentivize investment’ after images of workers chained and handcuffed caused widespread alarm in South Korea

President Donald Trump has said foreign workers sent to the United States are “welcome” and he doesn’t want to “frighten off” investors, 10 days after hundreds of South Koreans were arrested at a work site in Georgia.

In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump wrote: “I don’t want to frighten off or disincentivize investment.

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Two men arrested in Utah after incendiary device found under news vehicle

Men could face terrorism-related and weapons charges after officials say device ‘had been lit but failed to function’

Authorities in Utah say two men have been arrested on suspicion of placing an incendiary device under a news media vehicle in Salt Lake City. The bomb didn’t go off.

Police and fire department bomb squads responded on Friday when a suspicious device was found under the vehicle parked near an occupied building.

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Man arrested over ‘racially motivated’ rape of woman in West Midlands

British-born Sikh woman in her 20s tells police a racist remark was made during assault in Oldbury

A man has been arrested after a Sikh woman said she had been left “deeply affected” by what police are treating as a racially motivated rape in the West Midlands.

The woman, described as a British-born Sikh in her 20s, told police a racist remark was made to her during the assault in the Tame Road area of Oldbury on Tuesday morning.

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German Far Right Gains in Bellwether Election, but Fails to Sweep – The New York Times

  1. German Far Right Gains in Bellwether Election, but Fails to Sweep  The New York Times
  2. Germany: Merz's CDU set to win in NRW, AfD makes big gains  DW
  3. Far-right AfD’s vote triples in elections in German bellwether state  The Guardian
  4. Far right set to make electoral gains in Germany’s most populous state  Financial Times
  5. Far right gains stronger foothold in western Germany  politico.eu
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