Most of Indian Americans support Biden, Kamala

NEW YORK, Oct 14 (New York Times): A large majority of Indian Americans plan to cast ballots for the Democratic ticket of former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen Kamala Harris, according to a survey released Wednesday, despite elaborate overtures by the Trump White House to win their support.The survey,...

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China, Russia win seats on UN rights council

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 14 (AP): China, Russia and Cuba won seats on the U.N.'s premiere human rights body Tuesday despite opposition from activist groups over their abysmal human rights records, but another target, Saudi Arabia, lost.Russia and Cuba were running unopposed, but China and Saudi Arabia were in a five-way...

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Anti-migrant sentiment fanned on Facebook in Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 14 (Reuters): As coronavirus infections surged in Malaysia this year, a wave of hate speech and misinformation aimed at Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar began appearing on Facebook.Alarmed rights groups reported the material to Facebook.But six months later, many posts targeting the Rohingya in Malaysia remain on...

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