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Public civility just trumped religious exemptions in France. A Muslim man has been ordered to pay more than 2,000 euros ($2,300) for refusing to shake hands with a French prefect because she was a woman. […]

Four homeless people now have nearly $59,000, thanks to a single lottery ticket handed to them by a kind passerby. The generous gesture, which was confirmed on Oct. 6 by the lottery company Francaise des […]

An animal lover took the adage that dogs are man’s best friend to a whole new level. Ricardo Pimentel Cordero housed 300 stray dogs in his own home in Cancun, Mexico, to protect them from […]

A terminally ill former Olympian was forced to beg for money at a traffic stop to pay for life-saving treatment. Former Colombian taekwondo athlete Milton Castro, 44, was filmed begging for money next to a […]

Certain days of the wedding season are considered “auspicious” for marriages in India. But not for the commuter because that’s when thousands of marriages take place, all on the same day, causing mile-long traffic snarls […]

Dance, like any other art form, is meant to unite people. However, the abundance of casteist notions within the performing arts community has been a major divisive force. The recent attempt to suicide of a […]

After spending almost a month in jail on drug charges, Bollywood actor Rhea Chakraborty, the girlfriend of deceased actor Sushant Singh Rajput, has been granted bail by the Bombay High Court. The actor, who was […]

To avoid the sugar and wheat crises as happened in Pakistan in 2019, Prime Minister Imran Khan has directed the relevant departments to ensure abundant availability of those commodities. Following a meeting to review wheat […]

French animal-rights activists are claiming a major victory. The French government has said it will introduce a ban on the breeding of animals for their fur, as well as on wild zoo animals and marine […]

A few regulars returned to Café Vrindavan, in an eastern suburb of Mumbai as soon as it reopened on Oct. 5, but it remains to be seen how quickly restaurants can recover from the lockdown […]