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Critics in city where hit film is set complain that it leaves out minorities and is ‘simplistic’It has been heralded as a milestone for representation of Asian people on screen, the first Hollywood

Firm claims Kremlin-linked group created fake websites for Senate and thinktanks The Russian group linked to the hacking of Hillary Clinton’s presidential election campaign has been launching fresh

Police blame Taliban for Kabul attack heard in live broadcast of Ashraf Ghani’s address The Taliban have fired a pair of rockets towards the presidential palace in Kabul during a live broadcast by

Receding waters reveal scale of devastation as monsoon floods leave more than 410 deadMore than one million people have fled to relief camps in the Indian state of Kerala to escape devastating monsoon

Study finds restrictions on migration can push people towards unauthorised channels The use of visa restrictions to control global migration is “counterproductive and ineffective”, pushing people who

Musk tweeted on 7 August that he had ‘secured’ funding to take the company private, but so far no offer has been madeInvestors betting on a fall in Tesla’s share price have made $1.09bn since 7

Wife speaks publicly for first time about legal fight to get answers on politician’s suicideThe widow of the late Welsh government minister Carl Sargeant has described her agony at still not

Islamic State blamed for targeting children with online recruiting campaigns A series of coordinated attacks in Chechnya this week were carried out by teenagers and children as young as 11, local

Criminalising begging violates the rights of vulnerable people, the court ruled. Campaigners hope the rest of India will follow suitPeople beg on the streets of India’s capital out of need, not

Five officers charged with gross misconduct after musician died in police custody 10 years agoThe family of a man who died in police custody a decade ago will have to wait until at least 2019 to see

It is bizarre to examine children when they still have two more years at schoolWe all could and should be having a relaxed summer but instead, 16-year-olds are grimly anticipating their GCSE results

Political consultant Rick Wilson is horrified by what his party has done – and his book is much more than a brutally enjoyable roasting of those responsibleThe Republican political consultant Rick

Malcolm Turnbull sees off attempted coup by his home affairs minister but could face another vote on his premiership in daysAustralia’s embattled prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, has survived a

Authorities will speak to Jimmy Bennett after learning no police report was filed at time of alleged 2013 assault Police are looking into sexual assault allegations by a young actor against Italian

Exclusive: Experts denounce Australian Border Force’s ‘inhumane and unnecessary’ delays in transfer of 12-year-old boy, who has refused food for more than 20 daysA 12-year-old refugee on Nauru who has

MH Miller left university with a journal full of musings on Virginia Woolf and a vast financial burden. He is one of 44 million US graduates struggling to repay a total of $1.4tn. Were they right to

Just 17 countries recognise Taiwan after El Salvador switches allegiance to BeijingThe president of Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen, has vowed to fight against Chinese pressure after the island lost the

Calls grow for ban on fully autonomous weapons, following NGO coalition report The use of fully autonomous weapons in a theatre of war would breach international law, campaigners and experts say, as

Teenager and two adults targeted after travelling to spot known as a place fiercely guarded by local residentsA child and two men have been shot at while surfing off a remote New Zealand beach in an

Controversial ‘Silent Sam’, criticized as symbol of racism, falls after hundreds gathered at UNC Chapel HillPolice are investigating after the controversial “Silent Sam” Confederate statue on the