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Some social media users have called for boycotting Disney after new Star Wars director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy's comments on men surfaced.Chinoy is a Pakistani-Canadian journalist and two-time Oscar-winning filmmaker. Her films typically give a voice to feminist issues. Most recently, Chinoy directed Ms. Marvel. A part of Disney's Marvel Cinematic ...

A merger of Walt Disney’s India unit and billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s media business would create an entertainment powerhouse in India, but lawyers say any deal would draw intense antitrust scrutiny and assets would likely need to be shed.Disney and India’s Reliance, which each have a major streaming service as ...

At the end of last week, Thomas Maddens, a filmmaker and activist based in Belgium, noticed something strange. A video about Palestine that he posted to TikTok with the word “genocide” suddenly stopped getting engagement on the platform after an initial spike. “I thought I would have got millions ...

Source link www.rferl.org Pakistan's order for all “illegal” Afghan migrants to leave the country has left millions -- including long-term residents and holders of valid documents -- living in fear of being forcibly returned to the country they fled. Some 3.7 million Afghans fleeing war, poverty, and political upheaval ...

A purported video of a Railway Protection Force (RPF) constable who allegedly killed his senior colleague and three Muslim passengers in a moving train has sparked massive online outrage, with Congress calling it a result of a “hyper-charged and highly polarised news media and social media atmosphere.” In the ...

TORONTO - A few hundred members of Canada's Sikh community demonstrated outside the Indian Consulate in Toronto on Saturday to protest the unsolved killing of one of their leaders last month in the Vancouver, British Columbia, area. They accused the Indian government of being responsible for the gunning down ...

Bethenny Frankel is being attacked online after she seemingly criticized the people who got into a missing submersible.The reality TV star shared her thoughts on her social media channels, suggesting there are other ways to get thrills without risking your own life. While Frankel did say the situation was ...

A prominent Pakistani lawyer and human rights activist returned home late Friday, a day after armed men allegedly abducted him from near his residence in the southern port city of Karachi. Local police officials and relatives confirmed that Jibran Nasir had rejoined his family but shared no further details. ...

Source link www.rferl.org Welcome back to the China In Eurasia briefing, an RFE/RL newsletter tracking China’s resurgent influence from Eastern Europe to Central Asia. To subscribe, click here. I’m RFE/RL correspondent Reid Standish and here’s what I’m following right now. Beijing, Moscow, And Leaked Documents Along with my colleagues ...

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan was arrested on corruption charges, sparking protests across the country by his supportersy. Source link