On the request of officials, Apple has deleted one of the world's most popular Quran apps in China from its store. &nbsp;

The app, which is called Quran Majeed, is available across the world on the App Store. It has nearly 150,000 reviews and is used by millions of Muslims. &nbsp;

It seems to have been removed for hosting illegal religious texts, as per a BBC report. &nbsp;

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The app’s deletion was first noticed by Apple Censorship, a website, which monitors the apps available on Apple's App Store globally. &nbsp;

In a statement, the app's maker, PDMS, said, "According to Apple, our app Quran Majeed has been removed from the China App store because it includes content that requires additional documentation from Chinese authorities." &nbsp;

"We are trying to get in touch with the Cyberspace Administration of China and relevant Chinese authorities to get this issue resolved," added the company. &nbsp;

As per the app's maker, it had around one million users in China. &nbsp;

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Meanwhile, an employee of Apple, who led a fellow workers movement against alleged patterns of discrimination, racism and sexism at the tech company, was fired. &nbsp;

Janneke Parrish, an Apple program manager and one of the leaders behind the #AppleToo movement, said she was terminated for “non-compliance” after she deleted personal files from her work device amid an internal investigation, according to the Guardian. &nbsp;

Parrish, who worked at Apple for five years, claims that she was fired for speaking out publicly about "issues within the company". &nbsp;

“I’ve been very vocal, I’ve been very public. I have not been afraid to put my name and attach my face to #AppleToo,” she told the Guardian. “This feels very much like retaliation for having the courage to speak out.” &nbsp;

(With inputs from agencies)&nbsp;

On the request of officials, Apple has deleted one of the world's most popular Quran apps in China from its store. The app, which is called Quran Majeed, is available across the world on the App Store.

On the request of officials, Apple has deleted one of the world's most popular Quran apps in China from its store. The app, which is called Quran Majeed, is available across the world on the App Store. It has nearly 150,000 reviews and is used by millions of Muslims. It seems to have been removed for hosting illegal religious texts, as per a BBC report. Also Read: Evergrande risks 'controllable', says China's central bank The app’s deletion was first noticed by Apple Censorship, a website, which monitors the apps available on Apple's App Store globally. In a statement, the app's maker, PDMS, said, "According to Apple, our app Quran Majeed has been removed from the China App store because it includes content that requires additional documentation from Chinese authorities." "We are trying to get in touch with the Cyberspace Administration of China and relevant Chinese authorities to get this issue resolved," added the company. As per the app's maker, it had around one million users in China. Also Read: Satellite images show China has upgraded military bases facing Taiwan Meanwhile, an employee of Apple, who led a fellow workers movement against alleged patterns of discrimination, racism and sexism at the tech company, was fired. Janneke Parrish, an Apple program manager and one of the leaders behind the #AppleToo movement, said she was terminated for “non-compliance” after she deleted personal files from her work device amid an internal investigation, according to the Guardian. Parrish, who worked at Apple for five years, claims that she was fired for speaking out publicly about "issues within the company". “I’ve been very vocal, I’ve been very public. I have not been afraid to put my name and attach my face to #AppleToo,” she told the Guardian. “This feels very much like retaliation for having the courage to speak out.” (With inputs from agencies)

After officials’ request, Apple pulls down Quran app in China

In what can be called the seizure of the largest heroin shipment ever detected in Australia, the country's police said on Saturday that it has arrested a Malaysian national with illicit drug worth an estimated A$140 million ($104 million).&nbsp;

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In a statement, the police said, the shipment, which was 450-kg (990-pound) in weight, was as heavy as a grand piano. It was detected in a sea freight container of ceramic tiles, which were being sent from Malaysia and going to be delivered to a Melbourne business. &nbsp;

The police have not disclosed the name of the arrested man. The person has been charged with importing and attempted possession of a commercial quantity of a border-controlled drug. The maximum penalty is life imprisonment in this offence, the police said. &nbsp;

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Krissy Barrett, Australian Federal Police Commissioner Southern Command, in a statement said, “The Australian Federal Police was working with the Royal Malaysia Police (RMP). We continue to work together in identifying and disrupting transnational organised crime syndicates that seek to harm both our nations and generate millions of dollars of profits from criminal activity." &nbsp;&nbsp;

(With inputs from agencies)&nbsp;

In what can be called the seizure of the largest heroin shipment ever detected in Australia, the country's police said on Saturday that it has arrested a Malaysian national with illicit drug worth an estimated A$140 million ($104 million).

In what can be called the seizure of the largest heroin shipment ever detected in Australia, the country's police said on Saturday that it has arrested a Malaysian national with illicit drug worth an estimated A$140 million ($104 million). Also Read: Seven Hong Kong activists jailed over unauthorised protest in 2020 In a statement, the police said, the shipment, which was 450-kg (990-pound) in weight, was as heavy as a grand piano. It was detected in a sea freight container of ceramic tiles, which were being sent from Malaysia and going to be delivered to a Melbourne business. The police have not disclosed the name of the arrested man. The person has been charged with importing and attempted possession of a commercial quantity of a border-controlled drug. The maximum penalty is life imprisonment in this offence, the police said. Also Read: Bali earthquake kills three, injures seven Krissy Barrett, Australian Federal Police Commissioner Southern Command, in a statement said, “The Australian Federal Police was working with the Royal Malaysia Police (RMP). We continue to work together in identifying and disrupting transnational organised crime syndicates that seek to harm both our nations and generate millions of dollars of profits from criminal activity." (With inputs from agencies)

Police seize $104-million record shipment of heroin in Australia

The United States has disproved of Russia’s claims that one of its military vessels chased away an American naval destroyer that attempted to violate its territorial waters while drills between Russian and Chinese navies were underway in the Sea of Japan on Friday. &nbsp;

According to the US military, the guided missile destroyer Chafee was conducting routine operations in international waters in the Sea of Japan when a Russian destroyer came within 65 yards (60 metres) of the ship. The interactions during the incident were safe and professional. &nbsp;

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In the statement, the US military&nbsp;said, "The statement from the Russian Defense Ministry about the interaction between our two navy ships is false. At all times, USS Chafee conducted operations in accordance with international law and custom.” &nbsp;

Earlier, the Russian defense ministry said the crew of a Russian anti-submarine vessel, the Admiral Tributs, had radioed a warning to the USS Chafee that it was "in an area closed to navigation due to exercises with artillery fire." &nbsp;

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Russian defence ministry said in its statement that the US destroyer failed to change course and instead raised a flag to indicate that it was preparing to launch helicopter from its deck, meaning it was unable to change course and speed. &nbsp;

"Acting within the framework of the international rules of navigation, the Admiral Tributs set a course for ousting the intruder from Russian territorial waters," it said.

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The Chafee eventually changed course when the two vessels were less than 60 meters apart, it said. &nbsp;

The ministry said that incident lasted for about 50 minutes and took place in Peter the Great Bay, which lies south of Vladivostok in the west of the Sea of Japan. &nbsp;

(With inputs from agencies)&nbsp;

The United States has disproved of Russia’s claims that one of its military vessels chased away an American naval destroyer that attempted to violate its territorial waters while drills between Russian and Chinese navies were underway in the Sea of Japan on Friday.

The United States has disproved of Russia’s claims that one of its military vessels chased away an American naval destroyer that attempted to violate its territorial waters while drills between Russian and Chinese navies were underway in the Sea of Japan on Friday. According to the US military, the guided missile destroyer Chafee was conducting routine operations in international waters in the Sea of Japan when a Russian destroyer came within 65 yards (60 metres) of the ship. The interactions during the incident were safe and professional. Watch: Tense faceoff during Russian-Chinese war games in sea of Japan × In the statement, the US military said, "The statement from the Russian Defense Ministry about the interaction between our two navy ships is false. At all times, USS Chafee conducted operations in accordance with international law and custom.” Earlier, the Russian defense ministry said the crew of a Russian anti-submarine vessel, the Admiral Tributs, had radioed a warning to the USS Chafee that it was "in an area closed to navigation due to exercises with artillery fire." Also Read: US offers condolence payments, relocation to kin of Afghans killed in botched drone attack Russian defence ministry said in its statement that the US destroyer failed to change course and instead raised a flag to indicate that it was preparing to launch helicopter from its deck, meaning it was unable to change course and speed. "Acting within the framework of the international rules of navigation, the Admiral Tributs set a course for ousting the intruder from Russian territorial waters," it said. Also Read: US President Joe Biden slammed for likening former Senator Dodd with one who would not 'disrespect a waitress' The Chafee eventually changed course when the two vessels were less than 60 meters apart, it said. The ministry said that incident lasted for about 50 minutes and took place in Peter the Great Bay, which lies south of Vladivostok in the west of the Sea of Japan. (With inputs from agencies)

US military refutes Russia's claims over naval face-off in Sea of Japan

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After accepting an award in Lisbon, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that she thinks a lot about what she would be doing if she "ruled the world". &nbsp;

The remark came on Monday after the California Democrat accepted the Women For Peace and Security Award at the 67th annual Session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Lisbon, Portugal. &nbsp;

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Pelosi said, “When people ask me, ‘If you ruled the world, what one thing would you do?’ — I think about that a lot. It would be to prioritise the education of women and girls ... It would make the biggest difference not only in their lives, their families, their communities but to the world.” &nbsp;

“Because we truly do believe that when women succeed, America succeeds — or any country succeeds. But globally, we all succeed,” the leader said. &nbsp;

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The speaker looks to display the award at her office in the US Capitol. &nbsp;

Pelosi added, "I will display with great pride in the Speaker's Office in the Capitol as a constant reminder and inspiration of the work that you do and the importance of parliaments in the work of security, the economy, governance — the issues that brought us here today." &nbsp; &nbsp;

(With inputs from agencies)&nbsp;

After accepting an award in Lisbon, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that she thinks a lot about what she would be doing if she "ruled the world". The remark came on Monday after the California Democrat accepted the Women For Peace and Security Award at the 67th annual Session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Lisbon, Portugal.

After accepting an award in Lisbon, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that she thinks a lot about what she would be doing if she "ruled the world". The remark came on Monday after the California Democrat accepted the Women For Peace and Security Award at the 67th annual Session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Lisbon, Portugal. Also Read: Israel, UAE ministers in US as Biden seeks to expand normalisation Pelosi said, “When people ask me, ‘If you ruled the world, what one thing would you do?’ — I think about that a lot. It would be to prioritise the education of women and girls ... It would make the biggest difference not only in their lives, their families, their communities but to the world.” “Because we truly do believe that when women succeed, America succeeds — or any country succeeds. But globally, we all succeed,” the leader said. Also Read: Texas governor bars all COVID-19 vaccine mandates in state, rips Biden for 'bullying' The speaker looks to display the award at her office in the US Capitol. Pelosi added, "I will display with great pride in the Speaker's Office in the Capitol as a constant reminder and inspiration of the work that you do and the importance of parliaments in the work of security, the economy, governance — the issues that brought us here today." (With inputs from agencies)

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi thinks ‘a lot’ about what to do if she 'ruled the world'

After years of being restricted to only civilian roles in the military, women will now be allowed to join the combat roles for the first time, said Kuwaiti army on Tuesday. &nbsp;

The door had been opened for women to join various combat ranks, including as officers, said Defence Minister Hamad Jaber al-Ali al-Sabah. &nbsp;

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In remarks reported by state news agency KUNA, the minister said, "The time has come for Kuwaiti women to be given the opportunity to enter the Kuwaiti military side by side with their brothers." &nbsp;&nbsp;

The minister expressed confidence in women's "capabilities... and their ability to endure hardship".

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In 2005, Kuwaiti women earned the right to vote and have been active both in cabinet and parliament — though they did not gain any seats in the current parliament. &nbsp;

Unlike other Gulf nations, parliament in Kuwait enjoys legislative power. The lawmakers of the country have been known to contest the government and royals too. &nbsp;

(With inputs from agencies)&nbsp;

After years of being restricted to only civilian roles in the military, women will now be allowed to join the combat roles for the first time, said Kuwaiti army on Tuesday.

After years of being restricted to only civilian roles in the military, women will now be allowed to join the combat roles for the first time, said Kuwaiti army on Tuesday. The door had been opened for women to join various combat ranks, including as officers, said Defence Minister Hamad Jaber al-Ali al-Sabah. Also Read: Parents 'request' school to beat daughter who allegedly had alcohol In remarks reported by state news agency KUNA, the minister said, "The time has come for Kuwaiti women to be given the opportunity to enter the Kuwaiti military side by side with their brothers." The minister expressed confidence in women's "capabilities... and their ability to endure hardship". Also Read: Israel, UAE ministers in US as Biden seeks to expand normalisation In 2005, Kuwaiti women earned the right to vote and have been active both in cabinet and parliament — though they did not gain any seats in the current parliament. Unlike other Gulf nations, parliament in Kuwait enjoys legislative power. The lawmakers of the country have been known to contest the government and royals too. (With inputs from agencies)

In a first, Kuwaiti women can now serve military in combat roles

No one knew the man’s name when he washed ashore. His body had floated in the ocean for weeks, and it then sat much of the summer unidentified in a refrigerator in a Spanish morgue.

He was one among thousands lost at sea during what has been a record year for migrant drownings in Spain. And he might have been sent with the other unclaimed dead to an unmarked grave if Martín Zamora had not figured out that the body had a name, and a life.

He was Achraf Ameer, 27, a mechanic from Tangier. He had been missing for weeks when Zamora reached his family by WhatsApp. He had found their son’s body. He could bring it to them in Morocco, for a price.

“Sometimes, I get the feeling that some years ahead — in 30, 40, 50 years, I don’t know how many — they will look at us like monsters,” he said. “They’ll see us all as monsters because we just let people die this way.”

Zamora, a 61-year-old father of seven, is the owner of Southern Funeral Assistance, a mortuary in Algeciras. But in this port city where the lights of Morocco can be seen across the Mediterranean, he has become more than that. Zamora is the body collector of those who don’t make it to Spain alive.

Zamora, who says he has repatriated more than 800 bodies in two decades, has forged a business model like few others. He wrestles with municipal officials to hand over bodies so he can embalm them. He works contacts with smugglers to find the people the remains belong to, and has made scores of trips to make contact with them, his last, to Morocco, in the month before the pandemic.

For families who had given up their loved ones as missing, Zamora’s work can offer a kind of closure they had lost all hope for.

But his services come at a steep cost — he charges $3,500 or more to get a body home. No Spanish agency will pay for what he does, and the profit margins of the work are low, he says. And so it leaves him in the gray zone, not uncommon in border towns like this, between the will to do good and the need to make a living.

“My next worry is finding the money,” Zamora said. “The family has nothing.”

Spain is witnessing a devastating procession of migrants drowning at sea.

During the first six months of the year, 2,087 people died or went missing trying to make it to the country’s shores, including 341 women and 91 children, according to Caminando Fronteras, a nongovernmental group that tracks the deaths. The International Organization for Migration, a United Nations body that keeps a more conservative count, has recorded more than 1,300 deaths so far this year.

Helena Maleno Garzón, who heads Caminando Fronteras, said Spain’s situation was especially perilous because it is the only European country with smuggling routes on both the Atlantic and the Mediterranean. “These include some of the most dangerous routes which are now being used,” she said.

Dozens of boats have gone down this year near the Canary Islands, a Spanish archipelago off West Africa. In May, others perished swimming around a border fence that extends into the sea at Ceuta, a Spanish enclave in North Africa encircled by Morocco.

Migrant boats also are tempted by the narrowness of the Gibraltar Strait, only 9 miles wide in one section, despite strong currents that sink many boats. Some drown only hours after leaving Africa, their bodies later washing ashore on beaches in Spain’s southern region of Andalusia.

The Spanish media sometimes carry stories about the latest bodies. Then, when the headlines recede, Zamora’s work begins.

The World We Live In

The body is the mystery. The clothes are often the only clues.

“It can be hard to identify someone’s face,” Zamora said. “But a shoe, a jersey, a T-shirt — suddenly a family member will recognize it, because it once was a gift.”

His first clue came in 1999, when he found a note inside the clothes of a dead Moroccan man. Back then, the government was outsourcing to funeral homes the job of burying unclaimed remains in a field alongside the local cemetery.

Zamora was on call when that body and 15 others were discovered on the beaches. He brought the corpses back to his mortuary and discovered the damp note with a phone number in Spain.

He called and a man on the other end of the line claimed to know nothing. But a few days later, Zamora recalled, the same man called back and admitted he was the brother-in-law of the young man who had drowned.

“I told him, ‘I’ll make you a deal: I’ll charge you half the price to get the body home, but you have to help me look for the rest of the families,’” Zamora said.

The man agreed to guide him to the region in southeastern Morocco where his brother-in-law had lived. Zamora first took care of the body of the young man, embalming it and sending it back to Morocco. Then he got permission from a local judge to take the clothes of the other dead migrants to Morocco.

Zamora and the relative went from village to village, carrying a large rack on which they hung the clothes of the dead migrants, along with rings and other personal effects, which they took to markets where they knew people would go.

After two weeks they had identified the remaining 15 relatives and repatriated every body.

Zamora realized he had a solution to what had been seen as a lost cause in Spain. Yet it costs thousands of euros to repatriate the bodies. And the families that he was meeting had far less than he did.

“You find the family, you get the father and the mother, they take you to where they live and you see it’s a tin shack on the side of a mountain with two goats and a rooster, and they tell you they want their son back,” he said. “What do you do? Be a businessman or be sentimental?”

Mohammed El Mkaddem, an imam at the mosque in Algeciras which makes collections for the families of the dead, said he understood Zamora’s constraints. “In the end, they run a funeral home and it’s a business,” said the imam. “But they do what they can, and we’re thankful for it.”

José Manuel Castillo, the director of the city morgue in Algeciras, said Zamora filled a gap left by the authorities. “Someone has to take care of the paperwork and the repatriation of the bodies, and if it’s Martín Zamora, that is great,” he said.

Even in the heat of southern Spain, Zamora wears a tie and loafers, looking more like a lawyer than an undertaker. On a recent afternoon, he was working on a body with his son, Martín Jr., 17.

“They found him in his work clothes,” Martín Jr. said of the corpse. “Maybe he went straight from work into the boat.”

The boy wandered off for a moment, and Zamora began to speak, almost to himself. His son was 15 the first time they worked together, after a boat carrying 40 people capsized off the coast of Barbate, just north of Algeciras, leaving 22 dead.

He was afraid his son would have nightmares, but Martín Jr. wanted to work, he said.

“No father wants his son to see these things,” Zamora said. “But this is the world we live in.”

A Mechanic From Tangier

Just before the summer, Zamora said he received a WhatsApp message from a man who identified himself as Yusef and said he worked at a mosque in the city of La Linea, across the border from the Rock of Gibraltar.

“There were two boys we don’t know if they are alive or dead — surely they are dead,” began the voice message. “The family was looking everywhere and I said we would ask someone we know who is involved in this kind of thing.”

The next message contained a picture of three men in a dinghy with homemade life vests, taken moments before they left Morocco. One was Achraf Ameer, the illiterate mechanic from Tangier.

With that, Zamora contacted the local authorities, who had a body in the morgue. They gave Zamora’s photographs of the man’s clothes, and Zamora — helped by Yusef — located Ameer’s sister in Tangier and showed her a photo of the clothes. These days, Zamora rarely needs to make the trips to Morocco that he used to, making identifications from afar.

“The paint on his clothes was the paint he has on his clothes at work,” the sister, Soukaina Ameer, 28, said in a telephone interview from Tangier.

She said her brother had tried once before to cross into Spain, only to be deported. This time, he didn’t tell anyone but left cryptic hints when the family began making plans to move to a new home.

“He was always telling us: ‘I won’t be living with you in the new house,’” Soukaina Ameer recalled.

He left on April 13, she said, his boat likely sinking the same night. His body floated in the sea for much of April before it came ashore around the end of the month. For the rest of the spring and part of the summer, it was placed in a morgue, where it deteriorated from not being frozen.

And so on a sweltering day, Zamora loaded Achraf Ameer’s body into his hearse and, with his son, drove past pines and sunflower fields. The body was wrapped in blankets from the Red Cross, which had found him. A hospital tag was affixed to one leg. At the mortuary, Zamora and his son arrived dressed in hazmat suits and began embalming.

Ten pumps from a long needle into Ameer’s shoulder. Another 10 into his chest. After an hour, Zamora wrapped the body in a shroud which he covered in a green cloak and sprinkled it with dried flowers, re-creating a Muslim rite that an imam had once shown him. Then he shut the lid on the coffin and he and his son took off their hazmat suits. The two were covered in sweat.

In the adjoining room sat stacks of case files, people whose bodies Zamora was still trying to locate after their relatives had gotten in touch with him. There was an Algerian man, born in 1986. There were two Moroccans who had been lost at sea; and a Syrian man, who once had a wife and lived in Aleppo.

And there was a ringing from the other room, and with it, another possible lead.

“Martín, go get my phone,” Zamora said to his son, taking off his gloves.

No one knew the man’s name when he washed ashore. His body had floated in the ocean for weeks, and it then sat much of the summer unidentified in a refrigerator in a Spanish morgue.

No one knew the man’s name when he washed ashore. His body had floated in the ocean for weeks, and it then sat much of the summer unidentified in a refrigerator in a Spanish morgue. He was one among thousands lost at sea during what has been a record year for migrant drownings in Spain. And he might have been sent with the other unclaimed dead to an unmarked grave if Martín Zamora had not figured out that the body had a name, and a life. He was Achraf Ameer, 27, a mechanic from Tangier. He had been missing for weeks when Zamora reached his family by WhatsApp. He had found their son’s body. He could bring it to them in Morocco, for a price. “Sometimes, I get the feeling that some years ahead — in 30, 40, 50 years, I don’t know how many — they will look at us like monsters,” he said. “They’ll see us all as monsters because we just let people die this way.” Zamora, a 61-year-old father of seven, is the owner of Southern Funeral Assistance, a mortuary in Algeciras. But in this port city where the lights of Morocco can be seen across the Mediterranean, he has become more than that. Zamora is the body collector of those who don’t make it to Spain alive. Zamora, who says he has repatriated more than 800 bodies in two decades, has forged a business model like few others. He wrestles with municipal officials to hand over bodies so he can embalm them. He works contacts with smugglers to find the people the remains belong to, and has made scores of trips to make contact with them, his last, to Morocco, in the month before the pandemic. For families who had given up their loved ones as missing, Zamora’s work can offer a kind of closure they had lost all hope for. But his services come at a steep cost — he charges $3,500 or more to get a body home. No Spanish agency will pay for what he does, and the profit margins of the work are low, he says. And so it leaves him in the gray zone, not uncommon in border towns like this, between the will to do good and the need to make a living. “My next worry is finding the money,” Zamora said. “The family has nothing.” Spain is witnessing a devastating procession of migrants drowning at sea. During the first six months of the year, 2,087 people died or went missing trying to make it to the country’s shores, including 341 women and 91 children, according to Caminando Fronteras, a nongovernmental group that tracks the deaths. The International Organization for Migration, a United Nations body that keeps a more conservative count, has recorded more than 1,300 deaths so far this year. Helena Maleno Garzón, who heads Caminando Fronteras, said Spain’s situation was especially perilous because it is the only European country with smuggling routes on both the Atlantic and the Mediterranean. “These include some of the most dangerous routes which are now being used,” she said. Dozens of boats have gone down this year near the Canary Islands, a Spanish archipelago off West Africa. In May, others perished swimming around a border fence that extends into the sea at Ceuta, a Spanish enclave in North Africa encircled by Morocco. Migrant boats also are tempted by the narrowness of the Gibraltar Strait, only 9 miles wide in one section, despite strong currents that sink many boats. Some drown only hours after leaving Africa, their bodies later washing ashore on beaches in Spain’s southern region of Andalusia. The Spanish media sometimes carry stories about the latest bodies. Then, when the headlines recede, Zamora’s work begins. The World We Live In The body is the mystery. The clothes are often the only clues. “It can be hard to identify someone’s face,” Zamora said. “But a shoe, a jersey, a T-shirt — suddenly a family member will recognize it, because it once was a gift.” His first clue came in 1999, when he found a note inside the clothes of a dead Moroccan man. Back then, the government was outsourcing to funeral homes the job of burying unclaimed remains in a field alongside the local cemetery. Zamora was on call when that body and 15 others were discovered on the beaches. He brought the corpses back to his mortuary and discovered the damp note with a phone number in Spain. He called and a man on the other end of the line claimed to know nothing. But a few days later, Zamora recalled, the same man called back and admitted he was the brother-in-law of the young man who had drowned. “I told him, ‘I’ll make you a deal: I’ll charge you half the price to get the body home, but you have to help me look for the rest of the families,’” Zamora said. The man agreed to guide him to the region in southeastern Morocco where his brother-in-law had lived. Zamora first took care of the body of the young man, embalming it and sending it back to Morocco. Then he got permission from a local judge to take the clothes of the other dead migrants to Morocco. Zamora and the relative went from village to village, carrying a large rack on which they hung the clothes of the dead migrants, along with rings and other personal effects, which they took to markets where they knew people would go. After two weeks they had identified the remaining 15 relatives and repatriated every body. Zamora realized he had a solution to what had been seen as a lost cause in Spain. Yet it costs thousands of euros to repatriate the bodies. And the families that he was meeting had far less than he did. “You find the family, you get the father and the mother, they take you to where they live and you see it’s a tin shack on the side of a mountain with two goats and a rooster, and they tell you they want their son back,” he said. “What do you do? Be a businessman or be sentimental?” Mohammed El Mkaddem, an imam at the mosque in Algeciras which makes collections for the families of the dead, said he understood Zamora’s constraints. “In the end, they run a funeral home and it’s a business,” said the imam. “But they do what they can, and we’re thankful for it.” José Manuel Castillo, the director of the city morgue in Algeciras, said Zamora filled a gap left by the authorities. “Someone has to take care of the paperwork and the repatriation of the bodies, and if it’s Martín Zamora, that is great,” he said. Even in the heat of southern Spain, Zamora wears a tie and loafers, looking more like a lawyer than an undertaker. On a recent afternoon, he was working on a body with his son, Martín Jr., 17. “They found him in his work clothes,” Martín Jr. said of the corpse. “Maybe he went straight from work into the boat.” The boy wandered off for a moment, and Zamora began to speak, almost to himself. His son was 15 the first time they worked together, after a boat carrying 40 people capsized off the coast of Barbate, just north of Algeciras, leaving 22 dead. He was afraid his son would have nightmares, but Martín Jr. wanted to work, he said. “No father wants his son to see these things,” Zamora said. “But this is the world we live in.” A Mechanic From Tangier Just before the summer, Zamora said he received a WhatsApp message from a man who identified himself as Yusef and said he worked at a mosque in the city of La Linea, across the border from the Rock of Gibraltar. “There were two boys we don’t know if they are alive or dead — surely they are dead,” began the voice message. “The family was looking everywhere and I said we would ask someone we know who is involved in this kind of thing.” The next message contained a picture of three men in a dinghy with homemade life vests, taken moments before they left Morocco. One was Achraf Ameer, the illiterate mechanic from Tangier. With that, Zamora contacted the local authorities, who had a body in the morgue. They gave Zamora’s photographs of the man’s clothes, and Zamora — helped by Yusef — located Ameer’s sister in Tangier and showed her a photo of the clothes. These days, Zamora rarely needs to make the trips to Morocco that he used to, making identifications from afar. “The paint on his clothes was the paint he has on his clothes at work,” the sister, Soukaina Ameer, 28, said in a telephone interview from Tangier. She said her brother had tried once before to cross into Spain, only to be deported. This time, he didn’t tell anyone but left cryptic hints when the family began making plans to move to a new home. “He was always telling us: ‘I won’t be living with you in the new house,’” Soukaina Ameer recalled. He left on April 13, she said, his boat likely sinking the same night. His body floated in the sea for much of April before it came ashore around the end of the month. For the rest of the spring and part of the summer, it was placed in a morgue, where it deteriorated from not being frozen. And so on a sweltering day, Zamora loaded Achraf Ameer’s body into his hearse and, with his son, drove past pines and sunflower fields. The body was wrapped in blankets from the Red Cross, which had found him. A hospital tag was affixed to one leg. At the mortuary, Zamora and his son arrived dressed in hazmat suits and began embalming. Ten pumps from a long needle into Ameer’s shoulder. Another 10 into his chest. After an hour, Zamora wrapped the body in a shroud which he covered in a green cloak and sprinkled it with dried flowers, re-creating a Muslim rite that an imam had once shown him. Then he shut the lid on the coffin and he and his son took off their hazmat suits. The two were covered in sweat. In the adjoining room sat stacks of case files, people whose bodies Zamora was still trying to locate after their relatives had gotten in touch with him. There was an Algerian man, born in 1986. There were two Moroccans who had been lost at sea; and a Syrian man, who once had a wife and lived in Aleppo. And there was a ringing from the other room, and with it, another possible lead. “Martín, go get my phone,” Zamora said to his son, taking off his gloves.

The body collector of Spain: When migrants die at sea, he gets them home

Be it the signs of life or compositions of different planets, scientists around the world have been looking for several answers. &nbsp;&nbsp;

One question that comes to the mind is can humans land or live on Mercury, the closest planet to the sun in the solar system.&nbsp;It takes 88 Earth days to complete a rotation around the Sun. &nbsp;&nbsp;

What goes against the sustainability of life on the planet is excessive solar radiation, extreme temperatures and no proper atmosphere. &nbsp;&nbsp;

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From this planet, the Sun appears almost three times larger than it does from Earth due to close proximity. &nbsp;&nbsp;

The sunlight literally bakes its surface and temperatures reach as high as 430 degrees Celsius (800 degrees Fahrenheit).&nbsp;After sundown, the planet also cools down quickly. &nbsp;&nbsp;

This planet has a thin haze called an exosphere and not a proper atmosphere. It consists of oxygen, hydrogen, helium, sodium and potassium. &nbsp;&nbsp;

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As there is no blanket of gas, the warmth can’t be conserved and it cools down quickly. The temperatures can plummet to minus 180 degrees Celsius, as per the researchers. &nbsp;

In some craters towards the poles, the extreme low temperatures persist year-round. It also may have presence of water or ice. &nbsp;

In spite of these things, humans can walk on the planet's surface due to its slow rotation as it takes 59 Earth days to turn around once. It’s possible when Sun slowly goes down and it is neither insanely cold or hot, say experts. As there is no atmosphere, touchdown can be an issue. &nbsp;&nbsp;

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Be it the signs of life or compositions of different planets, scientists around the world have been looking for several answers. One question that comes to the mind is can humans land or live on Mercury, the closest planet to the sun in the solar system.

Be it the signs of life or compositions of different planets, scientists around the world have been looking for several answers. One question that comes to the mind is can humans land or live on Mercury, the closest planet to the sun in the solar system. It takes 88 Earth days to complete a rotation around the Sun. What goes against the sustainability of life on the planet is excessive solar radiation, extreme temperatures and no proper atmosphere. Also Read: Ancient North Americans used tobacco over 12,000 years ago, says study From this planet, the Sun appears almost three times larger than it does from Earth due to close proximity. The sunlight literally bakes its surface and temperatures reach as high as 430 degrees Celsius (800 degrees Fahrenheit). After sundown, the planet also cools down quickly. This planet has a thin haze called an exosphere and not a proper atmosphere. It consists of oxygen, hydrogen, helium, sodium and potassium. Also Read: 1.97 billion years old Moon rocks set new record for youngest lunar material As there is no blanket of gas, the warmth can’t be conserved and it cools down quickly. The temperatures can plummet to minus 180 degrees Celsius, as per the researchers. In some craters towards the poles, the extreme low temperatures persist year-round. It also may have presence of water or ice. In spite of these things, humans can walk on the planet's surface due to its slow rotation as it takes 59 Earth days to turn around once. It’s possible when Sun slowly goes down and it is neither insanely cold or hot, say experts. As there is no atmosphere, touchdown can be an issue. (With inputs from agencies)

Can humans land safely on extreme hot or cold Mercury?

Amid thrillers, biopics, and dramas that release each week on the big screen and OTT, the heart yearns to watch a feel-good love story. The good old fashion story where the boy meets a girl, falls in love, separates briefly due to some misunderstanding and eventually reunites for eternity. Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzine's&nbsp;The Idea Of You ticks most boxes of a quintessential rom-com but then takes it a notch higher addressing middle-aged women and their desires in the most effective way possible.&nbsp; 
 
Helmed by Michael Showalter, The Idea Of You is breezy enough for you to enjoy the leads falling in love but also deep dives into the dangerous side effects of the paparazzi culture, societal prejudices and more which makes the film slightly different and not as casual as a romantic comedy perceives to be.&nbsp; 
 
Anne Hathaway plays Solene, an LA-based art gallery owner who reluctantly takes her 16-year-old daughter and her pals to Coachella for a meet-and-greet event with popular band August Moon. Solene's ex-husband has paid for the meet-and-greet but has bailed out. At Coachella, Solene meets Hayes (Galitzine), unaware that he is the lead singer of August Moon. Hayes is enamoured by Solene. She finds herself being drawn to him&nbsp;but hesitates initially because he is 24 and she is 40 and he is the crush of millions of teenagers.&nbsp;

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Hayes, an emotionally complex but kind and gentle man, is unassuming about his celebrity status. He pursues and charms his way to Solene's heart and the two embark on what seems like a summer romance initially with Solene travelling with Hayes as his 'Art Consultant' as he and his band tour Europe.&nbsp; 
 
As the paparazzi get to know, the couple is followed and photos of their romance are splashed across various tabloids.&nbsp;Solene gets labelled not Hayes. From being called a cougar to being targeted for her age and looks, the internet and society at large come down harshly on the woman while calling the man the victim. As one of Solene's friend rightly points out, "People hate happy women," the society is quick to make judgements about her integrity and character, Solene initially makes peace with it and puts her happiness first. And Hayes gives her happiness but later the dynamics change when Solene's daughter Izzy starts getting affected.&nbsp;

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Based on a novel of the same name by Robinne Lee, The Idea Of You has 40-year-old single mother taking the centre stage where she lives an unapologetic life. Even though bitter about her ex-husband cheating on her, Solene is someone who has moved on and made her teenage daughter her best friend while&nbsp;finding solace in her work. Love happens by chance for her and she fights back thinking of society and its norms. But as she finds herself drawn deeply to a much younger man, she realises the hypocritical nature of the society that she has been afraid of all this while.

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Romantic comedies or love stories have that feel-good factor. But not too many make you think deeper, which fortunately The Idea Of You does. It helps that Hathaway and Galitzine share incredible onscreen chemistry and makes their pairing look very relatable. The songs, composed by Siddhartha Khosla and performed by Galitzine are nice and breezy adding freshness to the story.&nbsp;

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The Idea Of You is a feel-good romance and despite its predictability, it manages to put a smile on your face. Hathaway and Galitzine make for a good-looking couple on screen. A modern-day fairy tale romance, The Idea Of You is candid and honest, and throws light on the double standards that exist in our society without being too preachy. The film is not meant for teenagers but for their parents, and talks of finding love and giving it a second chance. 
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The Idea Of You is releasing on Amazon Prime Video on May 2.&nbsp;

Amid thrillers, biopics, and dramas that release each week on the big screen and OTT, the heart yearns to watch a feel-good love story. The good old fashion story where the boy meets a girl, falls in love, separates briefly due to some misunderstanding and eventually reunites for eternity.

Amid thrillers, biopics, and dramas that release each week on the big screen and OTT, the heart yearns to watch a feel-good love story. The good old fashion story where the boy meets a girl, falls in love, separates briefly due to some misunderstanding and eventually reunites for eternity. Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzine's The Idea Of You ticks most boxes of a quintessential rom-com but then takes it a notch higher addressing middle-aged women and their desires in the most effective way possible. Helmed by Michael Showalter, The Idea Of You is breezy enough for you to enjoy the leads falling in love but also deep dives into the dangerous side effects of the paparazzi culture, societal prejudices and more which makes the film slightly different and not as casual as a romantic comedy perceives to be. Anne Hathaway plays Solene, an LA-based art gallery owner who reluctantly takes her 16-year-old daughter and her pals to Coachella for a meet-and-greet event with popular band August Moon. Solene's ex-husband has paid for the meet-and-greet but has bailed out. At Coachella, Solene meets Hayes (Galitzine), unaware that he is the lead singer of August Moon. Hayes is enamoured by Solene. She finds herself being drawn to him but hesitates initially because he is 24 and she is 40 and he is the crush of millions of teenagers. Hayes, an emotionally complex but kind and gentle man, is unassuming about his celebrity status. He pursues and charms his way to Solene's heart and the two embark on what seems like a summer romance initially with Solene travelling with Hayes as his 'Art Consultant' as he and his band tour Europe. As the paparazzi get to know, the couple is followed and photos of their romance are splashed across various tabloids. Solene gets labelled not Hayes. From being called a cougar to being targeted for her age and looks, the internet and society at large come down harshly on the woman while calling the man the victim. As one of Solene's friend rightly points out, "People hate happy women," the society is quick to make judgements about her integrity and character, Solene initially makes peace with it and puts her happiness first. And Hayes gives her happiness but later the dynamics change when Solene's daughter Izzy starts getting affected. Based on a novel of the same name by Robinne Lee, The Idea Of You has 40-year-old single mother taking the centre stage where she lives an unapologetic life. Even though bitter about her ex-husband cheating on her, Solene is someone who has moved on and made her teenage daughter her best friend while finding solace in her work. Love happens by chance for her and she fights back thinking of society and its norms. But as she finds herself drawn deeply to a much younger man, she realises the hypocritical nature of the society that she has been afraid of all this while. Romantic comedies or love stories have that feel-good factor. But not too many make you think deeper, which fortunately The Idea Of You does. It helps that Hathaway and Galitzine share incredible onscreen chemistry and makes their pairing look very relatable. The songs, composed by Siddhartha Khosla and performed by Galitzine are nice and breezy adding freshness to the story. The Idea Of You is a feel-good romance and despite its predictability, it manages to put a smile on your face. Hathaway and Galitzine make for a good-looking couple on screen. A modern-day fairy tale romance, The Idea Of You is candid and honest, and throws light on the double standards that exist in our society without being too preachy. The film is not meant for teenagers but for their parents, and talks of finding love and giving it a second chance. The Idea Of You is releasing on Amazon Prime Video on May 2.

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A latest tweet by the Nobel Prize authorities seems to have caught the attention of the netizens. &nbsp;

In the tweet, The Nobel Prize, which is the official Twitter handle of the authorities, shared, “Discover the person behind the striking illustrations of the 2021 Nobel Prize laureates: Niklas Elmehed.” &nbsp;

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The authorities also shared a picture of the artist, and added, “Here Niklas is painting the portraits of our two new peace laureates, Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov.” &nbsp;

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The netizens began speculating about how he makes the portraits in short duration of time, while some were concerned about the confidentiality of the news as it is shared with the artist before the announcement. &nbsp;

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Some Twitter users loved the way of presentation. “I think the presentation of the award winners is absolutely outstanding. People weren't simply drawn. I think the personality was hit perfectly.” &nbsp;

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(With inputs from agencies)&nbsp;

A latest tweet by the Nobel Prize authorities seems to have caught the attention of the netizens. In the tweet, The Nobel Prize, which is the official Twitter handle of the authorities, shared, “Discover the person behind the striking illustrations of the 2021 Nobel Prize laureates: Niklas Elmehed.

A latest tweet by the Nobel Prize authorities seems to have caught the attention of the netizens. In the tweet, The Nobel Prize, which is the official Twitter handle of the authorities, shared, “Discover the person behind the striking illustrations of the 2021 Nobel Prize laureates: Niklas Elmehed.” Beautiful artwork! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 — SaswatiBORAH (@SBORAH3) October 13, 2021 × The authorities also shared a picture of the artist, and added, “Here Niklas is painting the portraits of our two new peace laureates, Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov.” Also Read: Nobel Economics Prize awarded to David Card, Joshua Angrist and Guido Imbens The netizens began speculating about how he makes the portraits in short duration of time, while some were concerned about the confidentiality of the news as it is shared with the artist before the announcement. Do they lock him in a bunker so he doesn't tell anyone the name of the winners before they're announced? — Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún (콜라 투보순) (@kolatubosun) October 12, 2021 × A user said, "Do they lock him in a bunker so he doesn't tell anyone the name of the winners before they're announced?" Also Read: Philippines president congratulates journalist Ressa on Nobel Prize Some Twitter users loved the way of presentation. “I think the presentation of the award winners is absolutely outstanding. People weren't simply drawn. I think the personality was hit perfectly.” Be ready to paint mine in coming years inshaallah — Zilch (@Rafiya_Liar) October 12, 2021 × A user also joked, “Be ready to paint mine in coming years inshaallah.” While another user said, “He's cute!" (With inputs from agencies)

Twitter erupts as Nobel Prize authorities reveal artist behind laureates’ illustrations

In a survey, a large number of likely voters believe cheating affected the US President Joe Biden’s win over former president Donald Trump in 2020. &nbsp; &nbsp;

Even more people feel that a key Democratic election reform scheme will hike the fraud. The survey has been done by Rasmussen Reports. &nbsp;&nbsp;

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56% respondents felt 'It’s likely that cheating affected the outcome of the 2020 presidential election’ including 41%, who say it’s ‘very likely’, said the survey. &nbsp;&nbsp;

Watch:&nbsp;Former US President Donald Trump repeats claims of foul play during 2020 election

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It is a significant rise from April, when 51% people had said, “Biden’s election was tainted by cheating.” &nbsp;

It comes as Trump has continued to raise election integrity charges. The Democrats have also been trying to force through liberal poll reforms and shut down GOP state voting reforms.

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The new survey’s participants said that they are not very enthusiastic about efforts by Biden and Democrats to expand Covid-era voting by mail as they believe it will “lead to more cheating in elections.” &nbsp;&nbsp;

It seems to be a rejection of sorts of the features in House and Senate election reform bills supported by Biden. &nbsp;&nbsp;

The latest survey suggests that partisans remain divided on the issue. &nbsp;&nbsp;

(With inputs from agencies)&nbsp;

In a survey, a large number of likely voters believe cheating affected the US President Joe Biden’s win over former president Donald Trump in 2020. Even more people feel that a key Democratic election reform scheme will hike the fraud.

In a survey, a large number of likely voters believe cheating affected the US President Joe Biden’s win over former president Donald Trump in 2020. Even more people feel that a key Democratic election reform scheme will hike the fraud. The survey has been done by Rasmussen Reports. Also Read: Kim Jong Un blames US for regional tensions, defends weapons buildup 56% respondents felt 'It’s likely that cheating affected the outcome of the 2020 presidential election’ including 41%, who say it’s ‘very likely’, said the survey. Watch: Former US President Donald Trump repeats claims of foul play during 2020 election × It is a significant rise from April, when 51% people had said, “Biden’s election was tainted by cheating.” It comes as Trump has continued to raise election integrity charges. The Democrats have also been trying to force through liberal poll reforms and shut down GOP state voting reforms. Also Read: Watch: US Vice President Harris' NASA video with child actors gets mocked, goes viral The new survey’s participants said that they are not very enthusiastic about efforts by Biden and Democrats to expand Covid-era voting by mail as they believe it will “lead to more cheating in elections.” It seems to be a rejection of sorts of the features in House and Senate election reform bills supported by Biden. The latest survey suggests that partisans remain divided on the issue. (With inputs from agencies)

56% in US feel cheating affected 2020 presidential election outcome, says poll

Around 12,500 to 12,000 years ago, ancient North Americans started using tobacco. This is roughly 9,000 years before the oldest indications that they smoked the plant in pipes, said a new study. &nbsp;

The new discovery replaces the pipe-smoking report as the oldest evidence for the human use of tobacco across the world. &nbsp;

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At the Wishbone site in Utah’s Great Salt Lake Desert, excavations uncovered four charred seeds of wild tobacco plants in a small fireplace, said archaeologist Daron Duke from Far Western Anthropological Research Group in Henderson, Nevada and colleagues. &nbsp;

It is highly likely that the seeds came from plants gathered on foothills or mountains located 13 kilometers or more from the Wishbone area. Three of these seeds were radiocarbon dated by the scientists, the team reported on October 11 in ‘Nature Human Behavior’. &nbsp;

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At the time of its occupation, the site was located in a sprawling marshland. It’s still unclear how ancient North American hunter-gatherers used the tobacco, said Duke. &nbsp;

Wads of tobacco leaves, stems and other plant fibers are likely to have been converted into balls and chewed or sucked, and seeds were finally discarded. &nbsp;

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Around 12,500 to 12,000 years ago, ancient North Americans started using tobacco. This is roughly 9,000 years before the oldest indications that they smoked the plant in pipes, said a new study.

Around 12,500 to 12,000 years ago, ancient North Americans started using tobacco. This is roughly 9,000 years before the oldest indications that they smoked the plant in pipes, said a new study. The new discovery replaces the pipe-smoking report as the oldest evidence for the human use of tobacco across the world. Also Read: 1.97 billion years old Moon rocks set new record for youngest lunar material At the Wishbone site in Utah’s Great Salt Lake Desert, excavations uncovered four charred seeds of wild tobacco plants in a small fireplace, said archaeologist Daron Duke from Far Western Anthropological Research Group in Henderson, Nevada and colleagues. It is highly likely that the seeds came from plants gathered on foothills or mountains located 13 kilometers or more from the Wishbone area. Three of these seeds were radiocarbon dated by the scientists, the team reported on October 11 in ‘Nature Human Behavior’. Also Read: Astronomers unearth secret of no star formation in some early galaxies At the time of its occupation, the site was located in a sprawling marshland. It’s still unclear how ancient North American hunter-gatherers used the tobacco, said Duke. Wads of tobacco leaves, stems and other plant fibers are likely to have been converted into balls and chewed or sucked, and seeds were finally discarded. (With inputs from agencies)

Ancient North Americans used tobacco over 12,000 years ago, says study

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