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TechInnovation/India – India’s Furlenco raises $140 million for its furniture and appliance renting service (Manish Singh, TechCrunch)

Furlenco, a Bangalore-based startup that operates an eponymous furniture and appliance rental service, said today it has raised $140 million in a financing round...

TechInnovation/China – Didi app pulled from app stores in China after suspension order (Manish Singh, Rita Liao, TechCrunch)

China has ordered app-store operators to remove the app of Didi from their stores, the latest as tension escalates between the nation’s largest ride-hailing...

Ukraine – Torture, Ill-Treatment by Armed Groups in East (HRW)

Russia-backed armed groups in eastern Ukraine are torturing and ill-treating people in custody, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch has obtained new information about several women...

Senegal – New Counterterror Laws Threaten Rights (HRW)

Senegal’s new counterterrorism laws could punish political speech and peaceful protest as “terrorist acts,” target union leaders, and dangerously expand police surveillance powers, Human...

Pakistan/India – Pakistan NSA accuses India of orchestrating Lahore bomb attack (Al Jazeera)

Pakistan’s national security adviser has accused India of financing, planning and carrying out a deadly bombing in the eastern city of Lahore late last month, saying...

Afghanistan – Afghan forces plan counterattack against Taliban in north: Report (Al Jazeera)

Afghanistan government forces are planning a counteroffensive in the country’s northern provinces after losing ground to the Taliban, Russia’s RIA news agency has cited...

TechInnovation/India – Technology meets tradition: Kerala’s robotic leather puppets (Kavitha Yarlagadda, Al Jazeera)

A cool breeze, soulful prayer verses and eye-catching puppetry mesmerise the 25-plus audience sitting in chairs under the night sky of Koonathara, a village...

Israel – Israel to vote on renewing law that keeps out Palestinian spouses (Al Jazeera)

Israel’s parliament is set to vote on Monday on whether to renew a temporary law first enacted in 2003 that bars Palestinian citizens of...

UAE/Saudi Arabia/OPEC – Explainer: UAE and Saudi Arabia’s spat over OPEC oil production (Al Jazeera)

In a rare public spat between the Gulf state allies, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia have found themselves at loggerheads over an OPEC plan...

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