Selfie filters are affecting body image, triggering dysmorphic disorder

    Hindustan Times: Social media is changing people’s perceptions of beauty worldwide. Apps like Snapchat and Instagram are taking a toll on self-esteem and triggering body dysmorphic disorder, says a new study. With advancements in photo-editing technology through applications like Snapchat and Instagram, the level of physical ‘perfection’ is the obsession of social media. People’s perceptions…

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      Facebook fakers get better at covering tracks, security experts say

      Reuters: Creators of fake accounts and news pages on Facebook (FB.O) are learning from their past mistakes and making themselves harder to track and identify, posing new challenges in preventing the platform from being used for political misinformation, cyber security experts say. This was apparent as Facebook tried to determine who created pages it said…

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        South China Sea is the new flashpoint

        Vince Beiser, Award-winning journalist and author based in Los Angeles/Gulf News In the 21st century, as geopolitical power goes beyond who controls a territory, possibility of a dangerous US-China confrontation has intensified One of the most dangerous confrontations between the United States and China is heating up. Warships are being deployed, bombers are taking wing…

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          Steve Bannon’s boost to Europe’s far right

          John Lloyd, Co-founded the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford/Reuters The various movements gathered under the name of Europe’s “far right” have not risen like a straight line on a graph. There have been – still are – lows as well as highs. Yet there is a new sense…

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            The Gulf, Iran and Trump’s tweets

            Khalil-Al-Anani/Middle East Monitor US President Donald Trump tweets threats against Iran and the Gulf capitals dance with joy at his scowling and anger. The man then tones down his language and manner and calls for dialogue with Tehran, and the same capitals become angry and enraged with the man they believed was working in their…

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              India has no ‘Plan B’ for NRC consequences

              PK Balachandranis, BDnews24.com Special Correspondent in Colombo/BDnews24 Work on the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in the north-eastern Indian state of Assam bordering Bangladesh is proceeding at a feverish pace regardless of its domestic and international consequences. The Assam and Central governments are smugly claiming that everything will be tickety-boo once a “clean” list of…

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                Zimbabwe was united. This election has divided us again

                Blessing-Miles Tendi, Associate professor of African Politics at Oxford University/The Guardian,UK Emmerson Mnangagwa, the leader of the ruling Zanu-PF party, has been declared the winner of Zimbabwe’s presidential election. But his margin of victory – he garnered 50.8% of the votes – has led the main challenger, Nelson Chamisa of the Movement for Democratic Change…

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