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Will Erdogan turn Hagia Sophia into a mosque?

meISTANBUL: As Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan searches for a problem to ignite his Islamic and nationalist voter base amid declining poll numbers, he is moving closer to converting the former Hagia Sophia Basilica in Istanbul, a world heritage site and a powerful symbol for both Christians and Muslims, from …

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Canada’s largest banks join boycott of Facebook platforms

FILE PHOTO: The Facebook logo is displayed on a mobile phone in this image taken on December 2, 2019. REUTERS / Johanna Geron / Illustration / File Photo July 3, 2020 By Nichola Saminather TORONTO (Reuters) – Canada’s largest lenders confirmed on Friday that they had joined a widespread boycott …

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Bhumika Chawla cannot overcome Sushant’s death

Actor Bhumika Chawla, who shared a screen with the late actor Sushant Singh Rajput in the movie MS Dhoni: The Untold Story, shared a poignant note about Sushant’s untimely death on Friday. Bhumika had played Sushant’s on-screen sister in the Neeraj Pandey movie. She wrote how she still wonders what …

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