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Evan Mandery

Mass Indian wedding

A wealthy Indian tycoon just threw a mass wedding for 111 fatherless women

Global Scan

For Indian women without a father in the picture, planning their wedding can be hard, and financially impossible. But a wealthy diamond tycoon is stepping in and helping out. Meanwhile, Saint Hoax has new protest images and an Australian journalist finds a way to clamp down on hateful comments from teenage boys.

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Harvard students increase the pressure on their administration to divest from fossil fuels

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