The youthful Buddhist lama sat on a throne near an altar decorated with flowers, fruits and golden statues of the Buddha, watching the celebrations of his 18th birthday in silence, with a faint smile.

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A far-right former football hooligan is polling strongly in the presidential race in a mega voting year for Romanians.

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The students jumped to the beats, waved their phones with flashlights on and sang along to French rap songs as artists Missy D, Petipé and Leflofranco performed. Grade 12 student Cash Allen ...

Throughout, the main forum where right-wing pundits and influencers stoked public anger was X. But a key driver of the unrest was the platform’s owner himself, Elon Musk. He would link the riots ...

Even before Musk acquired the platform, internal research found that Twitter tended to amplify right-leaning views. Still, these new analyses are striking and have alarmed some members of the ...