The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is desperate to retain relevance and push the film industry towards its vision of inclusivity. So, now it has requirements that will preclude films from getting the best picture award if they aren't met Akanksha Saxena has the details.

China, home of the great firewall of china which keeps Google and Facebook and other things the state doesn't want its citizens using out - has launched a global data security initiative - which it expects others to follow. Akanksha Saxena has more on the story.

It's the end of an era: The Kardashians are giving up the TV show that made them mega-famous and mega-rich after 20 seasons. Now, you may, as many do, have strong negative feelings about the reality show but, like it or not, it has had a HUGE impact on popular culture some good, but mainly for bad. Watch this

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A US Federal Appeals Court has deemed the NSA programme illegal, short of calling it unconstitutional.

Edward Snowden blew the whistle on the mass surveillance which collected and analysed bulk data provided by telecom companies. The agency defended the programme claiming that it helped thwart terror attacks. It didn’t.

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The United Nations has issued a stark warning about the futures of women and girls as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Akanksha Saxena has the details.

Migrants -a story which has dropped down the news agenda in recent months, remains important. Thousands of people continue trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe and thousands more have died attempting the journey. As Akanksha Saxena reports, a new element in this year's story of hope and loss is a boat called the Louise Michel, which is funded by the artist Banksy.

Here's what happens when you allow society where there are more guns than people and 17-year-olds are armed and faced with high-stress situations.

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Weeks of student-led protests there have brought a challenge to the traditions the nation held close - namely, the reverence for the royal family. Now, Facebook pages that helped organize some of these protests have been shut down. We spoke to Pavin ChachavalPongpun is a Professor at the center for southeast Asian studies in Kyoto, Japan, and the person responsible for the most popular and therefore most under threat facebook group in Thailand.

Newsfeed’s takeaways from the first night of the Republican National Convention. Its a chance for the party of the President to show Americans why he should be given another 4 years in the White House

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For over a month, students have been calling for changes to the way Thai society is structured. As with all political movements today, social media has played a key role in spreading messages and helping demonstrators organise - But, Thai authorities have tried to shut it down. As Akanksha Saxena explains, it's set up a showdown between the government and the most powerful social network out there, Facebook.