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Golden age for south-east Asian cinema as local films break box office records ( www.theguardian.com )

On social media videos, audiences throw packs of tissues around the cinema halls. Tearful TikToks from across Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore show friends leaving the cinema weeping. Thailand’s latest hit film, How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies, has reduced audiences across south-east Asia to tears –...

HMRC withheld offshore tax avoidance figures for UK’s wealthy during election ( www.theguardian.com )

Tax officials are under pressure this weekend to publish estimated figures on offshore tax avoidance by some of the country’s wealthiest individuals after withholding the information in a report published during the election campaign....

Meet Mercy and Anita – the African workers driving the AI revolution, for just over a dollar an hour ( www.theguardian.com )

Mercy craned forward, took a deep breath and loaded another task on her computer. One after another, disturbing images and videos appeared on her screen. As a Meta content moderator working at an outsourced office in Nairobi, Mercy was expected to action one “ticket” every 55 seconds during her 10-hour shift. This particular...

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