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American climber dies on Mount Makalu during charity climb
American climber dies on world's fifth-highest peak in Nepal

KATHMANDU, Nepal: An American climber has died on Mount Makalu in eastern Nepal while raising money for a children's cancer program,...

Multiple risks, few rewards ifor Myanmar's reporters
Journalists in Myanmar go it alone after international aid dries up

On a typical day, Mai Rupa travels through his native Shan State, in eastern Myanmar, documenting the impact of war. A video journalist...

Thousands protest women’s rights reforms in Dhaka
Bangladesh Islamists rally against proposed changes to women's rights

DHAKA, Bangladesh: Thousands of supporters of the Islamist group Hefazat-e-Islam took to the streets of Dhaka to protest proposed legal...

U.S.-NEW JERSEY-PRINCETON-WESTMINSTER CONSERVATORY-CONCERT-AAPI HERITAGE MONTH
U.S.-NEW JERSEY-PRINCETON-WESTMINSTER CONSERVATORY-CONCERT-AAPI HERITAGE MONTH

(250513) -- PRINCETON (U.S.), May 13, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Artists perform Psalm 23 by Jihee Han in a concert hosted by the Westminster...

Miss World 2025: 109 contestants of beauty pageant visit Charminar in Hyderabad, pose for snaps
Miss World 2025: 109 contestants of beauty pageant visit Charminar in Hyderabad, pose for snaps

Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], May 14 (ANI): As part of the Miss World 2025 event being hosted in Hyderabad, 109 contestants representing...

US welcomes India-Pakistan "ceasefire," commends both nations for choosing peace
US welcomes India-Pakistan "ceasefire," commends both nations for choosing peace

Washington DC [US], May 14 (ANI): Following the recent cessation of hostilities between India and Pakistan, the US Department of State...

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Microsoft bans Chinese AI app Deepseek over data security fears
Microsoft denies its employees use of China's Deepseek

REDMOND, Washington: Microsoft has prohibited its employees from using Deepseek, a Chinese artificial intelligence app, citing concerns...

Bristol Myers, Sanofi to pay $700 million in Hawaii Plavix lawsuit
Drug firms to pay Hawaii $700 million to settle blood thinner lawsuit

HONOLULU, Hawaii: Pharmaceutical giants Bristol Myers Squibb and Sanofi have agreed to pay $700 million to Hawaii to settle a lawsuit...

FDA to roll out AI across all centers by June 30
US FDA centers to deploy AI internally, following experimental run

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said this week it will start using artificial intelligence (AI) in all...

Appeals court reinstates Oceanografia fraud case against Citigroup
Citigroup faces revived fraud lawsuit over Mexican oil firm

NEW YORK CITY, New York: Citigroup must defend itself against a revived lawsuit accusing the bank of facilitating and concealing a...

Food authority forecasts 500,000 in Gaza will die of starvation
Hundreds of thousands of Gazans being starved to death as world watches

Gaza Faces Imminent Famine as Aid Blockade Enters 70th Day, UN Warns The entire population of Gaza is now at critical risk of famine,...

House passes bill to rename Gulf of Mexico as ‘Gulf of America’
US House passes bill on Trump's Gulf of America

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America,...