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NEW DELHI — India’s tax officials searched BBC offices in India for a second straight day on Wednesday questioning staff about the organization’s business operations in the country, some staff members said. BBC management told editorial and other staff members
MoreTHE United Nations chief launched a $397 million appeal on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023 to help nearly five million survivors of last week’s devastating earthquake in rebel-held northwest Syria who have received very little assistance because of deep divisions exacerbated
MoreKYRIE Irving was trying to get Luka Doncic a shot. The All-Star guard for the Dallas Mavericks was trying to do the same for his new teammate making his home debut. Neither one of them got a shot off in
MoreTHE next president at Japan’s top automaker Toyota, Koji Sato, introduced a management team Monday, Feb. 13, 2023, that he said will lead an aggressive push on electric vehicles. Sato stressed that “electrification” is a key theme for his team
MoreSYRIA’S president agreed to open two new crossing points from Turkey to the country’s rebel-held northwest to deliver desperately needed aid and equipment to help millions of earthquake victims, the United Nations announced Monday, February 13, 2023. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio
MoreANTAKYA, Turkey — Turkish authorities are targeting contractors allegedly linked with buildings that collapsed in the powerful February 6, 2023 earthquakes as rescuers found more survivors in the rubble Sunday, February 12, including a pregnant woman and two children, in
MoreCANBERRA, Australia — Australia’s Defense Department will remove surveillance cameras made by Chinese Communist Party-linked companies from its buildings, the government said Thursday after the US and Britain made similar moves. The Australian newspaper reported Thursday that at least 913
MoreISLAMABAD — The International Monetary Fund delayed a $6 billion bailout for cash-strapped Pakistan over its failure to meet the terms of a previous deal, officials said Friday, as the country struggled with a worsening economic crisis and a deadly
MoreGAZIANTEP, Turkey — The president of Turkey on Wednesday, February 8, 2023, acknowledged “shortcomings” in his country’s response to the world’s deadliest earthquake in more than a decade as hope dwindled that more survivors would emerge from the rubble of
MoreJAYAPURA, Indonesia — Separatist rebels set fire to a small plane carrying six people after it landed at a remote airport in Indonesia’s restive Papua province and took its pilot, a New Zealand citizen, hostage early Tuesday, police and rebels
MoreWASHINGTON — The State of the Union address tends to have a ritual rhythm. Grand entrance. Applause. Platitudes. Policies. Appeals for Unity, real or imagined. President Joe Biden checked those boxes, and a few more, during his speech to a
MorePHILADELPHIA Eagles coach Nick Sirianni is thrilled young aspiring football players all over the world will get to watch two Black quarterbacks face each other for the first time in the Super Bowl. He’s also pleased they get to watch
MoreWASHINGTON — The United States (US) military on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023, shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon off the Carolina coast after it traversed sensitive military sites across North America. China insisted the flyover was an accident involving
MoreHIGHLAND PARK, Mich. — Three bodies found in a vacant Detroit-area apartment building have been identified as those of three aspiring rappers who went missing nearly two weeks ago, police said Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. Michigan State Police said Friday
MoreVISALIA, Calif. — Two gang members were arrested early Friday, Feb. 3, 2023, one after a gun battle, in the January massacre of six people including a baby at a central California home associated with a rival gang, the Tulare
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Lake Toba, N. Sumatra, Indonesia, Feb 3, 2023 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – In developing its sports tourism potential, Indonesia holds many championships or sports events, and one of the closest is the F1 Powerboat (F1H2O) World Championship in
MoreKYIV, Ukraine — Russian missiles hit residential areas in an eastern Ukrainian city Thursday, February 2, 2023, for the second time in 24 hours, while top European Union officials held talks with the government in Kyiv as the war with
MoreBEIJING — China said Friday, Feb. 3, 2023 that it is looking into reports that a Chinese spy balloon has been flying in US airspace and urged calm, adding that it has “no intention of violating the territory and airspace
MoreSAN FRANCISCO — The maker of ChatGPT is trying to curb its reputation as a freewheeling cheating machine with a new tool that can help teachers detect if a student or artificial intelligence wrote that homework. The new AI Text
MoreACTOR Alec Baldwin and a weapons specialist have been formally charged with involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on a New Mexico movie set, according to court documents filed by prosecutors Tuesday. Santa Fe District Attorney Mary
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