India’s growing population a burden for struggling mothers
AFP :Married off by her parents at 14, Indian mother-of-seven Jaimala Devi kept having children because her husband insisted she could only stop once she...
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US regulator targets AI ahead of White House confab
AFP :A US regulator put artificial intelligence in the crosshairs ahead of a White House meeting Thursday with tech firms to strategize about its dangers.“While...
UK ‘ready to deal’ with coronation threats after man arrested
AFP : UK security services are “ready to deal” with the challenges presented by the coronation, the government said Wednesday, after the arrest of a...
Iran’s president holds rare meeting with Assad in Syria
AP : Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi Wednesday met Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus in a bid to boost cooperation between the two allies, state...
Gas leak in Punjab kills 11 people
AFP :A gas leak killed 11 people in India on Sunday, an official said, in the latest deadly industrial accident in the vast developing economy...
Guards on yacht shoot dead Yemen coastguard: security firm
AFP :A Yemeni coastguard on the lookout for arms smuggling was shot dead by security guards aboard a private yacht in an exchange of fire...
Turkey’s Baykar to build new ‘highly autonomous’ combat drone
Al Jazeera :Turkish defence firm Baykar aims to begin production of its new unmanned combat aerial vehicle next year which is already attracting international interest,...
On lethal aid to Ukraine, South Korean leader says Seoul considering its options
Reuters :South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Friday it was necessary to ensure Russia’s invasion of Ukraine does not succeed and that Seoul...
Iranian president to visit Syria ‘in near future’
AFP Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi will visit Damascus “in the near future”, on the first such trip to Syria since the country’s civil war began,...
Japan approves abortion pill for the first time
AFP :The abortion pill will become available in Japan for the first time after the health ministry approved the drug used to terminate early-stage pregnancy.Abortion...
Kim Jong Un’s sister says US-S. Korea plan risks ‘serious danger’
AFP :North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s powerful sister Kim Yo Jong has warned that a US-South Korean agreement aimed at strengthening deterrence against Pyongyang...
One dead, 3 missing in ship collision in Philippines
AFP Two foreign-flagged vessels collided off Corregidor Island in the Philippines, leaving one person dead and three missing, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said on...