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How Russia reins in the internet by blocking websites and isolating it from the rest of the world

New Delhi, Aug. 5 -- YouTube videos that won't load. A visit to a popular independent media website that produces only a blank page. Cellphone internet connections that are down for hours or days. Go... Read More


A father's agony over video of his emaciated son, a hostage in Gaza, adds pressure for a ceasefire

New Delhi, Aug. 5 -- Ofir Braslavski watched as his emaciated son, Rom, writhed in anguish on a dirty mattress somewhere inside the Gaza Strip, in video footage released by Palestinian militants in re... Read More


Brazil's Supreme Court orders house arrest for former President Bolsonaro, a Trump ally

New Delhi, Aug. 5 -- Brazil's Supreme Court on Monday ordered the house arrest for former President Jair Bolsonaro, on trial for allegedly masterminding a coup plot to remain in office despite his def... Read More


Nations will try again on plan to confront world's 'spiraling' plastic pollution mess

New Delhi, Aug. 5 -- Nations gather in Geneva Tuesday to try to complete a landmark treaty aimed at ending the plastic pollution crisis that affects every ecosystem and person on the planet. It's the... Read More


US tariffs put 30,000 South African jobs at risk, officials say

New Delhi, Aug. 5 -- United States reciprocal tariffs have put an estimated 30,000 jobs at risk, South African authorities said Monday, four days before a 30% U.S. tariff on most imports from South Af... Read More


Trump says he doesn't trust the jobs data, but Wall Street and economists do

New Delhi, Aug. 5 -- The monthly jobs report is already closely-watched on Wall Street and in Washington but has taken on a new importance after President Donald Trump on Friday fired the official who... Read More


Mexican ranchers struggle to adapt as a tiny parasite ravages their cattle exports to the US

New Delhi, Aug. 5 -- The United States' suspension of live cattle imports from Mexico hit at the worst possible time for rancher Martin Ibarra Vargas, who after two years of severe drought had hoped t... Read More


Trump pressures China and India to stop buying cheap Russian oil

New Delhi, Aug. 5 -- U.S. President Donald Trump is pushing China and India to stop buying oil from Russia and helping fund the Kremlin's war against Ukraine. Trump is raising the issue as he seeks t... Read More


Dozens killed as Palestinians in Gaza scramble for aid from air and land

New Delhi, Aug. 5 -- Dozens of Palestinians were killed or wounded on Monday as desperate crowds headed toward food distribution points and airdropped parcels in the Gaza Strip, according to witnesses... Read More


Israeli government votes to dismiss attorney general, escalating standoff with judiciary

New Delhi, Aug. 5 -- The Israeli Cabinet on Monday voted unanimously to fire the attorney general, escalating a long-running standoff between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the judiciary that c... Read More