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India lodges strong protest regarding holding of "General Elections" in "Gilgit-Baltistan"

New Delhi, June 6 -- The Government of India lodged a strong protest with Pakistan regarding the latter's plans to hold "General Elections" to the so-called "Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly", in the Indian ... Read More


Argentina expands hantavirus probe, sending teams to trap and test rats in Mendoza

New Delhi, June 6 -- Argentina on Friday said it was expanding its investigation into the origins of the hantavirus outbreak that struck an Atlantic cruise ship last month, sending scientists to trap ... Read More


Sri Lanka nursing home worker says a 'chained' patient was among 13 fire victims

New Delhi, June 6 -- One of the residents killed in a fire at an unregistered nursing home in western Sri Lanka had been chained, while another was untied and saved, a staff member said Friday. Nursi... Read More


Venice Biennale artists demand names removed from visitors' ballot and threaten lawsuit

New Delhi, June 6 -- Dozens of artists in this year's Venice Biennale contemporary art show are threatening legal action if their names are not removed from the ballot allowing visitors to vote for th... Read More


Texas governor wants to speed up work on a fly-breeding factory to fight a cattle parasite

New Delhi, June 6 -- Texas Gov. Greg Abbott expressed concern Friday that a new factory isn't expected to start breeding sterile New World screwworm flies for more than a year as a big part of the eff... Read More


Marjane Satrapi, Iranian French cartoonist and filmmaker known for 'Persepolis,' dies at 56

New Delhi, June 5 -- Acclaimed Iranian French cartoonist and filmmaker Marjane Satrapi, a prominent advocate for women's rights and author of "Persepolis," has died at 56, the French presidency said T... Read More


Apple TV's retelling of 'Cape Fear' brings a psycho killer into our homes in 'a nightmare for today'

New Delhi, June 5 -- If there's ever been a terrifying screen villain, it's got to be Max Cady. He's the sadistic, unhinged former inmate bent on getting revenge against the lawyer who put him away in... Read More


Chinese leader Xi Jinping will travel to North Korea next week in first visit since 2019

New Delhi, June 5 -- Chinese leader Xi Jinping will travel to North Korea next week, both countries announced Friday, in what will be his first visit in nearly seven years. His trip will the latest i... Read More


Spain's reckoning with clergy abuse enters a new chapter as Pope Leo visits

New Delhi, June 5 -- In the 1970s, in a devoutly Catholic Spain still ruled by dictator Francisco Franco, Paula Alonso-Pimentel was sent for catechism at age 8 to a religious school in the northern ci... Read More


Melinda French Gates donates $215 million to improve women's health worldwide

New Delhi, June 5 -- Philanthropist Melinda French Gates will expand her giving to improve women's health globally, pledging another $215 million to support contraceptive access and maternal care, as ... Read More