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Heavy monsoon rains in Pakistan kill 54 people in 24 hours

New Delhi, July 18 -- Heavy monsoon rains killed at least 54 people in eastern Pakistan in 24 hours, bringing the total rain-related deaths in the country to 178 over the past three weeks, officials s... Read More


An uncontrolled wildfire sends a cloud of smoke over Spain's capital

New Delhi, July 18 -- An uncontrolled wildfire burned outside Madrid on Thursday, sending a giant cloud of smoke over the Spanish capital. The fire broke out in the town of Mentrida in central Spain'... Read More


Brazil's congress passes bill to overhaul environmental regulations

New Delhi, July 18 -- A bill to overhaul environmental regulations in Brazil was passed by the country's lower house Thursday, drawing criticism by the environmental minister who floated the possibili... Read More


Chinese university expels female student after relationship with a foreigner

New Delhi, July 18 -- A Chinese university announced the expulsion of a female student for "damaging national dignity" after she was accused of "improper interactions" with a foreign man, generating h... Read More


OpenAI's advisory board calls for continued and strengthened nonprofit oversight

New Delhi, July 18 -- OpenAI should continue to be controlled by a nonprofit because the artificial intelligence technology it is developing is "too consequential" to be governed by a corporation alon... Read More


Low turnout in Togo municipal elections seen as test for the country's president

New Delhi, July 18 -- Togolese voters went to the polls on Thursday in municipal elections seen as a test for the country's leader Faure Gnassingbe, who has faced rare and deadly protests after a rece... Read More


Zelenskyy appoints a new prime minister for a war-weary nation

New Delhi, July 18 -- Fresh off securing a plan to receive more U.S. weaponry, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appointed a new prime minister - the key negotiator of his country's deal wit... Read More


The House is poised to OK Trump's $9 billion cut to public broadcasting and foreign aid

New Delhi, July 18 -- The House is expected late Thursday to approve President Donald Trump's request to claw back about $9 billion for public broadcasting and foreign aid as Republicans target instit... Read More


5 immigrants deported by the US to Eswatini in Africa are held in solitary confinement

New Delhi, July 18 -- Five immigrants deported by the United States to the small southern African nation of Eswatini under the Trump administration's third-country program are in prison, where they wi... Read More


UK signs treaty on defense, trade and migration with Germany as Europe bolsters security

New Delhi, July 18 -- U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz signed a landmark treaty on Thursday that pledges to tighten defense ties, as European nations try to protec... Read More