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Hollywood gets into the microdrama race as mobile-first storytelling draws stars and major studios

New Delhi, June 27 -- While much of Hollywood was consumed by the streaming wars, Issa Rae was studying a different mode of entertainment thousands of miles away: microdramas. No stranger to creating... Read More


Bible stories are approved as required reading in Texas public schools

New Delhi, June 27 -- Texas' education board on Friday approved a required reading list for more than 5 million public school students that includes Bible stories, widening conservative efforts to bri... Read More


Myanmar torches $600 million in seized heroin, meth and other drugs

New Delhi, June 27 -- Thick clouds of black smoke billowed into the sky on the outskirts of Myanmar's largest city Friday as authorities burned more than 50 tons of heroin, opium, ketamine, methamphet... Read More


10 jurors said Palisades Fire suspect isn't guilty. Now he faces an October retrial

New Delhi, June 27 -- The man accused of sparking last year's deadly Palisades Fire will be tried again this fall after his first federal arson case ended in a mistrial Friday. Ten of the 12 jurors i... Read More


Rubio hails US-Gulf Arab unity despite that region's persistent concerns about Iran agreement

New Delhi, June 26 -- U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday that relations between the United States and its Gulf Arab partners are rock solid, despite fears by some of them that they migh... Read More


AI is plowing through the workplace. This new group wants to help people adapt and have jobs

New Delhi, June 26 -- America has been rushing into an artificial intelligence future without much of a plan to stop what could be catastrophic job losses. Critics warn of doomsday scenarios out of a... Read More


Supreme Court strikes down Hawaii law requiring permission to carry guns in stores and hotels

New Delhi, June 26 -- - The Supreme Court struck down a Hawaii law requiring people to get permission to carry guns into stores and hotels on Thursday, in its latest opinion backing Second Amendment r... Read More


Europe's extreme heat would be impossible without climate change, scientists say

New Delhi, June 26 -- The record-breaking heat that's scorching Europe day and night this month would not have been possible without climate change, according to a new study. The World Weather Attrib... Read More


Carney says Canada should reopen embassies in Iran and earthquake-stricken Venezuela

New Delhi, June 26 -- Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday Canada should reopen its embassies in Iran and Venezuela that his predecessors closed. Carney argued the lack of a diplomatic presence h... Read More


UN agency pauses evacuation of ships through the Strait of Hormuz after attack on vessel

New Delhi, June 26 -- A United Nations agency paused the evacuation of ships through the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday after the British military said a vessel was hit by a projectile off the coast of ... Read More