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AFP/APP Asheboro: Donald Trump held his first outdoor campaign event on Wednesday since an assassination attempt, lobbing insults at his surging Democratic opponent Kamala Harris from behind bulletproof glass at a rally in the…

AFP/APP New Delhi: A devastating blast at a pharmaceutical factory in India has claimed the lives of at least 17 people, with several of the 34 injured suffering severe chemical burns, police reported on Thursday. The explosion, which…

AFP/APP Moscow: Messaging services Telegram and WhatsApp experienced a significant outage in Russia on Wednesday, according to the country's media regulator, Roskomnadzor. The regulator attributed the disruption to a cyberattack.…

APP Dhaka: Nearly 600 people have lost some degree of vision due to shotgun pellets during the civil unrest against Hasina’s regime, with 20 individuals completely blind, reported National Institute of Ophthalmology and Hospital (NIOH).…

News Desk Colombo: Maldives has welcomed over 1.3 million tourists so far in 2024, reflecting a 10.4 per cent increase compared to the same period last year. According to the latest statistics released by the Ministry of Tourism, a…

AFP/APP Chicago: The current White House race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump has highlighted a significant gender divide in voter preferences, according to recent polling data and analysts. Harris, the Democratic candidate and a…

AFP/APP Brazil: Residents of Porto Velho in the Brazilian Amazon have been struggling to breathe as thick smoke from forest fires shrouds their city. “We are struggling to breathe,” said 30-year-old teacher Tayane Moraes, one of the…

AFP/APP Chicago: Barack Obama will use the Democratic convention in Chicago to anoint Kamala Harris as the party's future and, as the first Black and South Asian woman presidential nominee, the heir to the movement he ignited in 2008.…

News Desk New York: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has given a distinctive and personal gift to his wife, Priscilla Chan, that has garnered attention worldwide. In a nod to ancient Roman tradition, Zuckerberg unveiled a 7-foot silver and blue…

News Desk New Delhi: In a dingy pedestrian subway in New Delhi, patients awaiting treatment at nearby hospitals lie on the ground as queues grow longer, exacerbated by a strike of Indian doctors protesting the murder of a colleague.…