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India’s stock market billionaire dies at 62
Colorful stock market billionaire Rakesh Jhunjhunwala—dubbed by local media India’s Warren Buffet—has died, his office said Sunday, just a week...
Australian police say man detained over shots at Canberra airport
A gunman reportedly fired shots inside Canberra's main airport Sunday, sending passengers fleeing but injuring no one before he was...
Ukraine, Russia accuse each other of nuclear plant strikes
Kyiv and Moscow have exchanged blame for fresh shelling around Europe's largest nuclear facility, which is in Russia's control and...
Luck decides life and death in Ukraine’s war zone
When rockets scream across the skies of eastern Ukraine the people below are hostage to fortune. A soldier racing through...
Farming under fire on the frontlines in eastern Ukraine
The combine harvester lies crippled in a field of eastern Ukraine, surrounded by a blackened patch of cropland. The machine...
Trump vs Biden again? The documents scandal makes it more likely
If you think you've seen this movie before, it's because you have—except the second time will be even more nerve-racking....
Beijing’s pet lovers turn to acupuncture to treat their furry friends
Strapped in tight, the prone poodle nervously eyes the vet as he gently sticks fine needles into its back and...
Gaming industry feels squeeze after pandemic boom
In the height of the pandemic, video games offered people solace in isolation. But now that life is slowly returning...
North Korea criticises UN chief over denuclearisation call
North Korea on Sunday criticised UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for his "dangerous words" after he called for the complete and...
Seven injured, two seriously, in attack on Jerusalem bus: police, medics
Seven people were injured, two of them critically, after a shooting attack on a bus in Jerusalem's Old City, Israeli...
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