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What does India expect from Pakistan's new government?

Pakistan is trying to move on from a controversy-marred national election in which none of its major parties were able to win a clear parliamentary majority. Political leaders have now managed to rea...

HDBank and Fulbright University Vietnam sign agreement for reciprocal capital during US President Joe Biden’s visit

HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM - Media OutReach - 13 September 2023 - The Ho Chi Minh City Development Joint Stock Commercial Bank (HDBank) signed an agreement with Fulbright University Vietnam on Septemb...

$5.6 million bid for one offshore tract marks modest start for Gulf of Mexico wind energy

In a first-of-its kind auction for the Gulf of Mexico, a company bid $5.6 million Tuesday to lease federal waters off the Louisiana coast for wind energy generation. It was a modest sta...

Heat waves like the one that's killed 14 in the southern US are becoming more frequent and enduring

PHOENIX (AP) — Heat waves like the one that engulfed parts of parts of the South and Midwest and killed more than a dozen people are becoming more common, and experts say the extreme weather events, w...

Guatemalans worry about security, unimpressed by leading candidates ahead of election

SAN JUAN COMALAPA, Guatemala (AP) — Just days away from electing a new president, many Guatemalans remain undecided, unimpressed by the leading candidates and even considering casting a protest vote t...

Vietnam-era whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked Pentagon Papers, dies at 92

NEW YORK (AP) — Daniel Ellsberg, the history-making whistleblower who by leaking the Pentagon Papers revealed longtime government doubts and deceit about the Vietnam War and inspired acts of retaliati...

Journalist Maria Ressa fights on for press freedom

Maria Ressa has long proven her willingness to make sacrifices for the truth. The Filipino journalist, who also holds US citizenship, has spent years warning that social media giants like Facebook can...

Michael Lerner, ‘Barton Fink’ Oscar nominee, dies at 81

Michael Lerner, the Brooklyn-born character actor who played a myriad of imposing figures in his 60 years in the business, including monologuing movie mogul Jack Lipnick in “Barton Fink,” the crooked ...

A college in upheaval: War on 'woke' sparks fear in Florida

SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — Professors at the New College of Florida are using personal email because they’re afraid of being subpoenaed. Students are concerned, too. Some fear for their physi...

AP WAS THERE: The occupation at Wounded Knee

WOUNDED KNEE, S.D. (AP) — Members of the American Indian Movement took over the town of Wounded Knee on Feb. 27, 1973, starting a 71-day occupation on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota...

US deputy assistant secretary touts education cooperation with Taiwan

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Deputy Assistant Secretary Camille Dawson, from the U.S. State Department's Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, lauded education cooperation between Taiwan and t...

Award Presentation of 2022 Most Innovative Solutions Award

Go beyond innovation and create new opportunities for business future HONG KONG SAR - Media OutReach - 6 February 2023 - 2022 Most Innovative Solutions Award, hosted by BUSINESS INNOVATOR, a busine...

Is Bangladesh getting tired of hosting Rohingya refugees?

In 2017, Bangladesh welcomed fellow Muslims from Myanmar's troubled Rakhine state to the southern coastal community of Cox's Bazar with open arms, food and shelter. Despite the presence of hu...

Kansas publisher, Pulitzer chair Edward Seaton dies at 79

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Edward Seaton, a longtime Kansas newspaper publisher who served as the Pulitzer Prize Board's chair and advocated for international press freedom, has died. He was 79. ...

UK to ease financial regulations in post-Brexit shakeup

LONDON (AP) — Britain announced plans Friday to ease banking rules brought in after the 2008 global financial crisis in a bid to attract investment and secure London’s status as Europe’s leading finan...