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In some countries, distinct factors are in play, such as Brexit and tax hikes in Britain. But a range of problems that cut across borders are driving inflation globally.

81-year-old Lucy describes the aftermath of an armed drug raid in her Tunhannock Township home.

Sri Lanka's giant neighbour is emerging as one of its biggest providers of aid, after years of mistrust.

An analysis by the U.K. Met Office suggests that high temperatures that used to occur about every 300 years in India and Pakistan may now occur about every three years.

A couple from India is taking legal action against their son and daughter-in-law for staying childless.

Authorities say a wall collapse in a salt packaging factory in western India has killed at least 12 workers and injured another 13

Here's a list of countries that have banned food exports in the months after the Russia-Ukraine war started, according to the PIIE

A UK study says record-breaking temperatures in NW India and Pakistan are now 100 times more likely.

That increase is offset by fewer pollution deaths from primitive indoor stoves and water contaminated with human and animal waste, so overall pollution deaths in 2019 are about the same as 2015. India and China lead the world in pollution deaths with nearly 2.4 million and almost 2.2 million deaths a year, but the two nations also have the world's largest populations. When deaths are put on a per population rate, the United States ranks 31st from the bottom at 43.6 pollution deaths per 100,000. “9 million deaths is a lot of deaths,” said Philip Landrigan, director of the Global Public Health Program and Global Pollution Observatory at Boston College. Toss in household air pollution, mostly from inefficient primitive stoves, and air pollution killed 6.7 million people in 2019, the study found.

A new study says pollution of all types is killing 9 million people a year.

New exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York takes a deep look at modernist architecture in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

Officials in India say at least eight people have died in floods and mudslides triggered by heavy rains in the country’s remote northeast region

Nearly 80% of those who took part in a government survey said they wanted at least one son in their lifetime.

G-7 foreign ministers warned over the weekend that the war in Ukraine is increasing the risk of a global hunger crisis.

A spate of battery fires could complicate the country’s green agenda.

The NFL schedule is out. Mackenzie Salmon gives you the 10 must watch games of the 2022 season.

India has been under pressure to distance itself from Russia over Ukraine, including reducing defence ties.

The BBC investigates a network of Nigerian separatists outside the country urging violence online.

The remote Greek island of Tilos has pioneered a recycling plant that could act as a blueprint for other islands — including popular holiday destinations — that struggle with waste disposal. (May 11)

The colonial-era law permits arrest without warrant of anyone accused of speaking or acting against the government. More than 13,000 are said to be imprisoned under it right now.

Climate Drought Frequency FILE - Herders supply water from a borehole to give to their camels during a drought near Kuruti, in Garissa County, Kenya on Oct. 27, 2021. The frequency and duration of droughts will continue to increase due to human-caused climate change, with water scarcity already affecting billions of people across the world, the United Nations warned in a report Wednesday, May 11, 2022. The ongoing debilitating drought in the east and Horn of Africa was highlighted as one of the "dramatic consequences" of climate change by the U.N. agency. The same is true for the Amazon, the U.N. said, with three droughts occurring since the turn of the century and triggering forest fires, with climate change and deforestation also to blame. “We must build and rebuild our landscapes better, mimicking nature wherever possible and creating functional ecological systems.”___Associated Press climate and environmental coverage receives support from several private foundations.

The frequency and duration of droughts will continue to increase due to human-caused climate change, with water scarcity already affecting billions of people across the world, the United Nations warned in a report Wednesday.

A former Alabama jail official on the run with a murder suspect she was accused of helping escape shot and killed herself Monday as authorities caught up with the pair, officials said. The man she fled with surrendered. (May 10)

Northwestern Elementary students spent the day building and racing hovercrafts.

Social media accounts using pictures copied from famous and unknown people are tweeting in favour of Russia.

Climate Global Temperature 1.5 FILE - A man and a boy walk across the almost dried up bed of river Yamuna following hot weather in New Delhi, India, Monday, May 2, 2022. They also said there's a 93% chance that the five years from 2022 to 2026 will be the hottest on record. “We’re going to see continued warming in line with what is expected with climate change,” said UK Met Office senior scientist Leon Hermanson, who coordinated the report. In 2018, a major United Nations science report predicted dramatic and dangerous effects on people and the world if warming exceeds 1.5 degrees. The global 1.5 degree threshold is about the world being that warm not for one year, but over a 20- or 30- year time period, several scientists said.

A new report says there's nearly a 50-50 chance that world will hit a key warming threshold in the next five years.

Pakistan and neighboring India have been sweltering amid an intense heat wave that has led to weeks of dangerous air quality and rampaging wildfires. Now, the early-season heat is to blame for causing the rapid melt of the Shishper Glacier in northern Pakistan, which led to destructive flooding downstream. The Hassanabad Bridge in Pakistan's Hunza Valley was completely destroyed on Saturday as the melting glacier sent torrents of water coursing through area streams in a phenomenon known as a gla

Case in point: India, which reported 481,000 COVID-19 deaths in 2020 and 2021. The World Health Organization found 4.74 million deaths there either directly or indirectly attributable to the pandemic.

The World Health Organization is estimating that nearly 15 million people were killed either by the coronavirus or by its impact on overwhelmed health systems in the first two years of the pandemic.

Each summer in India is a fresh roll of the dice on whether a freak event will occur that leads to a vast number of deaths.

India Power Crisis A workers quenches his thirst next to power lines as a heatwave continues to lashes the capital, in New Delhi, India, Monday, May 2, 2022. An unusually early and brutal heat wave is scorching parts of India, where acute power shortages are affecting millions as demand for electricity surges to record levels. Supplies of coal at many thermal power plants are running perilously low, spawning daily power outages in several states. The shortages are sparking scrutiny of India's long reliance on coal, which produces 70% of the country's electricity. "This could have been avoided.”Some of the shortfall could also have been met with imported coal, Garg said.

An unusually early and brutal heat wave is scorching parts of India, where acute power shortages are affecting millions as demand for electricity surges to record levels.

Bowling consistently at speeds above 90mph, Umran Malik has become India's newest fast-bowling sensation

Germany and India signed a series of bilateral agreements Monday focused on sustainable development that will see the South Asian nation receive 10 billion euros ($10.5 billion) in aid by 2030 to boost the use of clean energy. The accords were signed during a visit to Berlin by India's Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. Germany Chancellor Olaf Scholz is seeking to elicit India's support for the tough stance taken by Europe and the United States toward Russia over the war in Ukraine.

Prices rise 40% as an economic crisis bites, leaving some Sri Lankans cutting short treatments.

Experts say India is now recording more intense, frequent heatwaves that are also longer in duration.

As caste discrimination gains visibility in the US, Indian-Americans grapple with their privilege.

It happened when their truck, decorated as a temple chariot, touched an overhead electric power line, police said. The truck also caught fire.

Eleven people were electrocuted when their truck, decorated as a temple chariot, touched an overhead power line during a Hindu festival procession in southern India on Wednesday, police said. The New Delhi Television channel said the electrical spark also set fire to the truck, which was crowded with devotees. The 11 people died and three others suffered burns and were hospitalized in Thanjavur, a city in Tamil Nadu state, a police officer said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.

It follows reports that officials were fined for a garden party Boris Johnson attended in 2020.

OneWeb has found another replacement for the Russian-built rockets that used to launch its internet satellites.

Johnson said that Putin has made a "catastrophic blunder," but is likely to double-down on his approach to the war in Ukraine.

India’s hardline Hindu nationalists have long espoused an anti-Muslim stance, but attacks against the minority community have recently occurred more frequently.

Boris Johnson is hoping to strike a free trade deal with India within months.

The PM also pledges to bring up India's relations with Russia during talks on the final day of his trip.

The prime minister enjoys an enthusiastic welcome abroad as his troubles at home persist.

India Britain British Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives at the Sarda Vallabhbhai Patel International airport in Ahmedabad, in the state of Gujarat, India, Thursday, April 21, 2022, as he begins a two day visit to the country. (Stefan Rousseau/Pool via AP) (Stefan Rousseau)LONDON — (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is trying to set aside his political troubles and focus on economic ties and the war in Ukraine during a long-delayed official trip to India. Johnson landed in the western state of Gujarat on Thursday, kicking off a two-day visit that will see him meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Friday. Johnson hopes to strike new economic deals between Britain and its huge former colony, and to coax India away from Russia in response to the invasion of Ukraine. Johnson hopes to nudge forward negotiations on a post-Brexit trade deal between Britain and India, one of the world’s fastest-growing economies.

Britain India Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks to the media on board his flight as he flies to India for a two day visit on Wednesday, April 20, 2022. He is due to visit the western state of Gujarat and meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on the two-day trip that starts Thursday. Johnson is due to visit the western state of Gujarat and meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on the two-day trip that starts Thursday. India is also a major customer for Russian weapons, and recently bought advanced Russian air defense systems. Johnson hopes to nudge forward negotiations on a post-Brexit trade deal between Britain and India, one of the world’s fastest-growing economies.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is trying to set aside his political troubles and focus on economic ties and the war in Ukraine during an official trip to India.

NEW DELHI — (AP) — Authorities riding bulldozers razed a number of Muslim-owned shops in New Delhi before India's Supreme Court halted the demolitions Wednesday, days after communal violence shook the capital and saw dozens arrested. Police have arrested at least 24 suspects since communal violence broke out Saturday during a Hindu religious procession in New Delhi’s northwest Jahangirpuri neighborhood. Officials say their demolition drive targets illegal buildings and not any particular community. A day later, bulldozers razed down about 45 buildings, including homes and shops, in five parts of Khargone city. Many of them, though not all, belonged to the Muslim population, reported local media.

NEW DELHI — (AP) — Authorities riding bulldozers razed a number of Muslim-owned shops in New Delhi before India's Supreme Court halted the demolitions Wednesday, days after communal violence shook the capital and saw dozens arrested. On Sunday, police arrested over 20 suspects a day after after communal violence broke out during a Hindu religious procession in New Delhi’s northwest Jahangirpuri neighborhood. Officials say their demolition drive targets illegal buildings and not any particular community. A day later, bulldozers razed down about 45 buildings, including homes and shops, in five parts of Khargone city. “The buildings demolished were illegal structures set up on encroached land belonging to people from both communities,” P Anugraha, district collector in the city, told The Indian Express last week.

Authorities in India have used bulldozers to raze a number of Muslim-owned shops in New Delhi before the Supreme Court halted the demolitions.

After coming out, Prince Manvendra Singh Gohil faced public death threats, conversion therapy, and family dishonor. Now, he's fighting for LGBTQ+ rights.

The Ukraine war will "severely set back" global growth with the UK hit harder than most, the IMF says.

In recent weeks, after its attempt to storm Kyiv failed, the Kremlin declared that its main goal of the war was to capture Ukraine's eastern Donbas region.

The prime minister will meet his Indian counterpart after previous visits were postponed due to Covid.

APTOPIX India Bollywood Wedding Bollywood actors Ranbir Kapoor, right and Alia Bhatt pose for photographs after their wedding outside their residence in Mumbai, India, Thursday, April 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade) (Rajanish Kakade)NEW DELHI — (AP) — Popular Bollywood stars Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt were married Thursday in a private ceremony at their Mumbai residence. Kapoor, 39, belongs to Bollywood’s popular Kapoor clan which has dominated the Hindi film industry since the 1940s. His parents, Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Kapoor, were prominent Bollywood stars in the 1970-80s. Ranbir Kapoor began his film career by assisting producer-director Sanjay Leela Bhansali in the film “Black” in 2005.

A man in India has died by self-immolation after his boss reportedly demanded to have sex with his wife in exchange for a transfer. Gokul Prasad, a 45-year-old technical lineman, was feeling distressed after his boss, junior engineer Nagendra Kumar, offered to process Prasad’s transfer if he sent “his wife [over] for a night.” Both were employed at the Palia power station of Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPCL) in Lakhimpur Kheri, India.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is urging China to use its “special relationship with Russia” to persuade Russia to end the war in Ukraine.

India has begun giving COVID-19 vaccine boosters to all adults but is limiting free shots at government centers to front-line workers and people older than 60.

Negotiations between scientists and governments over a key United Nations climate report were going down to the wire Sunday.

Shares are mostly lower in Asia after Wall Street extended a rally into a third day on Thursday.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party has a commanding lead in crucial state polls, despite criticism of his government’s handling of the pandemic, soaring unemployment and farmer protests.

President Joe Biden and the prime ministers of India, Australia and Japan will talk Thursday in a virtual meeting of the Indo-Pacific alliance known as the Quad that comes a week into the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Over the last decade, the Lehman Center for the Performing Arts has served the Latino population in the Bronx by hosting stars including José Feliciano, Gilberto Santa Rosa and La India, while attracting a wider audience with acts like Patti LaBelle and Smokey Robinson.

Members of the Philippines women's soccer team which recently qualified for its first World Cup have played down social media comments that most of the players with mixed American ancestry “were not Filipino enough.”.

Lata Mangeshkar, a legendary Indian singer with a prolific, groundbreaking catalog and a voice recognized by more than a billion people in South Asia, has died.

Spotify’s popular U.S. podcaster Joe Rogan has apologized after a video compilation surfaced that showed him using a racial slur in clips of episodes over a 12-year span.

Scientists say measuring climate change by temperature alone doesn't accurately reflect how bad global warming really is getting.

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Tata Sons, India’s oldest and largest conglomerate, has regained ownership of the country’s debt-laden national carrier Air India.

Birju Maharaj, a legend of classical Indian dance and among the country’s most well-known performing artists, has died.

The coronavirus pandemic has forced the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting of world leaders, business executives and other heavyweights to go virtual for the second year in a row.

The fast-moving omicron variant is complicating a key question: How does the COVID-19 pandemic end and the world coexist with this virus.

Omicron caseloads have remained relatively low in many countries in Asia.

In Germany, a train passes a railroad crossing surrounded by floodwaters.

A United Nations report says the prolonged pandemic and surging prices are undermining food security for millions of people in Asia.

Russia has vetoed a first-of-its-kind U.N. Security Council resolution casting climate change as a threat to international peace and security.

Harnaaz Sandhu of India was crowned the 70th Miss Universe, topping a field of some 80 contestants in a pageant that was touched by politics and the pandemic.

The ritualistic smoking of marijuana brings Rastafari closer to the divine.

They both carved out sterling reputations as military and political leaders over years of public service.

Arbaz Mullah was a Muslim man in love with a Hindu woman.

The Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest vaccine maker, has resumed exports of coronavirus vaccines to the U.N.-backed COVAX distribution program after halting most overseas sales in March.

President Joe Biden is ordering a record 50 million barrels of oil released from America's strategic reserve to help bring down energy costs.

After slow starts, vaccination campaigns in several countries in the Asia-Pacific region now boast inoculation rates that rank among the world’s best.

India has began allowing fully vaccinated foreign tourists to enter the country on regular flights, in the latest easing of coronavirus restrictions as infections fall and vaccinations rise.

In the run-up to the U.N. climate talks in Glasgow, host Britain announced one of its goals of the conference was to consign coal to history.

Officials say a fire in a newborn care unit in a hospital in central India has killed four infants.

The World Health Organization has granted an emergency use license to a coronavirus vaccine developed in India.

The global death toll from COVID-19 has topped 5 million, nearly two years into a crisis that has not only devastated poor countries but also humbled wealthy ones with first-rate health care systems.

India and the U.K. will launch a project that aims to create a solar grid connecting countries in different parts of the world at the upcoming U.N. climate talks in Glasgow, Scotland.

Bollywood megastar Shah Rukh Khan’s son has walked out of jail and was greeted with dancing and firecrackers, over three weeks after his arrest during a drug raid on a cruise ship party in Mumbai.

Nepalese authorities are searching for dozens of people missing in this week's heavy rains, floods and landslides, as survivors complain they are yet to receive any government help.

Floods and landslides triggered by days of torrential rains have killed at least 99 people in Nepal since Monday.

Celebrities have joined Prince William in London for the inaugural awards ceremony of his Earthshot Prize.

India is reopening its borders to fully vaccinated foreign tourists traveling on chartered flights starting Friday.

The number of people killed by tuberculosis has risen for the first time in more than a decade, largely because fewer people have got tested and treated as resources have been diverted to fight the coronavirus pandemic, the World Health Organization said Thursday.

An energy crisis is looming over India as coal stockpiles grow perilously low, adding to challenges for a recovery in Asia's third largest economy from the pandemic.

India, the world’s largest vaccine producer, will resume exports and donations of surplus coronavirus vaccines in October after halting them during a devastating surge in domestic infections in April.