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BingX: Major Announcement of Far-Reaching Significance

Bird Flu Confirmed in Cuddalore; 90-Day Breeding Ban Imposed

Swiggy Leases 2.62 Lakh Sq Ft Office Space in Bengaluru for ₹241 Crore

UCLA Stays Unbeaten With Ty Dieffenbach's Heroic Return Against Illinois

Fisheries Commission Lowers Chesapeake Bay Menhaden Cap Amid Conservation Concerns

Caltech Honors Hiroo Kanamori on His 90th Birthday

Judge Denies Peltola Campaign’s Request for Alaska Absentee Ballot Data

Reform UK Deputy Leader Richard Tice Lobbied Bank of England on Crypto After Major Donations

Rocky Fans Break Guinness World Record at Philadelphia Museum Steps

WHO Reports 53,000 TB Deaths in South Africa Amid Declining Incidence

NCLT Chennai Orders Insolvency Proceedings Against Orchid Pharma Founder K Raghavendra Rao

NASA Seeks Commercial Proposals to Extend Hubble Space Telescope's Life

Texas Law Professor Saved by Navy SEAL Student After Collapsing in Class

South Africa Nuclear Consultation Denies Predetermined Decision Amid R500-billion Cost Debate

Ukraine sends ground robots

Lyman's surrender crisis

Pakistan’s Taliban dilemma

Venezuela and the Qatar Fund

Zelensky wants 'complete isolation' for Russia not Olympic return

Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday Russian athletes should face "complete isolation" and not be welcomed back at the 2024 Olympic Games.

Georgia's jailed ex-leader Saakashvili declares, then calls off hunger strike

Georgia's jailed ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili called off a hunger strike he had announced a few hours earlier Wednesday over the authorities' failure to ensure a video link between the hospital where he is being held and his court hearing.

Morocco-Qatar special World Cup flights cancelled: airline

Morocco's national carrier announced Wednesday that some special flights operated by its Qatari counterpart to Doha had been cancelled for fans seeking to watch the World Cup semi-final.

Dirty Durban ocean waters vex South Africa tourist trade

Untreated sewage flowing into the Indian Ocean has hoteliers in tourist hotspot Durban up in arms as South Africa gears up for the holiday season.

Twitter suspends account tracking Elon Musk's jet

A Twitter account that tracked flights of Elon Musk's private jet put out word Wednesday that it was suspended by the platform despite the billionaire's talk of free speech.

tWitch, Ellen DeGeneres DJ, dies in apparent LA suicide

Stephen "tWitch" Boss, the DJ from "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," has died, his wife has said, in what Los Angeles media reported was an apparent suicide.

Peru declares state of emergency as ousted leader remains in prison

Peru declared a nationwide state of emergency Wednesday amid violent protests against the ouster of ex-president Pedro Castillo that have left seven people dead.

Study explains surprise surge in methane during pandemic lockdown

A mysterious surge in planet-heating atmospheric methane in 2020 despite Covid lockdowns that reduced many human-caused sources can be explained by a greater release from nature and, surprisingly, reduced air pollution, scientists said Wednesday.

US leads technology investment in Africa at Biden summit

President Joe Biden was set Wednesday to unveil a long-term commitment to African leaders as the United States laid out a major investment push in technology in the continent, where China's infrastructure spending has made it a top player.