Here's what you need to know about the world's largest democratic election kicking off in India NEW DELHI (AP) — The world’s largest democratic election could also be one of its most consequential. With a population of over 1.4 billion people and close to 970 million voters, India’s ... 04/18/2024 - 5:09 pm | View Link
Massive new rocket engine undergoes successful test at Stennis Space Center S TENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. (WVUE) - One of the most powerful rocket engines ever built was test-fired Wednesday (April 3) under picture-perfect conditions near Picayune at the Stennis Space Center. 04/3/2024 - 10:02 am | View Link
I sailed on Royal Caribbean's 2 largest cruise ships. They were shockingly similar for the $1,000 difference The company experienced its largest booking day ever when reservations opened for Icon of the Seas more than a year before its launch, it said Despite all of this fanfare, you might be surprised ... 04/2/2024 - 10:00 pm | View Link
The world's largest digital camera is ready to investigate the dark universe Scientists and engineers at SLAC have officially completed the LSST camera, the largest digital camera ever built, for Rubin's pioneering 10-year survey. The 3,200-megapixel LSST camera is the ... 04/2/2024 - 12:59 pm | View Link
Here's what you need to know about the world's largest democratic election kicking off in India NEW DELHI (AP) — The world’s largest democratic election could also ... with the polls seen as a test for the country’s democratic values. Many watchdogs have now categorized India as ... 04/1/2024 - 7:40 am | View Link
Decorated Chinese athlete He Jie had been stripped of his Beijing half-marathon win Friday after an investigation found that the three African runners who competed alongside him had “actively slowed down” to let him cross the finish line first during the race on Sunday, April 14.
He won the 21 km.
ISLAMABAD — An important ally of Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif demanded the government lift a two-month-old ban on the social media platform X, saying on Friday that it violates citizens’ right to speech and expression.
The ban on X has been in place since February, when the party of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan announced a nationwide protest against alleged election rigging ahead of the Feb.
BEIJING — San Francisco is the latest U. S. city preparing to receive a pair of pandas from China, in a continuation of Beijing’s famed “panda diplomacy.”
San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced the panda loan in Beijing on Friday, alongside officials from China Wildlife Conservation Association, or CWCA. It will be San Francisco’s first time hosting the beloved animals long-term—the result of a yearlong advocacy campaign, Breed said.
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San Diego previously announced it was receiving two pandas back in February.
China is home to the only natural habitat for pandas and owns most of the black-and-white bears in the world.
Earlier this month, two Indian writers published an ode to their Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. Written in lyric form and titled “Forever In Our Hearts,” it recounts his achievements while singing his praises in highly effusive language. “With courage and wisdom/you show citizens the way,” it gushes. “Oh Modi, oh Modi/their hopes never sway/A people’s beacon, in whom they see light/Oh Modi, oh Modi, guiding day and night.”
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Such reverence captures the essence of Modi’s popularity.
The U. S. blocked on Thursday a draft resolution that would have allowed the United Nations General Assembly to vote on allowing a Palestinian state to become a full member state of the U. N. The move has triggered backlash from other states and pro-Palestinian groups, as global divisions continue to sharpen over Israel’s war on Gaza.
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Apple Inc. said that it removed Meta Platforms Inc.’s WhatsApp and Threads from its China apps store after an order from the country’s internet regulator, which said the services pose risks to the country’s security.
The order comes on the heels of a cleanup program Chinese regulators initiated in 2023 that was expected to remove many defunct or unregistered apps from domestic iOS and Android stores.