Aug 14 Watch 7:26 News Wrap: Hundreds remain unaccounted for after Maui wildfires In our news wrap Monday, the death toll from the Maui wildfires continues to climb as officials warn the number may rise further with just a fraction of the affected area searched so far, a string of floods and landslides… Continue watching
Aug 10 Russia launches its first mission to the moon in almost 50 years By Jim Heintz, Emma Burrows, Associated Press A rocket carrying a lunar landing craft blasted off Friday on Russia’s first moon mission in nearly 50 years, racing to land on the lunar south pole before a spacecraft from India gets there. Continue reading
Aug 01 Crane collapse in India kills 16 workers By Associated Press Television footage showed the collapsed crane on the ground as rescue workers looked for survivors near the site in Thane, a city just outside Mumbai. Continue reading
Jul 26 An alliance of Indian opposition parties, called INDIA, joins forces to take on Modi By Sheikh Saaliq, Associated Press India’s fractured opposition parties have joined forces in a rare show of unity and formed an alliance to unseat the popular but polarizing prime minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party. Continue reading
Jul 24 India’s Parliament rocked by protests for a third day over ethnic violence in remote state By Associated Press Opposition lawmakers carried placards and chanted slogans outside the Parliament building as they demanded a statement from Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the violence in Manipur state before a debate on the issue. Continue reading
Jul 23 Rescuers end search at Indian village with recovery of 27 dead, but no sign of dozens missing after landslide By Ashok Sharma, Associated Press Hundreds of rescuers ended a four-day search for scores of people still missing after heavy monsoon rains triggered a massive landslide in a village in western India, an official said Sunday. Continue reading
Jul 21 Death toll rises to 21 as rescuers find more bodies in landslide-hit village in western India By Associated Press Officials say scores of rescuers and trekkers have been deployed to search for people trapped by the landslide, which occurred late Wednesday night. Continue reading
Jul 20 Modi breaks silence over deadly ethnic clashes after video released showing women assaulted By Sheikh Saaliq, Associated Press The violence depicted in the video was emblematic of the near-civil war in Manipur that has left more than 130 people dead since May, as mobs rampage through villages killing people and torching houses. Continue reading
Jul 16 Yellen visits India again to deepen ties and tackle global economic issues By Ajit Solanki, Fatima Hussein, Associated Press On the heels of a trip to Beijing, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is back in India for the third time in nine months, this time to meet finance ministers from the Group of 20 nations about global economic challenges… Continue reading
Jun 23 WATCH: Biden, Modi hold meeting with U.S. and Indian business leaders By Chris Megerian, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday joined top American and Indian executives in talks to increase cooperation between the two countries on artificial intelligence, semiconductor production and space. Continue reading