Jun 18 Deaths climb to around 100 as heat wave scorches India’s northeastern states By Biswajeet Banerjee, Associated Press At least 96 people died in two of India's most populous states over the last several days, officials said Sunday, with swaths of the country reeling from a sweltering heat wave. Continue reading
Jun 17 Seniors advised to stay indoors amid sweltering heat wave in northern India By Biswajeet Banerjee, Associated Press At least 34 people have died in the past two days as a large swath of the north Indian state Uttar Pradesh swelters under severe heat, officials said Saturday, prompting doctors to advise residents over 60 to stay indoors during the… Continue reading
Jun 15 Watch 4:44 News Wrap: Supreme Court ruling upholds Indian Child Welfare Act In our news wrap Thursday, the Supreme Court upheld a law on adoptions of Native American children, a tropical cyclone blasted ashore in western India and southern Pakistan, rescuers searched the Mediterranean for a second day after a migrant boat… Continue watching
Jun 08 India not planning to invite Ukraine to upcoming G20 summit in September By Ashok Sharma, Associated Press The Ukraine war and the disruption in global food and fuel supplies are expected to be high on the agenda of the G20 summit in New Delhi. Indonesia invited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to participate in last year's G20 summit… Continue reading
Jun 05 Watch 6:44 News Wrap: Carbon dioxide reaches record level in the atmosphere In our news wrap Monday, climate change-driving CO2 reached a new record level in the Earth’s atmosphere this spring according to new data. Survivors demanded answers in the train crash that killed 275 people in India and ground assaults in… Continue watching
Jun 04 Watch 3:51 News Wrap: Russia launches more airstrikes as Ukraine prepares counteroffensive In our news wrap Sunday, a Russian missile killed a child and injured many others in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro, nearly 80 schoolgirls were poisoned at two schools in Afghanistan, India says a signaling system error led to Friday’s… Continue watching
Jun 04 Train disaster renews safety questions as India’s government pushes rail upgrade By Sheikh Saaliq, Associated Press The massive derailment involving two passenger trains is a stark reminder of safety issues that continue to challenge India's vast railway system that transports nearly 22 million passengers each day. Continue reading
Jun 04 Signaling system error led to deadly India train crash, railway official says By Krutika Pathi, Sheikh Saaliq, Ashok Sharma, Associated Press The derailment in eastern India that killed 275 people and injured hundreds was caused by an error in the electronic signaling system that led a train to wrongly change tracks and crash into a freight train, officials said Sunday. Continue reading
Jun 03 Watch 2:41 News Wrap: Biden signs debt limit deal in final days before deadline In our news wrap Saturday, Biden signed the bipartisan deal to suspend the debt limit and avoid a potentially catastrophic default, three Israeli troops and an Egyptian officer died in an unusual shootout on the Israel-Egypt border, more than 280… Continue watching
Jun 02 More than 280 killed, about 900 hurt after 2 trains derail in India By Ashok Sharma, Associated Press Rescuers found no more survivors in the overturned and mangled wreckage of two passenger trains that derailed in eastern India, killing more than 280 people in one of the country's deadliest rail crashes in decades, officials said Saturday. Continue reading