Jun 20 Biden is ready to meet with India's leader, looking past Modi's human rights record and ties to Russia By Aamer Madhani, Krutika Pathi, Associated Press Biden is extending the high honor even though Modi's government has stayed on the sidelines in Russia's invasion of Ukraine and as human rights activists express alarm about the state of India's democracy. Continue reading
Jun 19 Watch 4:44 News Wrap: Search underway for missing sub carrying five people to Titanic wreck site In our news wrap Monday, search operations are underway for a submersible carrying five people to view the Titanic wreckage, tornadoes in Mississippi killed at least one person and injured two dozen more, a scorching heat wave in northern India… Continue watching
Jun 18 Watch 3:31 News Wrap: Blinken holds 'constructive' talks with China's foreign minister In our news wrap Sunday, Secretary of State Blinken met with Chinese officials in Beijing, Israel’s prime minister said his judicial overhaul plan is moving ahead, a new three-day cease-fire went into effect in Sudan, gun violence across the U.S. Continue watching
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