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Mithil Aggarwal
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U.S. and China arrest 5 in joint drug smuggling investigation ahead of Trump trip
HONG KONG — U.S. and Chinese authorities jointly arrested five suspects in a cross-border smuggling and trafficking operation, Beijing said Monday, touting the cooperation ahead…
Diet Coke parties are all the rage in India as aluminum can shortage bubbles up
Love of Diet Coke runs deep for Ishika Gupta, but it was the fear of losing her favorite drink that took the obsession to new…
Flight taking off from Denver strikes pedestrian on the runway
A flight taking off from Denver International Airport struck a pedestrian on the runway during takeoff on Friday, Frontier Airlines and the airport said, as…
Indians line up for these flatbreads. But now gas is running short.
Kitchens across India are running low on gas as the U.S. and Israeli assault on Iran sends shockwaves through a country heavily dependent on Gulf…
Strait of Hormuz shipping traffic is effectively at a standstill despite Iran ceasefire
Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz was at a virtual standstill Thursday, with only a handful of ships passing through the vital waterway since the…
‘We don’t sleep’: Sailors stranded in Persian Gulf as rockets fly over their heads
Iran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz has trapped the largely invisible workforce that keeps the world’s maritime trade afloat, with 20,000 sailors stuck on…
In China, a rush to ‘raise lobsters’ quickly leads to second thoughts
OpenClaw, a highly autonomous open-source AI agent, is especially popular in China, but security concerns have both users and the government seeking to rein it…
Jewish volunteer ambulances set on fire in London in apparent antisemitic attack
Police in London are investigating what appears to be an arson attack on several ambulances from a Jewish volunteer service, saying they are treating it…
Use the stairs, work from home: Asia is already making big changes as oil prices spike
The fallout of the U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran and the subsequent effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz has reached Asia with authorities from New…