3 h. ago What killed hundreds of seals? Bird flu spread raises fears, questions

Bird flu is spreading rapidly in Europe, with the highest number of countries in at least a decade reporting early outbreaks, raising concerns about a repeat of past crises that led to the culling of tens of millions of birds and higher food prices. Meanwhile, Australian scientists have found hundreds of dead seal pups on Heard Island in the sub-Antarctic with signs that suggest they were killed by bird flu, authorities said on Friday. The spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly...

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3 h. ago Chinese TCM enthusiasts attend Ayurveda workshop held by Indian mission in Beijing

Chinese TCM enthusiasts attend Ayurveda workshop held by Indian mission in Beijing  Press Trust of India

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5 h. ago Lessons from Beijing and Bangkok: Do cloud seeding experiments really work?

Lessons from Beijing and Bangkok: Do cloud seeding experiments really work?  India TV News

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9 h. ago Plane wreckage removal to take 2 days, probe up to a year: Hong Kong experts

Securing and removing the cargo plane that crashed after veering off its path at Hong Kong’s airport and killing two security workers will take at least two days, while investigations into the accident are expected to last up to a year, aviation experts have said. Louis Szeto Ka-sing, a specialist in vessel design and maintenance, said on Friday that the first step in salvaging the cargo plane was to determine whether the two halves of the aircraft remained partially connected underwater. He...

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9 h. ago ‘We’re just going to kill them’: Trump vows to escalate drug war to land targets

US President Donald Trump has said that “the land is going to be next” in his campaign to halt the flow of drugs into the US from Venezuela, the clearest indication yet that he was preparing to broaden strikes that have so far been limited to targets at sea. Speaking to reporters at the White House on Thursday, Trump directed US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth to notify Congress of the administration’s plans. He did not discuss targets, though, he has repeatedly suggested he could order the US...

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17 h. ago Trump and Modi’s tariff tango: Russian oil, soybeans and a delayed deal

A long-awaited trade deal between India and the United States may be facing political delays, despite broad agreement that would cut the steep 50 per cent duties imposed on New Delhi by US President Donald Trump to about 15-16 per cent, according to two people familiar with the talks. The sources, who declined to be identified given sensitive negotiations, said that while Washington is eager to conclude the deal quickly to appease US farmers caught in the crossfire with trade frictions with...

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17 h. ago China and Russia reportedly using ‘sex warfare’ to spy on Silicon Valley; Elon Musk reacts

China and Russia reportedly using ‘sex warfare’ to spy on Silicon Valley; Elon Musk reacts  Times of India

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20 h. ago Colombian president accuses US of ‘executions’ in Caribbean and Pacific

Colombia’s leftist president on Thursday renewed his criticism of US military strikes in the Caribbean and Pacific, fuelling a row with US President Donald Trump that has shattered ties between the two nations. Gustavo Petro said Washington was “carrying out extrajudicial executions” that “violate international law” by striking alleged drug-trafficking boats. The Colombian government urged the US to halt the strikes, which have destroyed nine vessels and killed at least 37 people, according to...

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22 h. ago 1 dead in Haiti as Tropical Storm Melissa lumbers through the Caribbean

Tropical Storm Melissa lumbered through the Caribbean Sea on Thursday, bringing a risk of dangerous landslides and life-threatening flooding to Jamaica and southern Hispaniola – an island shared by the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Officials urged residents in flood-prone areas to seek higher ground. The storm was blamed for downing a large tree that killed an elderly man in the coastal town of Marigot in southern Haiti, while five other people were injured in flooding in the central Artibonite...

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24 h. ago 'No basis in international law': China slams US sanctions on Russian oil giants; hits out at EU for targe

'No basis in international law': China slams US sanctions on Russian oil giants; hits out at EU for targe  Times of India

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25 h. ago India may sharply cut Russian oil imports after US sanctions: sources

Indian refiners are poised to sharply curtail imports of Russian oil to comply with new US sanctions on two top Russian producers, industry sources have said, potentially removing a major hurdle to a trade deal with the United States. The change comes as India faces punishing 50 per cent tariffs on its exports to the US – with half of those duties in retaliation for Russian oil purchases – and negotiates a potential trade deal that could bring those tariffs in line with Asian peers in exchange...

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26 h. ago Spot crude premiums jump as US sanctions on Russian producers drive China, India demand

Spot crude premiums jump as US sanctions on Russian producers drive China, India demand  Reuters

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27 h. ago 2 suspected of attacking young man with sharp weapons wanted by Hong Kong police

Hong Kong police are searching for two suspects who allegedly attacked a 20-year-old man with sharp weapons at a bus terminal in Admiralty. Police were alerted at 10.17pm on Wednesday that two men were suspected of attacking a young man with sharp weapons at a bus terminal on Queensway, a major road in Admiralty. The assailants then fled the scene. The victim sustained hand and back injuries and was sent to Queen Mary Hospital in Pok Fu Lam for treatment, police said. After a preliminary...

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27 h. ago Hong Kong police hunt for 2 after young man attacked with sharp weapons

Hong Kong police are searching for two suspects who allegedly attacked a 20-year-old man with sharp weapons at a bus terminal in Admiralty. Police were alerted at 10.17pm on Wednesday that two men were suspected of attacking a young man with sharp weapons at a bus terminal on Queensway, a major road in Admiralty. The assailants then fled the scene. The victim sustained hand and back injuries and was sent to Queen Mary Hospital in Pok Fu Lam for treatment, police said. After a preliminary...

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28 h. ago Hong Kong surgeon unlawfully killed woman in botched Botox procedure, jury finds

A 93-year-old Hong Kong plastic surgeon unlawfully killed a top banker by gross negligence during a botched Botox injection seven years ago, a jury has found. A seven-member High Court jury on Thursday reached a unanimous decision that found Dr Franklin Li Wang-pong had committed all the acts alleged in the original manslaughter charge before he was declared unfit to stand trial last month due to dementia. That unfitness means the ruling will not leave Li with a criminal record, but the court...

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30 h. ago Explained: India’s Rare Earth Dilemma Between Beijing’s Leverage, And Kabul’s Offer

Explained: India’s Rare Earth Dilemma Between Beijing’s Leverage, And Kabul’s Offer  Asianet Newsable

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32 h. ago More curbs on China? Trump admin mulls restrictions on ‘any and all critical software’: Report

More curbs on China? Trump admin mulls restrictions on ‘any and all critical software’: Report  Times of India

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32 h. ago China and India to face supply jolt as U.S. targets Russia's oil giants

China and India to face supply jolt as U.S. targets Russia's oil giants  CNBC

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36 h. ago Hong Kong airport closes runway as clearing of plane crash wreckage set to begin

Hong Kong airport’s north runway has been temporarily closed as two salvage vessels with an 80-member crew are set to arrive in the city to lift a crashed cargo plane that veered off its path and killed two people. The Airport Authority said that the north runway would be closed starting from 8am on Thursday, with the operation to salvage the aircraft, which broke into two sections, expected to “last for a few days”. “With the support of Guangzhou Salvage Bureau, Chu Kong Passenger Transport...

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36 h. ago Hong Kong airport closes runway as salvage vessels arrive to clear wrecked plane

Hong Kong airport’s north runway has been temporarily closed as two salvage vessels with an 80-member crew have arrived to lift a crashed cargo plane that veered off its path and killed two security workers. The Airport Authority said that the north runway had been closed from 8am on Thursday, with the operation to salvage the aircraft, which ended up in the sea and broke into two sections, expected to “last for a few days”. A source said that police questioned the aircraft’s four Turkish crew...

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