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MEREDITH, New Hampshire - Burt Rutan was alarmed to see the plane he had designed was so loaded with fuel that the wing tips started dragging along the ground as it taxied down the runway. He grabbed the radio to warn the pilot, his older (...)

Surat (Gujarat) [India], May 5 (ANI): Surat Police arrested a Muslim cleric (or Maulvi) on Saturday for allegedly planning to kill the leader of a Hindu organisation, a senior police official said. According to officials, the accused cleric was (...)

On 30 April, Vietnam will celebrate the forty-ninth anniversary of the end of the war and the achievement of national reunification. The capital Hanoi and the more populous Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon) were draped in red flags and (...)

Beijing [China], May 4 (ANI): China is among the world's 10 most dangerous countries for media professionals in the 2024 rankings, Voice of America (VOA) reported. Global media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said that press freedom in (...)

By Shailesh YadavRatnagiri (Maharashtra) [India], May 4 (ANI): In the serene landscapes of Ratnagiri, where the aroma of Alphonso mangoes lingers in the air, another treasure awaits discovery: Ratnagiri cashew, considered the world's finest. (...)

HARBIN, May 4 (Xinhua) -- A document containing detailed information about military personnel from Unit 731, a Japanese germ warfare unit during World War II, was unveiled for the first time in Harbin, the capital of northeast China's (...)

VIENTIANE, May 4 (Xinhua) -- Laos has been embracing large numbers of Chinese tourists during the five-day May Day holiday, expected to be a strong boost to the country's tourism sector. I observe that the number of Chinese visitors is (...)

VIENTIANE, LAOS - Large numbers of Laotian workers, facing poor economic conditions, are seeking work in Thailand, South Korea and Japan, bringing Laos millions of dollars in repatriated salaries but exposing the workers to debt traps and human (...)

Advocates seek work permits for long-term undocumented immigrants in US A growing number of immigration advocates are urging President Joe Biden to grant work permits to long-term undocumented immigrants living in the United States. They say it (...)

Inaction from liberal universities has turned U.S. campuses into battlegrounds as Zionists war against pro-Palestinian students. Australia is beginning to see similar violence, writes Tom Tanuki. *CONTENT WARNING: This article contains video (...)

Bangkok - Global media watchdog Reporters Without Borders, or RSF, says press freedom in Asia continues to see a decline, with 26 out of 31 countries falling on its annual index. According to the group's latest press freedom index, Asia is the (...)

VIENTIANE, May 3 (Xinhua) -- More than 1,000 trainers, players, and officials from institutes, academies, and universities across Laos will attend the 2nd Lao University Games scheduled to be held from May 5 to 14 in the Lao capital Vientiane. (...)

VIENTIANE, May 3 (Xinhua) -- Many hectares of forests in Laos have been damaged in raging wildfires triggered by hot and dry weather, with most wildfires being the result of slash-and-burn cultivation. According to a Lao Economic Daily report (...)

HANOI, May 3 (Xinhua) -- As many as 487 people were admitted to hospital in Vietnam's southern province of Dong Nai over the past few days after having eaten the bread sold by a local eatery, Vietnam News Agency reported Friday. Among the (...)

Bangkok (Thailand), 3 May 2024 - I left Myanmar because I felt unsafe. Ibrahim*, a Rohingya man in his twenties, said armed conflicts and intentional burnings of his village had forced everyone to flee. He's not the only one. New research from (...)

OP Jindal University Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], May 3: India's O.P Jindal Global University (JGU) has signed Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with six leading universities in Malaysia and opened new vistas for its students and researchers by (...)

New Delhi [India], May 3 (ANI): The Delhi High Court has viewed that there is an urgent need to rehabilitate and relocate the Ghazipur Dairy and Bhalswa Dairy, as they are situated adjacent to the Sanitary Landfill Sites ('SLFS'). The court (...)

HANOI, May 3 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam will increase its electricity supply by 4.4 billion kWh to 310.6 billion kWh by increasing both domestic production and imports, Vietnam News reported Friday, citing the Ministry of Industry and Trade's plan (...)

Washington, DC [US], May 3 (ANI): For the fifth consecutive year, approximately eight out of ten Americans maintain unfavourable perceptions of China, with a significant portion advocating for constraints on Beijing's influence, according to a (...)

India on Thursday condemned a U.S. report released this week on religious freedom, which advised the U.S. State Department to designate India and 16 others as Countries of Particular Concern. Addressing a news conference, India's Ministry of (...)

Hanoi has eyed fast and sustainable development in the direction of green urban area and smart and modern city by 2025. The capital city aims to cement its status as a smart and modern city, and gradually connect with the regional and global (...)

Heat wave in Southeast Asia closes schools, triggers health alerts Reuters