There have been a number of protests in Srinagar following India’s decision to revoke special autonomous status for the part of Kashmir it controls. Authorities say the protests have been contained and there have been very few injuries. But protesters insist many have been hurt. The BBC spoke to two men caught up in the […]
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An unmanned spacecraft India launched last month began orbiting the moon Tuesday as it approaches the lunar south pole to study previously discovered water deposits. The Indian Space Research Organization said it successfully maneuvered Chandrayaan-2, the Sanskrit word for “moon craft,” into lunar orbit, nearly a month after it left Earth. The mission is led
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Carson Kelly is looking more and more like the big-hitting catcher the Arizona Diamondbacks have sought for some time. Kelly’s tiebreaking homer in the eighth inning was part of a three-run rally that sent the Diamondbacks to a 5-3 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Monday night. “When you get an offensive catcher as capable
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That means the process is now being helmed by Francis Brooke, a 29-year-old White House aide with limited experience in climate change policy before moving over from Vice President Mike Pence’s office last year. Given the lack of experienced senior staffers, people working on the plan say it is now unlikely to be completed before
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WASHINGTON — A decade after big banks needed government support to dig out of the financial crisis, the Federal Reserve is slowly, but steadily, making a series of regulatory changes that could chip away at new requirements put in place to prevent a repeat of the 2008 meltdown. Some of the changes, seemingly incremental and
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Image copyright Getty Images Secondary-school pupils in England appear to be rejecting cigarettes in greater numbers than ever before. The most recent survey in a series that began in the 1980s indicates just 16% of the pupils have ever smoked tobacco, down from 19% in 2016 and 49% in 1996. However, a quarter of the
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Power struggles, daytime television, Me Too fallout and more. Apple has finally revealed what its star-studded first original series “The Morning Show,” is about ― besides bringing Jennifer Aniston back to our television screens ― and we’re tuned all the way in. The first full trailer for the series set to debut on Apple TV+
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Computer systems in 23 small Texas towns have been hacked, seized and held for ransom in a widespread, coordinated cyberattack, the authorities said this week. The Texas Department of Information Resources said Monday that it was racing to bring systems back online after the “ransomware attack,” in which hackers remotely block access to important data
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Everyone has seen an outfielder receive a tip of the cap or a jubilant fist bump from a pitcher after scaling the left-, center-, or right-field wall and robbing an opposing player of a home run. What happens after they leave the field is far more interesting. Most pitchers love their home-run robbing teammates and
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Image copyright Garwood family Image caption Darren Garwood has written a book about his son Jackson A father has written a book starring his terminally-ill son as a “green” superhero in a bid to inspire others. Five-year-old Jackson Garwood, from East Tilbury, Essex, was given a year to live at the age of one after
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