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The president has called the extreme heat a "national disaster" and ordered agencies to mobilise all resources.

When I left Ainura’s container-shop at the Dordoi Bazaar in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, I found the market eerily quiet. I had not noticed the passing of time while…

Nature offers unexpectedly good lessons in strategy. As a child, I was fond of bamboo shoots, though none grew in our farmland. My mother, noticing my enthusiasm, suggested that I…

Cortis's plea has drawn mixed reactions in a fandom that's obsessed with capturing every moment.

India's top court has put the spotlight on unsafe footpaths and the country's forgotten pedestrians.

Seoul's lunar orbiter captured images of the Moon before and after part of SpaceX's rocket hit its surface on Wednesday.

“Dig the Well before you are thirsty,” says an old Chinese proverb. The world has debated China’s rise through the lens of ideology. Some believe it is communism that transformed…

Nearly two years after fleeing Dhaka in disgrace, ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina made her first live public address on Wednesday (August 5). Speaking via audio from an event…

The United States is moving to impose a 15% tariff and a series of price floors on polysilicon and its derivative products, a step designed to push solar panel manufacturers…

Japan’s successful Tomahawk and Upgraded Type-12 tests mark a decisive shift beyond interception-only defense toward a more assertive counterstrike posture. Last month, multiple media outlets reported that Japan’s Defense Ministry…