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Organisers are confident they can avoid the calamities of last time when India hosts the Commonwealth Games but there are many challenges for a country that also has Olympic ambitions.
Ahmedabad, in I...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday published for the first time directives to improve the prevention, detection and treatment of infertility, which affects millions across the globe.
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The death toll in a fire that ripped through a Hong Kong residential estate this week has risen to 128, the cityβs security chief said on Friday.
Dozens were still missing, Secretary for Security Ch...
Families of the scores still missing after Hong Kongβs worst blaze in decades scoured hospitals on Friday as firefighting operations ended, with the death toll at least 94.
Flames had moved quickly ...
India has approved a more than $800 million plan to boost production of rare earth magnets in an effort to secure supplies and cut its dependence on imports from countries like China.
Rare earth perma...
Thousands of trade union workers across India protested on Wednesday against the governmentβs rollout of new labour codes, saying they would lead to corporate exploitation and erode their hard-won r...
Anti-corruption authorities in Bangladesh have seized approximately 10 kilogrammes of gold, worth around $1.3 million, from bank lockers belonging to ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, officials sai...
Spinner Simon Harmer took six wickets as South Africa thrashed India by 408 runs in the second Test on Wednesday to sweep the series and condemn the hosts to a record loss.
It was South Africaβs fir...
A resident of Washington state has died after contracting a rare strain of bird flu previously only reported in animals, state health officials said the second human fatality linked to the virus in tοΏ½...
Diplomats and premium visa-holders in Saudi Arabia told AFP that the conservative kingdom has quietly eased restrictions on purchasing alcohol for select foreign residents.
While the government has no...
