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New Delhi chokes as ‘hazardous’ air pollution returns

NEW DELHI — Acrid clouds engulfed India’s capital on Wednesday as air pollution fuelled by fireworks and farm stubble burning was ranked “hazardous” by monitors for the first time this winter. Commuters walking to work cough through poisonous smog that kills thousands each year, according to health experts, although few in the sprawling city wear masks. The city’s famous India Gate monument was wreathed in foul-smelling mist. New Delhi is blanketed in...

Execs of Malaysian firm charged with child abuse

SELAYANG, MALAYSIA — Top executives of a Malaysian conglomerate linked to a...

UN chief in Russia for Putin’s BRICS summit

KAZAN, RUSSIA — United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres arrived in Russia...

14 dead, thousands evacuated as tropical storm batters Philippines

Manila, Philippines—Philippine rescuers waded through chest-deep floodwaters Wednesday to reach residents trapped by...

Mexico troops kill 19 suspected Sinaloa cartel members

Culiacán, Mexico — Mexican troops shot dead 19 suspected members of the...

Harris says US ready for woman president

WASHINGTON — Kamala Harris said Tuesday that America is “absolutely” ready to...

New Delhi chokes as ‘hazardous’ air pollution returns

NEW DELHI — Acrid clouds engulfed India’s capital on Wednesday as air pollution fuelled by fireworks and farm stubble burning was ranked “hazardous” by monitors for the first time this winter. Commuters walking to work cough through poisonous smog that kills thousands each year, according to health experts, although few in the sprawling city wear masks. The city’s famous India Gate monument was wreathed in foul-smelling mist. New Delhi is blanketed in...

Execs of Malaysian firm charged with child abuse

SELAYANG, MALAYSIA — Top executives of a Malaysian conglomerate linked to a...

UN chief in Russia for Putin’s BRICS summit

KAZAN, RUSSIA — United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres arrived in Russia...

14 dead, thousands evacuated as tropical storm batters Philippines

Manila, Philippines—Philippine rescuers waded through chest-deep floodwaters Wednesday to reach residents trapped by...

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