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Despite a diplomatic clash, the US is investing in an experimental South African rare earths project

New Delhi, April 20 -- Two enormous sandlike dunes at an old chemical processing plant in South Africa are at the center of an exploratory U.S.-backed project to extract highly sought-after rare earth... Read More


Oil prices and stocks climb as the US-Iran standoff keeps the Strait of Hormuz in limbo

New Delhi, April 20 -- Oil prices climbed more than 5% while Asian shares also advanced Monday as a standoff between Iran and the U.S. prevented tankers from using the Strait of Hormuz. The Persian G... Read More


Grieving, traumatized survivors return to their homes 5 months after deadly Hong Kong fire

New Delhi, April 20 -- He knows what he will see and he's already hurting, but he has to go back. For the first time since Hong Kong's deadliest fire in decades engulfed his apartment building in Nov... Read More


Padre Guilherme hosts rave in Argentina's capital honoring late Pope Francis

New Delhi, April 20 -- Pope Francis reappeared in Argentina's capital a year after his death, but it wasn't a miracle: It was through the hands of a DJ-priest. Guilherme Peixoto is a Portuguese Catho... Read More


Bulgaria's pro-Russian former president is seen as strong front-runner in Sunday's election

New Delhi, April 19 -- Bulgarians are heading to a new early election that could bring to power a left-leaning ex-president just days after Hungarian voters rejected the authoritarian policies and glo... Read More


Traffic and trepidation in the Persian Gulf could keep gasoline prices from dropping quickly

New Delhi, April 19 -- After U.S. President Donald Trump and Iran's foreign minister said the Strait of Hormuz was fully open to commercial vessels after almost seven weeks of war, oil prices plunged ... Read More


Iran reopens Strait of Hormuz, but threatens to close it again as the US maintains its blockade

New Delhi, April 19 -- Iran said it fully reopened the Strait of Hormuz to commercial vessels, but questions lingered Saturday about how much freedom ships actually had to transit the waterway as Tehr... Read More


EU officials in Hungary to discuss unlocking billions of euros held while Orban was in charge

New Delhi, April 19 -- European Union officials are meeting Friday in Budapest with members of Hungarian election winner Peter Magyar's team about pressing issues including a massive loan for Ukraine ... Read More


Pope Leo XIV's visit to an African church linked to slavery reflects on his own complex heritage

New Delhi, April 18 -- The Church of Our Lady of Muxima was built by Portuguese colonizers in Angola at the end of the 16th century as part of a fortress complex and became a hub in the slave trade. I... Read More


Wildfires used to 'go to sleep' at night. Climate change has them burning overtime

New Delhi, April 18 -- Burning time for North American wildfires is going into overtime. Flames are lasting later into the night and starting earlier in the morning because human-caused climate change... Read More