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'Wow!' The eye surgery marathon that restored sight for some South Africans

New Delhi, April 6 -- Gladys Khoza had missed being able to see her family. Not because they couldn't visit, but because the 84-year-old had vision problems. Now that has changed. Khoza is one of 133... Read More


China's Communist Party investigates ex-Xinjiang leader Ma Xingrui

New Delhi, April 6 -- The disciplinary body for China 's Communist Party said Friday it has placed the former Xinjiang party chief under investigation over suspected violations of discipline and law. ... Read More


Senegal limits foreign trips for officials as the fallout from Iran war deepens

New Delhi, April 6 -- The Senegalese government has banned all but essential foreign trips for government ministers as part of cost-saving measures triggered by the energy crisis linked to the Iran wa... Read More


Floods, landslides triggered by heavy rain in Afghanistan leave 77 dead in 10 days, authorities say

New Delhi, April 6 -- Widespread flooding, landslides and lightning strikes triggered by heavy rain and storms across Afghanistan have left 77 people dead and 137 injured over the past 10 days, the co... Read More


Cameroon lawmakers revive vice presidency, handing aging president sweeping control over the post

New Delhi, April 6 -- Cameroon's parliament overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment to reintroduce the vice president position, a move the opposition says will further strengthen President ... Read More


From digging coal to selling noodles? China's mining workers face change

New Delhi, April 6 -- Yang Haiming didn't stop working when he retired from the coal mines at age 60. Instead, he jumped into a new industry. Yang is part of a generation of workers that powered Chin... Read More


Lebanon's displaced Shiites face rising hostility as airstrikes fuel fear and evictions

New Delhi, April 5 -- When the Israel- Hezbollah war broke out in early March, Hussein Shuman fled the heavy bombardment of the southern suburbs of Beirut, but he didn't bother trying to rent an apart... Read More


Apollo's impatient old-timers are rooting for NASA's return to the moon with Artemis II launch

New Delhi, April 5 -- The people who toiled night and day to put astronauts on the moon during Apollo are thrilled that NASA is finally going back. They just wish these Artemis moonshots had happened ... Read More


Russian aerial attacks kill 2 in Ukraine as Easter prisoner exchange planned

New Delhi, April 5 -- Russian aerial attacks on civilian areas of Ukraine killed two people and injured at least three others, officials said Thursday, as the warring countries work on a prisoner exch... Read More


Russia claims full control of Ukraine's Luhansk region but Kyiv denies it ahead of US envoy talks

New Delhi, April 5 -- Russia's armed forces have taken control of the entire Luhansk region of Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry claimed Wednesday, but a Kyiv military official denied the claim as... Read More