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Microsoft cuts 4,800 jobs, including many at Xbox in a 'reset' of its gaming division

New Delhi, July 8 -- Microsoft is cutting 4,800 jobs, about 2.1% of its global workforce, including a large number of workers at its Xbox video game business. The layoffs included 1,600 Xbox workers,... Read More


UK sanctions Russian labs and people over chemical weapons used on Navalny and Skripal

New Delhi, July 8 -- Britain imposed sanctions Monday on nine Russian people and entities it said developed chemical weapons used to kill opposition leader Alexei Navalny and attack a former spy in En... Read More


Is AI ready to take over your prescriptions? Doctors are wary of Utah's automated refill program

New Delhi, July 8 -- A prescription refill program that quietly launched in Utah earlier this year has kicked off a big medical debate: Is artificial intelligence ready to take over tasks that, until ... Read More


Ukrainian midrange drones reshape the battlefield by targeting Russian supply lines

New Delhi, July 8 -- Through the grainy gray-and-white haze of thermal images streamed from a drone, Ukrainian pilots watch the roads that keep Russian forces supplied, hunting for targets with a flee... Read More


Tanzanian authorities arrest dozens ahead of anti-government protests

New Delhi, July 7 -- Tanzanian authorities arrested dozens of people ahead of planned anti-government protests, part of a crackdown on calls demanding democratic reforms and the release of a key oppos... Read More


Macron arrives in Syria as first major Western leader to visit war-torn country under new leadership

New Delhi, July 7 -- French President Emmanuel Macron arrived Monday in Syria, making him the first major Western leader to visit the war-torn country since the ouster of Bashar al-Assad in 2024. Ukr... Read More


Yacht owners and public housing residents once shared Venezuela's coast. Now they share its ruin

New Delhi, July 7 -- The rich and poor shared paradise in Caraballeda on Venezuela's Caribbean coast. Their apartments, a few with direct marina access and hundreds in public housing towers, stood on ... Read More


Canada selects Germany's ThyssenKrupp to build submarine fleet as it boosts NATO spending

New Delhi, July 7 -- Canada on Monday named Germany's ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems as the preferred supplier for up to 12 submarines in what Prime Minister Mark Carney called the country's largest-ever... Read More


As quake rescue effort winds down, Venezuelans are left alone to recover their dead

New Delhi, July 7 -- When the high-rise where Noel Marquez lived with his family crashed to the ground and burst into flames in Venezuela's twin earthquakes, Marquez, who happened to be at his girlfri... Read More


Ebola deaths in Congo top 500 as health workers threaten to strike

New Delhi, July 7 -- At least 500 people have died out of over 1,500 confirmed cases in Congo's Ebola outbreak, authorities said, as frontline workers threatened to go on strike on Monday over unpaid ... Read More