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Homicide rate declines sharply in dozens of US cities, a new report shows

New Delhi, Jan. 23 -- Data collected from 35 American cities showed a 21% decrease in the homicide rate from 2024 to 2025, translating to about 922 fewer homicides last year, according to a new report... Read More


Fire at Cox's Bazar refugee camp in Bangladesh destroyed homes and displaced thousands of Rohingya

New Delhi, Jan. 23 -- A massive fire this week destroyed hundreds of makeshift homes and displaced more than 2,000 people in a Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, prompting calls Thursda... Read More


EU lawmakers vote to hold up Mercosur trade agreement over legal concerns

New Delhi, Jan. 23 -- European Union lawmakers on Wednesday voted to hold up ratification of a major free trade agreement with the Mercosur group of South American countries over concerns about the le... Read More


US sanctions Costa Rican drug network, including a beauty salon, for trafficking cocaine

New Delhi, Jan. 23 -- The U.S. imposed sanctions on five Costa Ricans and five Costa Rican entities for allegedly helping to transport tons of cocaine from Colombia, storing the drugs in Costa Rica, t... Read More


Rescuers spot wreckage possibly from a helicopter that went missing near a volcano in Japan

New Delhi, Jan. 22 -- Rescuers spotted wreckage believed to be from a sightseeing helicopter carrying three people that went missing near one of Japan's most active volcanoes, authorities said Wednesd... Read More


As fires in Chile burn, a mobile clinic fights to save furry survivors

New Delhi, Jan. 22 -- Some are frightened, others are dehydrated, most are burned. In order to provide aid to the furry friends and other animals affected by the raging fires in Chile, the national po... Read More


Trump to meet with Zelenskyy as Ukraine endures a bitter winter after Russian attacks

New Delhi, Jan. 22 -- About 4,000 buildings in Kyiv lacked heat Wednesday and nearly 60% of the Ukrainian capital was without power, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, after days of Russian... Read More


Japan records a 5th straight yearly trade deficit

New Delhi, Jan. 22 -- Japan posted a trade deficit for the fifth straight year in 2025, according to government data released Thursday, as exports were hit by U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs and... Read More


Iconic Coney Island hot dog hawker Nathan's Famous is sold for $450 million

New Delhi, Jan. 22 -- Nathan's Famous, which opened as a 5-cent hot dog stand in Coney Island more than a century ago, has been sold to packaged meat giant Smithfield Foods in an all-cash $450 million... Read More


National security trial for Hong Kong's Tiananmen vigil organizers opens

New Delhi, Jan. 22 -- A trial against two pro-democracy activists behind a group that for decades organized a vigil that commemorated people killed in Beijing's Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989 open... Read More