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Xi touts Chinese wisdom and solutions as a model for developing nations

New Delhi, July 2 -- China's leader held up his country's rapid industrialization as a new pathway for developing nations in a speech Wednesday that projected a growing confidence both at home and on ... Read More


Algerians vote in parliamentary elections while facing cost-of-living strains and candidate bans

New Delhi, July 2 -- Voters in Alergia are casting ballots Thursday in parliamentary elections overshadowed by cost-of-living concerns and bans on candidates challenging the government. Nearly 25 mil... Read More


Japan's Eiko Kadono, author of 'Kiki's Delivery Service,' still believes in the magic of books at 91

New Delhi, July 2 -- Eiko Kadono, the author behind Japan's most famous - and almost certainly most beloved - literary witch, has a little trouble going up the stairs these days. At 91, she's still w... Read More


Stories from the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak

New Delhi, July 2 -- Mourners stood at a distance as a small coffin was lowered into the grave. Health workers wearing masks and gloves joined a priest who prayed. A 6-month-old girl was the latest v... Read More


Alibaba to pay $600M to settle allegations it allowed illegal drug and equipment sales

New Delhi, July 2 -- The Chinese tech giant Alibaba will pay $600 million to resolve a dispute with the U.S. government over allegations that the Hangzhou-based firm sold and imported illegal pharmace... Read More


This grieving father and ex-general could test the grip of Israel's longest serving prime minister

New Delhi, July 2 -- A leading Israeli general who quit Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's war Cabinet after accusing him of lacking a strategy in Gaza has emerged as one of the premier's most seriou... Read More


UK boosts military spending by $20 billion but critics say it's not enough

New Delhi, July 2 -- Self-flying fighter jets, uncrewed submarines and drones will be at the center of Britain's future military under a defense plan announced Tuesday that includes a 15 billion pound... Read More


How some in Palestinian diaspora find connection, identity and resilience in traditional embroidery

New Delhi, July 2 -- Decades later, Samar Kabouli still fondly recalls gathering with women in her family and sipping cardamom-spiced coffee as they embroidered fabric with colorful threads in traditi... Read More


What to know about the breakaway traditionalist Catholics defying Pope Leo XIV

New Delhi, July 2 -- The ultratraditionalist Society of St. Pius X is defying Pope Leo XIV by consecrating four bishops without his consent at its seminary in Econe, Switzerland. The move incurs an au... Read More


Iran says this. The US says that. A look at the trickiest issues in the unresolved conflict

New Delhi, July 1 -- The United States and Iran have less than 60 days to negotiate a permanent end to the war, but they still seem to be at odds over the interim deal they reached this month. It's n... Read More