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Malaysian officials go undercover to spy on fasting Muslims
Thirty-two enforcement officers from a local council in the Muslim-majority country are going undercover at food outlets as part…
Sikh girl banned from taking kirpan to school over safety concerns
The girl brought the kirpan, worn by Sikhs as a mark of their faith, to the Redscope Primary School in Rotherham earlier this…
Maharashtra: Demand for water tankers highest in state in five years
The crisis has been caused by the drought-like conditions in several talukas. At the end of the third week of May, 4,615 villages…
Study shows use of banned synthetic in feeding bottles
Across Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat, Delhi, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand and Manipur, 20 random branded and non-branded…
Sherpa guide climbs Everest 24th time, outdoing own record
A Sherpa mountaineer has extended his record for successful climbs of Mount Everest with his 24th ascent of the world's highest…
Three handwritten wills found in Aretha Franklin’s home
Franklin's star, meanwhile, hasn't faded since her death. She was awarded an honorary Pulitzer Prize in April, cited posthumously…
Polish sextuplets surprise parents and doctors expecting five
Ryszard Lauterbach, head of Clinical Neonatology at the University Hospital in Krakow said the children, born at 29 weeks, were in…
US: States sue over rule allowing clinicians to refuse abortions
A Manhattan federal court lawsuit asked a judge to declare the rule unconstitutional and say it was passed in an arbitrary and…
Facebook releases maps to help fight disease outbreak
Public health officials often have challenges predicting where disease outbreaks, like malaria or cholera, will strike.
Eiffel Tower evacuated after climber spotted on monument
The tower is regularly the target of rogue free-climbers hoping to scale one of the world's most famous structures, often for…