Wholesalers are yet to receive new stocks since India, the world’s largest exporter of rice by far, said last month that it would ban some rice shipments.
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Ukraine media say Kyiv saboteurs were behind drone attacks on air bases deep inside Russia
Ukraine has increasingly targeted Moscow’s military assets behind the front lines in eastern and southern Ukraine and at the same time has launched drones against Moscow, most recently early Tuesday.
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Firefighters in Greece find bodies of 18 people in an area with a major wildfire
Firefighters scouring the area of a major wildfire in northeastern Greece burning out of control for a fourth day have found the bodies of 18 people thought to have been migrants who entered the country through the nearby border from Turkey
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All 8 people trapped in a cable car high above a Pakistan canyon have been rescued
An expert described the rescue as extremely delicate because the wind generated by the helicopter blades could further weaken the remaining cables holding the car aloft.
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Attorney John Eastman surrenders to Georgia authorities over efforts to overturn election
Eastman, a conservative attorney who pushed a plan to keep Donald Trump in power, turned himself in to authorities on charges in the Georgia case alleging an illegal plot to overturn the then-president’s 2020 election loss.
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Zuckerberg says a web version of X rival Threads will be available in a few days
The move will allow the nascent platform, dubbed the ‘Twitter Killer,’ better compete with Elon Musk’s platform, which is now called X.
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Want to tune in for the 1st Republican presidential debate? Here’s how to watch
The 2-hour debate will start at 9 p.m. on Wednesday on Fox News.
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Tropical Storm Franklin nears the Dominican Republic and Haiti bringing torrential rain
Heavy rainfall is of great concern to Haiti, where severe erosion in many places often leads to dangerous flooding.
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The initial online search spurring a raid on a Kansas paper was legal, a state agency says
The raid on the Record put it and its hometown of about 1,900 residents at the center of a debate about press freedoms protected by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and Kansas’ Bill of Rights.
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Ecuadorians reject oil drilling in the Amazon, ending operations in a protected area
The outcome represents a significant blow to Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso who advocated for oil drilling, asserting that its revenues are crucial to the country’s economy.