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The Google logo is pictured at the entrance to the Google offices in London, Britain January 18, 2019. REUTERS/Hannah McKay India’s competition regulator on Friday ordered an investigation into Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google following allegations by news publishers, saying its

Smuggled weapons have long fueled Yemen’s civil war. Now, a U.N. report says some of those arms originate from a once-obscure Iranian port town where wooden ships set off laden with guns and rocket launchers.

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With less than half of India’s population fully vaccinated and infections rising rapidly, public-health experts warn that the healthcare system is again vulnerable—months after being overwhelmed by a surge of cases.

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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia responded angrily on Saturday to a comment by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken that Kazakhstan might have a hard time getting rid of Russian troops, saying he should reflect instead on U.S. military meddling around

Most of the victims died of hypothermia, officials said, as overnight temperatures fell to 17.6 Fahrenheit amid heavy snowfall at Pakistan’s mountain resort town of Murree. (Image credit: Inter Services Public Relations via AP)

In a great irony, Venezuelans are cooking their meals over wood fires because of a shortage of propane. This is in a nation with among the largest oil and natural gas reserves in the world.

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The situation in Kazakhstan has implications for the stability of the region and for U.S. energy companies active in the Central Asian country.