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Journalist Namita Bhandare who writes a popular column on gender issues in the Hindustan Times newspaper told the BBC that contrary to what people say, many "women in India of course swear, it's not new".In many villages of northern...

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a treatment for pancreatic cancer that, in clinical trials, nearly doubled the overall survival time for patients. The drug, daraxonrasib, sold under the brand name Rasonque and manufactured by Revolution Medicines,...

Fifty eggs suspected to be those of endangered parrots were intercepted at South Africa's main airport in Johannesburg last Thursday - and some of them have now hatched.A 50-year-old Thai national was arrested for allegedly attempting to smuggle them...

The Trump administration has threatened to demolish the Kennedy Center if planned renovations for the performing arts venue are not allowed to be carried out, court documents show.Attorneys from the justice department have also asked for President Donald Trump's...

A Frankfurt Airport worker has died of malaria after a rare outbreak led to six employees contracting the serious infection spread by mosquitoes. It is believed the mosquitoes arrived at Germany's busiest airport on a plane, according to German...

Guinea's President Mamadi Doumbouya, 41, has dismissed more than 170 soldiers for "desertion", including a colonel who helped him seize power in a coup in 2021.Col Michel Lamah was a member of the Special Forces Group (GFS), the elite...

At least 22 people were killed and more than 380 listed as missing Wednesday in Nepal after flash flooding tore through valleys in the Himalayan country's northern border areas, according to authorities. At least three...

China's foreign ministry has told its citizens to leave the southern African kingdom of Eswatini over "security risks".The ministry cited "rampant cyber fraud and criminal activities associated with gambling" as among its security concerns, but did not give...

It was just after dawn on Wednesday morning at a maternity ward in the Pakistani capital when a horrific blaze erupted.It would go on to kill 14 infants as parents say they waited hours for help to arrive. Hivsa...

Her early breakthrough came in 1967 when she was hired as the "girl singer" on The Porter Wagoner Show, a TV showcase for country singer Porter Wagoner that reached millions of viewers each week.Together, they released 21 hit duets...