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India's wheat exports ban adding to global food insecurity
India, the world's second-largest wheat producer, has banned exports of the grain with some exceptions, a move that could compound a worldwide shortfall worsened by the war in Ukraine and exacerbate an already dire forecast for hunger across the globe
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Obituary: Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma, master of Santoor, who made the instrument global
Over a career spanning nearly seven decades, Sharma became the first musician to propel the santoor onto the world stage, at concerts and recitals in India and elsewhere
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Sri Lanka's many missteps that led its economy into a tailspin
Months of lengthy blackouts and acute shortages of food, fuel and medicines have infuriated the public, with huge protests demanding the government's resignation turning violent this week
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Abortion pills demand on internet surges after US Supreme Court leak
Dutch physician Rebecca Gomperts' abortion boat and the Women on Waves group have anchored their ship in international waters off the coasts of Poland, Spain, Mexico and other countries, offering medical abortions to women; in the US interest has been surging in her other organization, Aid Access, which since 2018 has provided abortion pills over the internet
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US, EU to boost coordination on semiconductor supply, Russia
Top US officials are visiting the French scientific hub of Saclay for a meet up of the Trade and Technology Council, created last year as China increasingly exerts its technology clout
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Not a Matisse or a Warhol: Dinosaur skeleton sells for $12.4 million at Christie's
Christie's sold the skeleton of a Deinonychus antirrhopus — a species that became one of the world's most recognizable dinosaurs after the release of the movie "Jurassic Park" — for $12.4 million, with fees, to an undisclosed buyer
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A battle over how to battle over Roe
For the protesters chanting loudly outside Justice Brett Kavanaugh's home, incivility was the point. They said they wanted to impinge on his privacy with picket signs and chants to condemn the Supreme Court justice's apparent support for ending the constitutional right to privacy that guaranteed access to abortion nearly 50 years ago
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Deal to buy Twitter 'temporarily on hold': Elon Musk
Musk, the world's richest man and founder of automaker Tesla, had made the eradication of spam accounts and bots one of the centrepieces of his proposed $44 billion takeover of Twitter
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Crippling baby formula shortage grips the US
Last week, the average out-of-stock rate for baby formula was 43 percent, according to Datasembly, which collected information from more than 11,000 retailers
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Lawyer who argued Roe v. Wade outraged over possible reversal
"It's going to cost a lot more for people that don't have good health care or just the poor" to get an abortion, Linda Coffee, the last surviving member of the legal team who won the case in 1973, said
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Scientists successfully grow plants in soil from the Moon
The ground-breaking experiment has given researchers hope that it may be possible to one day grow plants directly on the Moon. That would save future space missions much hassle and expense, facilitating longer and farther trips