Global News
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Across borders and divides, one 'heavenly' refresher cools summer heat
The incredible story of how Rabea Begum built Rooh Afza, that brings about $45 million of profit a year in India alone, into South Asia's favourite summer cooler
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Behind the clash at OPEC: Growing competition in the Gulf
The UAE wants to raise its oil output limits while the the Saudis don't want to, and on Tuesday, the lack of a deal sent oil prices gyrating
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Dilip Kumar, who brought realism to Bollywood, dies at 98
As one of the country's earliest method actors, he was often compared to Marlon Brando, another early adopter of the technique, even though Kumar credited himself with using it first
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China's crackdown on Didi is a reminder that beijing is in charge
With 377 million active users a year in China and services in 16 other countries, Didi has been celebrated in China as a homegrown tech champion, especially after it vanquished Uber and bought its rival's Chinese operations in 2016
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Tesla says autopilot makes its cars safer. Crash victims say it kills.
Tesla, founded in 2003, and its chief executive, Elon Musk, have been bold in challenging the auto industry, attracting devoted fans and customers and creating a new standard for electric vehicles that other established carmakers are reckoning with
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The tech cold war's 'most complicated machine' that's out of China's reach
The complex machine is widely acknowledged as necessary for making the most advanced chips, an ability with geopolitical implications
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How Indian Americans came to love the spelling bee
The bee has become an occasion for unity within the South Asian American immigrant community, and it all goes back to a historic victory more than three decades ago
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'Crucial Time' for cloud gaming, which wants to change how you play
It has been a busy period for the small but growing cloud gaming industry, which is expected to surpass $1 billion in revenue and 23 million paying customers by the end of this year
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Myanmar's Covid-19 cases are soaring, but generals hold the vaccines
The military's unwillingness to provide details about its vaccination program prompted Covax, the global vaccine-sharing program, to delay a shipment of 5.5 million doses in March
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Richard Branson will try to beat Jeff Bezos to space with July 11 flight
If all goes as planned, Branson will make his flight nine days before Bezos, the founder of Amazon, straps into the New Shepard capsule built by his rocket company, Blue Origin
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Trump's business is charged with 'audacious' tax fraud
Although Trump was not accused of a crime, an indictment of the company that carries his name strikes a blow to the former president just as he has resumed holding rallies