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Equinor may scrap $2.5 billion Empire Wind project over US delays
Offshore wind project for New York may be abandoned

NEW YORK CITY, New York: Norwegian energy company Equinor is on the brink of terminating its US$2.5 billion Empire Wind project in...

Trump reopens protected Cape Cod waters to fishing
Trump allows commercial fishing in New England marine monument

WASHINGTON, D.C.: On May 9, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an order to reopen nearly 5,000 square miles of protected ocean near...

US measles cases top 1,000 in worst outbreak in five years
US measles cases surpass 1,000 for first time in 5 years

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The number of measles cases in the U.S. has gone over 1,000 for the first time in five years, according to federal...

US launches national security probe into aircraft and engine imports
US opens national security probe of imported commercial jets, engines

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The U.S. Commerce Department said it has started a national security investigation into the import of commercial...

Microsoft bans Chinese AI app Deepseek over data security fears
Microsoft denies its employees use of China's Deepseek

REDMOND, Washington: Microsoft has prohibited its employees from using Deepseek, a Chinese artificial intelligence app, citing concerns...

Bristol Myers, Sanofi to pay $700 million in Hawaii Plavix lawsuit
Drug firms to pay Hawaii $700 million to settle blood thinner lawsuit

HONOLULU, Hawaii: Pharmaceutical giants Bristol Myers Squibb and Sanofi have agreed to pay $700 million to Hawaii to settle a lawsuit...

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De-escalations in India, Pakistan, China and U.S. fuel Asian stocks rally
Stocks in Asia surge on India-Pakistan, China-U.S. ceasefires

SYDNEY, NSW, Australia - Stocks in Asia and the pacific have closed significantly higher following ceasefires in India-Pakistan hostilities,...

British commentator David Vance backs Operation Sindoor, says India's strike was "long overdue"
British commentator David Vance backs Operation Sindoor, says India's strike was "long overdue"

Belfast [UK], May 15 (ANI): British political commentator and writer David Vance has voiced strong support for India's Operation Sindoor,...

Honduran Foreign Minister Enrique Reina arrives in Delhi for embassy inauguration
Honduran Foreign Minister Enrique Reina arrives in Delhi for embassy inauguration

New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal on Thursday extended a warm welcome to Enrique...

Congress accuses BJP of politicizing Operation Sindoor
Congress accuses BJP of politicizing Operation Sindoor

New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): Senior Congress leader and MP Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday accused BJP of politicizing the 'Operation...

All three forces displayed immense courage: Dilip Sakia at Tiranga Yatra in Guwahati
All three forces displayed immense courage: Dilip Sakia at Tiranga Yatra in Guwahati

Guwahati (Assam) [India], May 15 (ANI): Assam BJP president Dilip Sakia participated in the Tiranga Yatra in Guwahati on Wednesday...

"India has a lot deeper relationships with a much larger set of countries": US Expert
"India has a lot deeper relationships with a much larger set of countries": US Expert

Washington DC [US], May 15 (ANI): Richard Rossow, Chairperson of India and Emerging Asia Economics, said that India has deeper relationships...