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March 30, 2025

Indian e-scooter maker Ather’s shares close 7% down in trading debut
MUMBAI — Shares in Indian electric scooter maker Ather Energy ended their first trading day on Tuesday down 6.5%, highlighting weak investor sentiment amid a slowdown in one of the world’s hottest IPO markets. The shares were listed on the National Stock Exchange after the company completed India’s third-largest IPO this year, worth 29.8 billion…
About 30 pro-Palestinian protesters arrested after occupying University of Washington building
A group of about 30 pro-Palestinian students was arrested Monday night after occupying a building at the University of Washington in Seattle, setting dumpsters on fire and creating a “dangerous” environment, university officials said. The group, called Super UW, said on its Facebook page that it “launched an occupation of the new Boeing-funded engineering building”…
Talent Hunt Programme
Sindh announces to launch Talent Hunt Programme KARACHI the Sindh Department of Culture has launched the “Sindh Talent Hunt Programme” to identify and nurture young artists across the province Karachi: The government has also decided to increase efforts to protect our historical buildings by tightening monitoring systems to ensure their preservation. During a high-level meeting…
Myanmar milit extends ceasefire to facilitate quake relief
CHIANG MAI — Myanmar’s milit regime has announced an extension of a ceasefire in its conflict with ethnic rebels until the end of the month to facilitate relief efforts in the wake of the deadly March earthquake, despite widespread reports that it repeatedly violated its previous two cessations of hostilities. In a statement released on…
Police charge 2nd suspect with murder in the death of a Super Bowl reporter at his hotel
Louisiana authorities on Monday charged a second suspect with murder in the death of a television reporter who had traveled to New Orleans to cover the Super Bowl. Adan Manzano, a 27-year-old reporter and anchor for Telemundo based in Kansas City, Missouri, was found dead Feb. 5 in his hotel room in the New Orleans…
Critics question Trump baby bonus proposal: ‘It’s just completely bananas’
President Donald Trump’s administration has been exploring ways to increase the country’s birth rate, with the president himself saying he wouldn’t mind being known as the “fertilization president.” But congressional Democrats and activists say Republicans have long overlooked the growing cost of having and raising children and ignore policy solutions that are readily available. “If…
Angus King III, son of the Maine senator, launches a run for governor
Angus King III, an energy executive and a son of independent Sen. Angus King Jr. of Maine, will run for governor as a Democrat, he announced Tuesday. King wants to follow in the footsteps of his father, who served two terms as governor from 1995 to 2003. And he’s vying to replace term-limited Gov.…
American climber dies on world’s fifth-highest peak in Nepal
KATHMANDU, Nepal — An American mountaineer died on Mount Makalu in eastern Nepal during a climb to raise funds for a children’s cancer program, officials said Tuesday, the second death in the Himalayan nation’s climbing season that began in March. The world’s fifth-highest mountain, Makalu’s peak is 28,000 feet high — almost as tall as Mount Everest, the world’s…
U.S. and Philippine forces cancel ship-sinking drill after World War II-era target prematurely sinks
MANILA, Philippines — A World War II-era Philippine navy ship to be used as a target in a combat exercise by American and Philippine forces accidentally sank Monday hours before the mock assault, prompting the drill to be canceled, U.S. and Philippine milit officials said. The BRP Miguel Malvar, which was decommissioned by the Philippine…