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Thin layer of ice forms on Dal Lake as cold wave continues to engulf Kashmir

January 13, 2025

Israeli milit strikes near Syria’s presidential palace
DAMASCUS, Syria — Israel’s air force struck near Syria’s presidential palace early Friday, hours after warning Syrian authorities not to march toward villages inhabited by members of a minority sect in the southern part of the nation. The strike came after days of clashes between pro-Syrian government gunmen and fighters who belong to the Druze…
7-Eleven and Japan peers adapt to foreign tourists’ tastes and languages
TOKYO — Japanese convenience stores are developing products and promotions with foreign consumers in mind, in an effort to attract a bigger share of the flood of overseas tourists visiting Japan. Japan’s largest convenience store chain, 7-Eleven, began using English on product packaging in 2018, but it has recently gone further in promoting the English…
Singapore election: Fiery campaign pits stability vs. scrutiny
SINGAPORE — Singaporeans cast votes on Saturday in the country’s first general election in five years, after a heated nine-day campaign marked by the return of mass political rallies and sharp exchanges between the ruling People’s Action Party and its main rival, the Workers’ Party. A total of 211 candidates are running in the election…
Danish supercomputer powers AI care ‘companion’ for hospitals
Danish startup Teton has used Gefion, one of Europe’s most powerful supercomputers, to turbocharge the development of its AI “care companion” for hospital staff. Teton installs cameras and sensors in hospital rooms to gather real-time data. This gets fed to an AI algorithm, creating a virtual “digital twin” of the room. The model monitors patient…
China-linked group accused of meddling in Australia election
SYDNEY — A Chinese Communist Party-linked group has mobilized volunteers to support an independent candidate ahead of Saturday’s federal election in Australia, a video indicates, spurring allegations of foreign election interference. The Australia Hubei Association, a Chinese diaspora group with known links to the United Front Work Department, the CCP’s network that seeks to advance…
Singer Jill Sobule, known for ‘I Kissed a Girl,’ dies in house fire
Singer Jill Sobule, known for the 1995 song “I Kissed a Girl,” died in a house fire Thursday morning, her representatives said. She was 66. Details about where the fire happened were not clear from the representatives’ statement, and there was no immediate response to a request for more details Thursday night. “Jill Sobule was…
China deploys ceasefire monitors to Myanmar border region
TOKYO — China has sent observers to Myanmar to oversee a local truce it mediated, expanding Beijing’s influence in the Southeast Asian country’s prolonged internal conflict. The ceasefire monitoring team’s main task is to oversee a smooth handover of the urban areas of Lashio, the de facto capital of northern Shan state, from ethnic rebels…
HHS breaks with major U.S. medical groups in review of pediatric gender care
The Department of Health and Human Services released a review on Thursday that found that the quality of evidence regarding the effects of transition-related care for minors “is very low,” and that, as a result, many U.S. doctors have managed to unintentionally “fail their patients” by providing them with such care. “A central theme of…
Meet the New England team working to rescue the seals
BLOCK ISLAND, R.I. — The Mystic Aquarium Animal Rescue Team has never been busier. Looking through binoculars, program manager Sarah Callan scanned the shoreline for a growing problem on Block Island, Rhode Island — entangled seals. When fishing gear, garbage or a balloon gets wrapped around a gray seal’s neck, it tightens as the marine mammal…