T20 World Cup 2024 semifinals: Teams, dates, venues, weather, conditions
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Dalai Lama arrives in New York on trip for medical treatment
NEW YORK (Reuters) -- The Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism, arrived in New York on Sunday ahead of medical treatment for his knees and was greeted by hundreds of cheering and chanting supporters.
Thailand's political factions struggle to gain military influence
BANGKOK -- Thailand's old political rivals are again firing salvos in their decades-old power struggle, this time over military promotions scheduled for July. The battle pits the royalist-military faction against the Pheu Thai party, founded by former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
Taiwan opposition rejects review of controversial legislative power bill
TAIPEI -- Taiwan's opposition parties struck a defiant tone and rejected the new government's request to reconsider their plan to vastly increase the legislature's power, paving the way for a battle with the judiciary and a large segment of civil society.
Biden announces new policy shielding undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens from deportation
The Biden administration is taking executive action to protect undocumented spouses of American citizens — a move that would shield about 500,000 immigrants from deportation.
Southern China faces heavy floods, and landslides kill at least 9
BEIJING (AP) — Southern China was reeling Tuesday from heavy rains that triggered landslides killing at least nine people, knocking out power for entire villages and burying crops.
Geneviève de Galard, French ‘Angel’ of Dien Bien Phu, Dies at 99
For almost two months, in the hell of the besieged French military base at Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam, Geneviève de Galard, a military nurse, tended to the wounded in a dark, filthy underground infirmary — men with holes in their backs, abdomens shot out, shrapnel wounds everywhere.