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Bangkok, Thailand – A surge in rare earth mining in rebel-held pockets of Myanmar supplying Chinese processing plants is being blamed for toxic levels of heavy metals in Thai waterways, including the Mekong River.China dominates the global refining of rare earth metals – key inputs in everything from wind turbines to advanced missile systems – but imports much of its raw material from neighbouring Myanmar, where the mines have been blamed for poisoning local communities.Recent satellite images and water sample testing suggest the mines are spreading, along with the environmental damage they cause.“Since the mining operation started, there is no…

Here are the key events on day 1,261 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.Here is how things stand on Friday, August 8:Fighting The Ukrainian military said its drone units hit the Afipsky oil refinery in Russia’s Krasnodar region. It was not immediately clear what the extent of the damage was at the refinery, which, together with the Krasnodar refinery, processed 7.2 million metric tonnes of crude oil in 2024. Local Russian emergency services said they had extinguished a fire at the Afipsky refinery, saying it was caused by fallen drone debris. The Russian Ministry of Defence said air defence systems had…

Earlier this week, All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary Sachin Pilot joined a protest held by the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI), the Congress’s student wing, in Jaipur to demand student union polls in Rajasthan. As the police used water cannons to disperse the demonstrators at the protest on Tuesday, the former Deputy Chief Minister was also hit with water spray. And the resulting images brought focus to the fact that educational institutions in Rajasthan had seen student body elections only once in the last six years. First, the Congress and now the BJP have been shying away…

The service provider didn’t provide the number of casualties or a possible cause, saying in a statement that it was “cooperating fully with relevant aviation authorities and emergency response teams to establish the facts surrounding the situation.” (File Photo) A plane belonging to an air ambulance service provider crashed in a residential area just outside Kenya’s capital on Thursday, killing at least six people, according to a local official and the aircraft’s owner. AMREF Flying Doctors said that the mid-size jet, a Cessna Citation XLS, took off from an airport in Nairobi and was heading to the territory of Somaliland…

Editor’s note, August 7, 10:30 am ET: On August 7, Trump’s tariffs went into effect for about 90 countries. The story below was originally published on April 13.President Donald Trump’s tariff plan has rattled Wall Street, alarmed the United States’ trading partners, and made Americans afraid of checking their retirement accounts.It’s also been extremely confusing: After announcing that he would implement steep tariffs across the board (for reasons that didn’t make much sense), Trump walked back some of the tariffs before they were set to go into effect. However, he is still waging a trade war with China, and the…

Bench dismisses plea seeking the movie’s stay, saying the petitioner failed to establish a prima facie case in his favour The Delhi High Court on Thursday refused to stay the release of movie Udaipur Files, based on tailor Kanhaiya Lal murder case, scheduled to hit the screens on Friday. A Bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela passed the order while dismissing a plea seeking the movie’s stay, saying the petitioner failed to establish a prima facie case in his favour.“The producer has already spent life earnings in the film and if the movie is…

Apollo Children’s Hospitals also collaborated with eight government medical colleges in the State to treat infants and train surgeons. | Photo Credit: JOTHI RAMALINGAM B The Apollo Children’s Hospitals has completed about 6,000 paediatric cardiac surgeries and 10,000 cardiac interventional procedures since 2009.Addressing a press conference held in the city on Wednesday, Neville Solomon, Senior Consultant Paediatric Cardiac Surgeon, Apollo Children’s Hospitals, said the Department of Cardiac Sciences at Apollo Children’s Hospitals has performed complex and high-risk procedures in many newborns and infants. Nearly half of such surgeries were performed in infants under 28 days. The youngest newborn operated on…

Thursday’s move would compel colleges and universities to report more detail about not just the students they enroll but also about those who apply. LA Johnson/NPR hide caption toggle caption LA Johnson/NPR President Trump signed a presidential memorandum Thursday requiring colleges and universities to submit expanded admissions data to the U.S. Department of Education. The move is the latest salvo in the administration’s fight against diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies and is intended to reveal if schools are still preferencing race in admissions even after the Supreme Court banned affirmative action in 2023. Thursday’s memo claims “the lack of…

Acting on petitions from four State units — Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat — on Boxing Federation of India (BFI) elections, scheduled on August 21, the Delhi High Court on Thursday posted the matter for hearing along with some previously filed petitions on August 18.These State units challenged the validity of the BFI’s newly-adopted constitution, alleging it was ultra vires, undemocratic and framed without the approval of the General Body. They sought an interim stay on the elections and prayed for a direction to appoint a new Returning Officer, but the High Court did not grant any interim…

Panasonic launches ShinobiPro mini LED 4K smart TV range in India | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Panasonic on Thursday (August 7, 2025) launched its new P series TV range including its flagship ShinobiPro mini LED range in India.The new lineup includes 21 new LED models ranging from ShinobiPro mini LED, 4K Google TV, Full HD and HD ready range of Google TVs for premium to compact home users.Panasonic P series TV line-up comes with features like 4K Studio colour engine, Hexa Chroma Drive, Accuview Display, 120 Hz refresh rate, Dolby Vision, Dolby Atmos, DTS TruSurround, built-in Chromecast, ALLM (Auto Low…