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Bangladesh Air Force training aircraft crashes on a school campus in Dhaka, causing casualties; children were present during the incident. Screengrab: PTI Photo A Bangladesh Air Force training aircraft crashed atop a school building in Dhaka on Monday (July 21, 2025), killing 16, most of them children, and injuring dozens, an official said.The incident took place at Dhaka’s Uttara area. The aircraft crashed into the Milestone School and College campus.“An F-7 BGI training aircraft took off at 1:06 p.m. today and crashed into the college campus soon after,” the defence ministry said in a statement.Bangladesh Air Force training jet crashes…

Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava was sworn in as the 54th Chief Justice of the Madras High Court at a ceremony held at Raj Bhavan, Chennai, on Monday (July 21, 2025). Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi administered the oath of office after Chief Secretary N. Muruganandam read out the presidential warrant of appointment.Chief Minister M.K. Stalin was unable to attend the ceremony due to ill health. Legislative Assembly Speaker M. Appavu, Water Resources Minister Duraimurugan, Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin, Municipal Administration Minister K.N. Nehru, and Public Works Minister E.V. Velu greeted…

IT Secretary Krishnan said India was relatively more insulated from job loss concerns from generative AI. | Photo Credit: Reuters Artificial Intelligence (AI) can introduce efficiencies in governance, Secretary for Electronics and Information Technology S. Krishnan said on Monday (July 21, 2025). Mr. Krishnan was delivering the Abhay Tripathi Memorial Lecture at the United Service Institution of India. “Grievances are now being addressed 25% faster on an average due to the use of AI in CP-GRAMS,” Mr. Krishnan said, referring to the Union Government’s main grievance redressal portal.Mr. Krishnan said Artificial Intelligence would also help in credit scoring and loan…

At buona notte winery in Cascade Locks, Oregon, my husband and I found winemaker Graham Markel’s pét-nat zippy and the appetizer table piled high with melon and prosciutto. Platters of salad, grilled potatoes with salsa verde, and roast pork covered several candlelit tables festooned with wildflowers. We’d come for a late-spring feast to celebrate the seven local growers from whom Markel sources grapes to make his delicious Italian-style wines. He is one of a handful of young winemakers (not to mention cidermakers, like Jasper Smith and Ella McCallion of Son of Man, who make their wild-fermented Basque-style brews in the…

Unification ministry in Seoul says allowing individual tours will not violate international sanctions.South Korea is considering allowing individual tours to North Korea as it studies ways to improve relations with its neighbour, a spokesperson for South Korea’s Ministry of Unification says. “The government is formulating and pursuing North Korea policies with the goal of easing tensions on the Korean Peninsula and improving inter-Korean ties with various measures under consideration in the process,” the ministry said in a statement on Monday. The announcement was made as Seoul takes more steps to ease tensions with its northern rival after the election of…

Jeff Yerxa, co-owner of Lost Sock Roasters, shows bags of coffee beans, many from Brazil, at the company’s warehouse in Washington, D.C. The looming threat of a 50% tariff on all goods from Brazil — the world’s largest coffee producer — has sent shock waves through the U.S. coffee industry. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption toggle caption Claire Harbage/NPR At a small, industrial roastery in Washington, D.C., the nutty, inviting smell of roasting coffee hangs heavy in the air. It’s where Lost Sock Roasters, a local company, roasts and packages its coffee beans — destined for its two cafes, customers’ homes…

Syria’s armed Bedouin clans have announced their withdrawal from the Druze-majority city of Suwayda after weeklong clashes and a United States-brokered ceasefire. Fighting between Druze fighters and Sunni Muslim clans killed more than 250 people and threatened to unravel Syria’s already fragile post-war transition. Israel also launched dozens of air strikes in the southern province of Suwayda, targeting government forces, who had in effect sided with the Bedouins. The fighting also led to a series of sectarian attacks against the Druze community, followed by revenge attacks against the Bedouins. Interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa, who has been perceived as more sympathetic…

Image used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Image/iStockphoto Sumit (60kg) took a silver, while Anil Mor (55kg) claimed a bronze medal in Greco Roman competitions at the Ranking Series wrestling event in Budapest.Asian under-23 champion Sumit got past Worlds bronze medallist Sadyk Lalaev 9-3 before pinning Korean Dahyun Kim and Kazakh Galym Kabdunassarov to enter the final. He lost to 63kg World champion and 60kg European champion Nihat Zahid Mammadali 5-1 in the title clash to settle for the silver.After losing 6-1 to World and European champion Emin Sefershaev in his first bout, Ulaanbaatar Open champion Anil…

Fueled by vast troves of data, the generative AI boom is prompting several tech companies to quietly update their privacy policies and terms of service so that they may use your data to train their AI models or licence it out to other companies for the same purpose.Last week, popular filesharing service WeTransfer faced immediate backlash from users after it revised the platform’s terms of service agreement to suggest that files uploaded by users could be used to “improve machine learning models.” The company has since tried to patch things up by removing any mention of AI and machine learning…

As a candidate, President Trump promised to change America’s foreign policy. Six months into his second administration, NPR examines where things stand.