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Unregulated heavy rare earth mining in war-torn Myanmar is poisoning the Kok River in Thailand. Hannah Beech, a New York Times reporter based in Bangkok, spoke to locals about the negative effects.

R&B singer Chris Brown arrives at Southwark Crown Court on July 11, 2025, in London, England. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Grammy-winning singer Chris Brown on Friday (July 11, 2025) pleaded not guilty to two further charges related to the serious beating of a music producer with a bottle in a London nightclub in 2023. Mr. Brown, 36, denied the more serious charge of attempting to cause grievous bodily harm at a hearing last month. The singer, wearing a light brown suit, pleaded not guilty to assault causing actual bodily harm to Abraham Diaw at the Tape nightclub in the…

Texas officials are considering installing flood warning sirens along a section of the Guadalupe River in Kerr County that saw catastrophic floods on July 4, 2025. Brandon Bell/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Brandon Bell/Getty Images In the wake of the deadly flash floods in Texas on July 4, Texas leaders are betting on the life-saving potential of flood warning sirens. “What can we do better looking forward? We need sirens,” said Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick in an interview this week with NBC 5 in Dallas-Fort Worth. The floods killed at least 120 people. Weather warning sirens are installed…

England’s Joe Root celebrates his century during the second day of the third Test against India at Lords in London on July 11, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Senior England batter Joe Root scored his 37th Test hundred on Friday (July 11, 2025) to go past the tally of former India skipper Rahul Dravid and contemporary Steve Smith, both of whom have made 36 centuries in the traditional format.Root achieved the feat on the second day of the third Test against India at Lord’s, when he flayed Jasprit Bumrah for a boundary wide of the third slip. However Bumrah had…

Tesla will open its first India showroom in Mumbai next week, having imported $1 million worth of cars and merchandise, marking its entry into the world’s third-largest car market despite CEO Elon Musk’s complaints about high import tariffs. In an invitation to media late Thursday, the carmaker said the July 15 event was the “launch of Tesla in India through the opening of the Tesla experience centre at Bandra Kurla Complex,” located in the city’s leading commercial business district. Grappling with excess manufacturing capacity at its other factories and falling sales, Tesla has pivoted to selling imported cars in India…

Whenever I travel, I make my way to a colourful local museum that is free and interesting: the supermarket.Window shopping in a grocery store, walking through the stacked shelves and long aisles, is one of the best ways to learn about the people of a city and how they live. For it reveals how and what they buy for food, how they eat and cook, and what they like and dislike.A supermarket in a new country is like an adventure. There are interesting new foods, snacks, and condiments. Fresh and cold meats. Sauces and dressings. Breads and baguettes. Bagels and…

President Trump says a host of small countries should prepare for double-digit tariffs if they fail to reach trade agreements with the U.S. So what do countries like Cambodia export to the U.S.?

Many Americans received an email from the Social Security Administration applauding the passage of President Trump’s megabill. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images In the hours after Congress passed President Trump’s megabill, an email from the Social Security Administration hit the inboxes of many Americans. It applauded the legislation’s passage and said it includes a provision that “eliminates federal income taxes on Social Security benefits for most beneficiaries.” But experts say the email was misleading and that what’s really in the new law is a bit more complicated. What’s in the new…

Aamir Khan got the moniker of Mr Perfectionist very early on his career and after associating with director Mahesh Bhatt for a couple of films, the two fell apart. Bhatt has previously blamed Aamir’s perfectionism as a hindrance to his own process but things were very different when Bhatt abandoned his own film, Ghulam, because he just could not continue to work with Aamir. Deepak Tijori, who was also a part of Ghulam, recently recalled this anecdote in a chat with Bollywood Bubble and shared that Mahesh Bhatt actually quit the film because he could not work with Aamir Khan.…

‘Panic, fear, and terror that swept through the school overwhelming’ says survivor. of strike in Jabalia an-Nazla.At least eight people have been killed, including children, in an Israeli bombardment of the Halimah al-Saadiyah School in Jabalia an-Nazla, in northern Gaza, where displaced Palestinians were sheltering, according to sources at al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City who spoke to Al Jazeera. Several people were also injured in the attack. Survivors relayed a harrowing scene of inferno. “I saw the whole area filled with dust – that’s when I realised the strike had hit this place,” Abu Haitham Khalla told Al Jazeera, standing…