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India to surpass China as world’s largest country by May 1, UN says

India will be the world’s most populous country by the end of this month, eclipsing an aging China, the United Nations said Monday. The milestone raises questions about whether India can repeat the economic success that has made China central to the world’s economy and a leading global power. The… Read More

Diplomats flee Sudan unrest as citizens struggle to escape

Foreign governments evacuated diplomats, staff and others from Sudan on Sunday as rival generals battled for a ninth day with no sign of a truce that had been declared for a major Muslim holiday. While world powers like the U.S. and Britain airlifted their diplomats from the capital of Khartoum,… Read More

Magnitude 7.1 quake hits remote Pacific, no tsunami threat

A magnitude 7.1 quake struck in a remote part of the Pacific Ocean on Monday but did not appear to generate a tsunami. The quake struck near the Kermadec Islands about 900 kilometers (560 miles) northeast of New Zealand’s North Island at a depth of 49 kilometers (30 miles), according… Read More

Austrian nudists oppose plans for cable car over their beach

Nudists in Austria are up in arms about plans for a cable car that would pass over a popular beach on the northern edge of Vienna where clothing is optional. The country’s Austria Press Agency on Friday quoted nudist Barbara Hausjell saying she feared for her privacy if cable car… Read More

Marvin Gaye’s songwriter goes to trial with Ed Sheeran

Jury selection and opening statements are set to begin Monday in a trial that mashes up Ed Sheeran’s “Thinking Out Loud” with Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On.” The heirs of Ed Townsend, Gaye’s co-writer of the 1973 soul classic, sued Sheeran, alleging the English pop star’s hit 2014 tune… Read More

French trade group now frothing at the slogan ‘Champagne of Beers’

The guardians of Champagne will let no one take the name of the bubbly beverage in vain, not even a U.S. beer behemoth. For years, Miller High Life has used the “Champagne of Beers” slogan. This week, that appropriation became impossible to swallow. Urgent: Common prescription drug now linked to… Read More

Old NASA satellite plunges to Earth over Sahara Desert

An old NASA satellite that studied the sun for more than a decade fell to Earth over the Sahara Desert, the space agency reported Thursday. NASA officials said they have received no reports of damage or injury so far from the reentry, which occurred in the wee hours of the… Read More

Russian warplane bombs its own city

Russia’s military acknowledged that one of its warplanes dropped the bomb that caused a powerful blast in a Russian city not far from Ukraine’s border, injuring two and scaring local residents. Belgorod, a city of 340,000 located about 40 kilometers (25 miles) east of the Russia-Ukraine border, has faced regular… Read More

India to dethrone China as world’s largest nation by mid-2023

India is on track to surpass China by mid-2023 as the world’s most populous nation, United Nations data said Wednesday, raising questions about whether a booming, young Indian population will fuel economic growth for years to come or become a liability. While India’s 254 million people between ages 15 and… Read More