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Ahead of key interview, five questions Kamala Harris hasn’t answered yet

On Thursday, US Vice President and presidential hopeful Kamala Harris will sit down for her first major broadcast interview since she became the face of the Democratic Party following President…

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Traders observe a daylong strike across Pakistan to protest rising costs and new taxes

Traders in Pakistan are observing a daylong strike by shutting down their businesses in all major cities and urban areas to protest a rise in electricity costs and new taxes…

All eyes are on Nvidia as it prepares to report its earnings. Here’s what to expect

LOS ANGELES — Nvidia may have exceeded Wall Street estimates as its profit jumped — buffeted by the chipmaking dominance that has cemented Nvidia’s place as the poster child of…

Questions about the safety of Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ system are growing

DETROIT — Three times in the past four months, William Stein, a technology analyst at Truist Securities, has taken Elon Musk up on his invitation to try the latest versions…

Women in Chad defy discrimination and violence to assert their rights to own and control land

BINMAR, Chad — When Milla Nemoudji, a 28-year-old from a village in southern Chad, divorced her husband following years of physical abuse, she found herself without means for survival. Though…

Greek tanker attacked in Red Sea appears to be leaking oil, US says

The Pentagon says the Sounion is a navigational hazard and warns of a potential environmental catastrophe. The Greek-flagged Sounion crude oil tanker is still on fire after being attacked by…

Asian benchmarks mostly decline as markets await Nvidia earnings

Stocks on Wall Street closed lower Wednesday as a pullback in big technology companies outweighed gains elsewhere in the market. The S&P 500 fell 0.6%, weighed down by drops in…

Sinner, Swiatek ease into US Open second round but Raducanu crashes out

Second day of US Open sees former champs Alcaraz and Osaka go through as Evans wins longest-ever match against Khachanov in five hours and 35 minutes. Top seed Jannik Sinner…

‘I have lost everything’: Bangladesh floods strand 1.24 million families

Dhaka, Bangladesh – Ekramul Haque was stunned when his uncle called him late in the afternoon of August 21 to inform him that floodwaters had inundated their ancestral home in…