US embassy moves to cut visa wait time for Indians

Many Indian visa applicants faced a nearly three-year long wait in 2022.
Climate change: Bill Gates backs Australian start-up targeting cow burps

Livestock – such as cows – produce methane when their stomachs are digesting hard fibres.
Seven dead in second California shooting in three days

The attack at Half Moon Bay comes only two days after a mass shooting in Monterey Park.
Why an eight-year-old Indian diamond heiress became a nun

Activists say Devanshi’s vows of renunciation that make her a Jain nun are a violation of her rights.
Joshimath: What’s the future of India’s sinking Himalayan town?

Experts say it will be hard to save parts of the town that are already sinking.
Tyre Nichols: Memphis police beat man like ‘human piñata’

Memphis police fired five officers following the encounter that left black father Tyre Nichols dead.
Erdogan tells Sweden not to expect Nato bid support

The Turkish president’s warning comes after protests in Sweden, including a Quran burning.
Swedish PM in hot water over eel fishing scandal

Ulf Kristersson is criticised after hiring an aide who had broken poaching laws and misled police.
US charges ex-FBI agent with violating Russia sanctions

The former top FBI agent was arrested over ties to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, US officials say.