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PROVO, Utah — Lawyers for the man accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk plan to call a final witness on Friday as they try to raise doubts about the prosecution’s case before it can go to trial. A Utah judge is deciding whether prosecutors have enough evidence to put Tyler Robinson on trial on…

No-one knows for sure exactly how many bears there are in Japan, but they’re on the move — and they’re not afraid of humans. When Araki Osamu first heard reports a bear had been seen in the streets of his home town, a 1-hour bullet train ride north of Tokyo, he dismissed it as “fake…

NEW DELHI: The personnel department (DoPT) on Friday afternoon cancelled a food ministry order to suspend an executive director of Food Corporation of India (FCI), treating it as “non-est” — which means legally non-existent from the beginning.Officials said such an order is a rare instance. ED in FCI is equivalent to a joint secretary level…

Both engines flamed out on a small business jet that crashed on a Texas highway in June, preventing the pilots from being able to reach a nearby airport, the National Transportation Safety Board said in an preliminary investigation report released Friday. Pilots had looked for a field or other flat areas to land prior to…

A Trumpian clash between the Netanyahu government and Israel’s most senior court is rapidly building into a major constitutional crisis. The issue ultimately at stake is control of a television station that is critical of Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, and follows other moves designed to clamp down on domestic and international media criticism of the government….

JAMMU: A 31-year-old woman constable of BSF allegedly died by suicide in the family quarters of the force’s camp at Gadigarh on Jammu’s outskirts.Constable Vanita Rani, from Uttar Pradesh’s Shahjahanpur, joined the force in 2014 and was posted with BSF’s 165 Battalion. She was found hanging from a ceiling fan with a dupatta Friday.Police said…

HARRISBURG, Pa. — As the explosive energy demand of artificial intelligence spurs a renaissance for fossil fuels, renewable energy allies are trying to ensure that massive data centers will be powered by climate-friendly sources, too. Lawmakers in states with stronger climate policies don’t want data centers to hinder their goal of slashing planet-warming greenhouse gas…

Melbourne is the only Australian capital that allows medium density housing to be built on most of its residential land, according to a new study of zoning restrictions from a pro-housing collective. The Victorian capital, where housing is also more affordable than in the other five major capitals, is the clear outlier nearly four years…

NEW YORK — A week ago, 18-year-old Nolan Xavier Wells took a boat trip with friends to celebrate the Fourth of July on an island off Mississippi’s Gulf Coast. He never came back. Two days later, he was found dead. What happened, Wells’ parents say, is a mystery riddled with conflicting stories, implausible explanations and…

File photo: Sonam Wangchuk (left) and J&K CM Omar Abdullah SRINAGAR: Leh Apex Body representatives shelved Saturday a planned trip to New Delhi after fellow member and climate activist Sonam Wangchuk refused to end his 22-day hunger strike, while J&K CM Omar Abdullah accused Centre of double standards by discussing Article 371-like safeguards for Ladakh…