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General Mills cuts outlook as snack and pet food sales dip
General Mills predicts lower sales, profit as snacking demand slows

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota: General Mills has lowered its annual sales and profit forecasts, citing weakening demand for salty snacks and...

"Planned, provocative nuclear war rehearsal": N Korea condemns US-S Korea military drills
"Planned, provocative nuclear war rehearsal": N Korea condemns US-S Korea military drills

Seoul [South Korea], March 24 (ANI): North Korea on Monday criticised the annual joint military drills by the United States and South...

Ukraine Defence Minister Rustem Umerov calls meeting with US "productive" ahead of peace talks
Ukraine Defence Minister Rustem Umerov calls meeting with US "productive" ahead of peace talks

Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], March 24 (ANI): Ukrainian Defence Minister Rustem Umerov shared details of the meeting held with the United...

Alex Bowman wins the pole for Cup race at Miami
Alex Bowman wins the pole for Cup race at Miami

(Photo credit: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images) HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- Hendrick Motorsports driver Alex Bowman provided a dramatic final few...

India poised to become major driver for global trade, ranks third after US and China: Report
India poised to become major driver for global trade, ranks third after US and China: Report

New Delhi [India], March 24 (ANI): India is set to become a major driver of global trade growth over the next five years, ranking third...

IDF strikes key Hamas commanders as Gaza crisis deepens
IDF strikes key Hamas commanders as Gaza crisis deepens

Tel Aviv [Israel], March 24 (ANI): The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) announced a targeted strike on a Hamas operative inside Gaza's Nasser...

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New York court blocks law allowing over 800,000 non-citizens to vote
New York City law allowing non-citizens to vote struck down by court

NEW YORK CITY, New York: New York State's highest court has struck down a law this week that would have allowed over 800,000 legal...

40 times more people killed in Gaza than in the 7 October attack
Gazan death toll now forty times that of 7 October 2023

The death toll in Gaza on the weekend has passed 50,000, local health authorities have reported. What started the carnage was the Hamas-led...

USDA pledges $100 million for bird flu research, vaccine development
USDA to invest up to $100 million in projects to combat bird flu

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced plans to invest up to US$100 million in research to develop...

US HHS orders removal of gun violence public health advisory
US HHS drops advisory labeling gun violence a public health crisis

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has removed a 2024 advisory from its website that called gun...

Regulatory hurdles may leave US behind China in autonomous tech
Trump urged to speed up self-driving car regulations

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Industry leaders are pushing the Trump administration to clear regulatory obstacles slowing the rollout of self-driving...

Israeli forces accused of deadly cruelty against Gazan hospital patients
HRW says Israel committed war crimes while occupying Gazan hospitals

NEW YORK, New York – Israeli military forces caused deaths and unnecessary suffering of Palestinian patients while occupying hospitals...