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A $300B a year deal for climate cash at UN summit sparks outrage for some and hope for others

Nov. 23, 2024 20:46 PM EST

BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — United Nations climate talks adopted a deal to inject at least $300 billion annually in humanity’s fight against climate change, aimed at helping developing nations cope with the ravages of global warming in tense negotiations. The $300 billion will go to...

US bribery and fraud charges are a big test yet for India's Adani, one of Asia's richest men

Nov. 22, 2024 06:14 AM EST

NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, one of Asia’s richest men, may be facing his biggest challenge yet with an indictment by U.S. prosecutors for alleged fraud and bribery. But it’s unclear just how the case will affect his businesses and own future — as well as the Indian...

Shares in India's Adani Group plunge 20% after US bribery, fraud indictments

Nov. 21, 2024 12:56 PM EST

NEW DELHI (AP) — One of Asia’s richest men, Indian tycoon Gautam Adani, is again in the spotlight. His companies’ stocks plunged up to 20% in value Thursday after he was indicted by U.S. prosecutors on charges that he duped investors in a massive solar energy project in India by concealing...

US ahead in AI innovation, easily surpassing China in Stanford's new ranking

Nov. 21, 2024 11:00 AM EST

The U.S. leads the world in developing artificial intelligence technology, surpassing China in research and other important measures of AI innovation, according to a newly released Stanford University index. There's no surefire way to rank global AI leadership but Stanford...

US charges tycoon Gautam Adani with defrauding investors, hiding plan to bribe Indian officials

Nov. 21, 2024 03:11 AM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — An Indian businessman who is one of the world’s richest people has been indicted in the U.S. on charges he duped investors by concealing that his company's huge solar energy project on the subcontinent was being facilitated by an alleged bribery scheme. Gautam...

Elections in 2 Indian states are seen as a test of Prime Minister Modi's popularity

Nov. 20, 2024 20:53 PM EST

NEW DELHI (AP) — Millions of people are voting in state elections in Maharashtra, India’s western industrial hub, and the mineral-rich eastern province of Jharkhand on Wednesday, in a test of the popularity of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party and its regional partners. ...

India's Modi offers aid to Caribbean nations while meeting leaders in Guyana

Nov. 20, 2024 20:34 PM EST

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Wednesday he would share technology for combatting seaweed infestation with Caribbean nations, as he visited Guyana in the first such visit by an Indian leader in more than 50 years. Guyana, a South American nation...

US prosecutors charge billionaire Gautam Adani with defrauding investors, concealing scheme to bribe officials in India

Nov. 20, 2024 16:10 PM EST
NEW YORK (AP) — US prosecutors charge billionaire Gautam Adani with defrauding investors, concealing scheme to bribe officials in India.

Thousands of Indian Sikhs visit the shrine of the founder of their religion to mark his birthday

Nov. 19, 2024 04:54 AM EST

KARTARPUR, Pakistan (AP) — Thousands of Sikh pilgrims from India and around the world thronged a shrine to the founder of the Sikh religion, Guru Nanak, in Pakistan on Tuesday to commemorate his birth, officials said. Many Sikh holy sites are in Pakistan after the British...

Prosecutors say 2 men prioritized money over human life leading to deaths of Indian family

Nov. 18, 2024 19:32 PM EST

FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (AP) — Two men put financial profit over human life when they attempted to smuggle a couple from India and their two young children across the U.S.-Canada border in heavy snow and bone-chilling winds, leading to the family freezing to death, prosecutors said Monday. ...