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Toxic smog blankets New Delhi, disrupting travel and plunging air quality to hazardous levels

NEW DELHI, December 16, 2025 (AP) — Dense toxic smog blanketed India’s capital on Monday, pushing air pollution levels to their worst levels in weeks, disrupting travel and causing authorities to impose the strictest containment measures. More than 40 flights were cancelled and several dozens delayed. Over 50 trains arriving and departing from New Delhi were delayed by several hours, authorities said. Healthcare experts warned residents to avoid all outdoor activities as hospitals reported an influx of patients with breathing difficulties and eye irritation. “New Delhi is a gas chamber right now. Air purifiers can help only a bit, so

Trump sues BBC for $10 billion, accusing it of defamation over editing of president’s Jan. 6 speech

WASHINGTON, December 16, 2025 (AP) — President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit Monday seeking $10 billion in damages from the BBC, accusing the British broadcaster of defamation as well as deceptive and unfair trade practices. The 33-page lawsuit accuses the BBC of broadcasting a “false, defamatory, deceptive, disparaging, inflammatory, and malicious depiction of President Trump,” calling it “a brazen attempt to interfere in and influence” the 2024 U.S. presidential election. It accused the BBC of “splicing together two entirely separate parts of President Trump’s speech on January 6, 2021” in order to ”intentionally misrepresent the meaning of what President Trump

US Jewish groups urge heightened security at public events after Hanukkah attack in Australia

NEW YORK, December 16, 2025 (AP) — Leading Jewish groups in the United States are urging all Jewish organizations to ratchet up security measures at public events — including restrictions on access — following the deadly mass shooting that targeted a Hanukkah celebration on a popular Australian beach. The groups — including three which specialize in security issues — said Jewish public events in the coming days should be open only to people who had been screened after preregistering. “Provide details of location, time, and other information only upon confirmed registration,” the groups’ advisory said. “Have access control (locks and

India proposes revamp of rural job scheme, dropping Mahatma Gandhi’s name

NEW DELHI, Dec 15 (Reuters) – India has presented legislation to expand a 20-year-old rural employment scheme by boosting the number of guaranteed workdays but opposition leaders challenged plans to remove independence hero Mahatma Gandhi’s name from the programme. The bill would guarantee 125 days of employment a year instead of the current 100 days per household for unskilled manual labour, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government said in its parliamentary listing of the measure. It had earmarked 860 billion rupees ($9.5 billion) for the scheme for the current fiscal year that ends on March 31, 2026. The government’s notification to

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