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India flyover school offers lifeline to street children

The "Signal Shala", or traffic signal school, caters to dozens of children who have been left out of the formal education system.

Russia plans to launch its smaller version of Starlink next year

ST PETERSBURG, Russia, June 5 - Russia plans to launch its own, smaller version of Elon Musk's Starlink satellite broadband system next year, Alexei Shelobkov, CEO of Iks Holding, the company developing the service, said on Friday.

India's exam marking fiasco leaves university hopes hanging in the balance for students seeking answers

Under a new digital marking system, answer booklets are scanned and assessed electronically, but students seeking reviews of their exam scripts have reported issues including blurred scans, missing pages and unchecked answers.

Israel’s top court condemns ultra-Orthodox attack on judge’s home

The Israeli Supreme Court said it was an “attack on the entire judicial system”.

Travellers bound for Britain hit by ETA system outage

Before the outage, the approval process was generally swift.

Ukrainian company tests ballistic missile for air defence system

KYIV, June 3 - Ukraine's largest missile and drone maker, Fire Point, has conducted a flight test of a ballistic missile that will serve as the foundation of a project to create a missile air defence system, the company's CEO, Iryna Terekh, said on Wednesday.

More red tape, less progress: China’s cadres struggle to adopt ‘error tolerance’

Beijing has long called for easing the burden of local cadres and reining in formalism and bureaucratic excess - a long-standing challenge within China’s vast administrative system.

Malaysia moves to register refugees, link those eligible to jobs amid labour shortages

Authorities say the registration system will help regulate the refugee population, strengthen security oversight and improve refugees' welfare.

EU to unveil plan to wean itself off US, Asia tech

It wants to build ecosystems that ensure Europe retains control and resists foreign interference.

Microsoft reveals new quantum chip made with AI, says it will have systems by 2029

Cisco rolls out software tools to protect IT systems from AI agents

Battlefield-tested, Israeli defence exports jump nearly 30% in 2025

JERUSALEM, June 2 - Israeli defence sector exports grew nearly 30% in 2025 to a record $19.2 billion, led by missile, rocket, and air defence systems, the Defence Ministry said on Tuesday.

Russian aircraft production surges as Putin pivots to drone war

Moscow is scaling up drone output alongside the creation of new dedicated unmanned systems troops.

Gunman kills six family members, then himself, in eastern Iowa, police say

Preliminary investigation indicated the shootings stemmed from a domestic-related dispute.

Covid-19 pandemic left 55,000 cancer cases undiagnosed across 7 nations, study finds

The findings offer lessons for governments seeking to make cancer-care systems more resilient during future public health emergencies.

Bus driver charged with five counts of manslaughter in Virginia highway wreck

June 1 - A tour bus driver has been charged with manslaughter stemming from the deaths of five people in a fiery chain-reaction crash that police say was triggered when the motor coach plowed into slower-moving traffic in a highway construction zone.

Trump administration to dismantle ocean monitoring system

Data collected from the system has been critical to climate and ocean research.

Workers facing ‘systemic violations’ of rights worldwide: Report

The ITUC said 72 per cent of 151 countries surveyed denied workers access to justice.

Survivors advise rescuers in search for last two stuck in Laos cave

A Laotian rescue group said the information on the cave system from the recused men was "considered substantial" and "being used to prepare the search plan for the remaining two people".

Bulgaria to cut US military aircraft stay over visa issue, PM Radev says

SARAJEVO, May 29 - Bulgaria will allow U.S. military aircraft to stay in the NATO member country only until the end of June, after the United States failed to approve a visa-free system for Bulgarian visitors, Prime Minister Rumen Radev said on Friday.