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US FDA halts dairy testing program due to staff shortage
US FDA suspends milk quality tests amid workforce cuts

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is stopping a quality control program that tests milk and other dairy...

Delta plane catches fire at Orlando airport, passengers evacuated
Delta plane suffers engine fire in Orlando, forcing evacuation

WASHINGTON, D.C. A Delta Air Lines plane with nearly 300 people on board had an engine fire after leaving the gate at Orlando International...

Drones narrowly miss passenger jets near major US airports
Drones pose increasing risk to airliners near major US airports

WASHINGTON, D.C.: In November, a passenger plane was about to land at San Francisco airport when the pilots suddenly saw a drone flying...

Christian man to appeal blasphemy death sentence in Pakistan
Pakistani Christian man to appeal death sentence for blasphemy

LAHORE, Pakistan: A Christian man in the town of Jaranwala, in eastern Pakistan, will appeal a death sentence given to him by an anti-terrorism...

Filipino devotees reenact crucifixion on Good Friday
Filipino devotees nailed to crosses to re-enact Christ's crucifixion

CUTID, Philippines: On April 18, Good Friday, Christian believers in the Philippines were nailed to crosses in a reenactment of Jesus...

US to restrict visas for 250 Nicaraguan officials
US to impose visa restrictions on over 250 Nicaraguan officials

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The United States will limit visas for more than 250 officials from Nicaragua, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio...

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Japan posts trade deficit overall but surplus with US
Japan reports $63 billion trade surplus with US as it talks tariffs

TOKYO, Japan: Japan had a trade deficit in the past fiscal year, but made a trade surplus with the U.S., the Finance Ministry said...

Cambodia, China restart Mekong-Gulf of Thailand canal project
China, Cambodia to fund 94-mile canal from Mekong to Gulf of Thailand

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia: Cambodia and China have revived work on a stalled canal project that aims to connect the Mekong River to the...

Christian man to appeal blasphemy death sentence in Pakistan
Pakistani Christian man to appeal death sentence for blasphemy

LAHORE, Pakistan: A Christian man in the town of Jaranwala, in eastern Pakistan, will appeal a death sentence given to him by an anti-terrorism...

Filipino devotees reenact crucifixion on Good Friday
Filipino devotees nailed to crosses to re-enact Christ's crucifixion

CUTID, Philippines: On April 18, Good Friday, Christian believers in the Philippines were nailed to crosses in a reenactment of Jesus...

Vietnam aims for control of FPT Telecom
Vietnam's public security ministry seeks majority stake in internet firm

HANOI, Vietnam: Vietnam's Ministry of Public Security is seeking to acquire a majority stake in FPT Telecom, one of the country's top...

Apple's smartphone sales in China drop 9% in Q1 2025
Apple's China smartphone shipments slide 9 percent in first quarter

BEIJING, China: Apple's grip on China's smartphone market continued to weaken in the first quarter of 2025, with the U.S. tech giant...

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