TIANJIN, China, (AFP):- At the "Genghis Security Academy", which bills itself as China's only dedicated bodyguard school, students learn that the threats to the country's newly-rich in the tech age are more likely to emerge from a hacker than a gunman. Each day students in matching black business suits toil from dawn until midnight at the school in the eastern city of Tianjin, where digital defences are given equal pegging to the traditional close-protection skillset of combat, weapons......

By RISHABH R. JAIN, NEW DELHI (AP):- On a quiet road in India’s capital, tucked away on a wide, red-bricked sidewalk, kids set adrift by the country’s COVID-19 lockdown are being tutored. The children, ages 4 to 14, carry book bags more than 2 kilometers (a mile) from their thatched-roof huts on the banks of the Yamuna River to this impromptu, roadside classroom. There, they receive free lessons in math, science, English and physical education, taught by a former Indian diplomat and his......

JUNIPER HILLS, Calif. (AP):- An enormous wildfire that churned through mountains northeast of Los Angeles and into the Mojave Desert was still threatening homes on Monday, but officials said calmer winds could help crews corral the flames. At 165 square miles (427 square kilometers), the Bobcat Fire is one of the largest ever in Los Angeles County and it has burned for more than two weeks. It’s just 15% contained. Evacuation orders and warnings are in place for thousands of residents in......

SACRAMENTO, (AP):- California will give tax breaks to more immigrants — including those living in the country illegally — under a new law that Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Friday. The earned income tax credit gives cash back to people who have jobs but make so little that they often don’t owe any income taxes. The idea is to encourage people to work by promising to boost their pay with a tax credit. People get the money as a refund when they file their taxes each year. Combined with the......

SOLUKHUMBU:- Record holder mountaineer known as the 'Snow leopard' for climbing the world's highest peak, Sagarmatha (Mt Everest), 10 times without using supplemental oxygen, Angrita Sherpa, has passed away today morning at his daughter's residence at Jorpati, Kathmandu. According to his relative, Nurtshepal Sherpa, the legendary mountaineer breathed his last at 10 am at the age of 72. Preparation was being made to take his mortal remains at the Sherpa Monastery while his final rites would be......