PATNA, April 12 — Intense thunderstorms sweeping across India’s eastern Bihar state and neighboring Nepal have claimed at least 69 lives this week, officials confirmed today.

WASHINGTON, April 11 — US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced yesterday that American authorities have launched a major global study to investigate the causes of the so-called autism “epidemic.”‍

NEW YORK, April 11 — Six people, including a senior Siemens executive and his family, lost their lives when a sightseeing helicopter crashed into the Hudson River in New York.

BEIJING, April 11 — Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to visit Vietnam, Malaysia, and Cambodia next week, marking his first official overseas trip of 2025, Beijing’s foreign ministry announced today.‍

PARIS, April 10 — Johor Regent Tunku Ismail was among the guests watching Paris Saint-Germain beat Aston Villa in the Uefa Champions League quarter-final match in Parc des Princes last night.

TOKYO, April 10 — Japan’s largest yakuza organised crime body submitted a written pledge to authorities to end its wars with splinter groups, police told AFP on Thursday.‍