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Relatives attend to a patient lying on a stretcher in the premises of a hospital in Ballia district, in northern Uttar Pradesh state, India, Sunday, June 18, 2023. Swaths of two of India's most populous states are under a grip of sever heat leaving dozens of people dead in several days as authorities issue a warning to residents over 60 and others with ailments to stay indoors during the daytime. (AP Photo)

Nearly 100 die as India struggles with a sweltering heat wave in 2 most populous states

By Biswajeet Banerjee - Associated Press

People wait for their turn to receive free food distributed by volunteers outside a camp for internally displaced people from coastal areas, as Cyclone Biparjoy was approaching, in Sujawal, Pakistan's southern district in the Sindh province, Thursday, June 15, 2023. A vast swath of western India and neighboring southern Pakistan that suffered deadly floods last year are bracing for a new deluge as fast-approaching Cyclone Biparjoy whirls toward landfall Thursday. (AP Photo/Pervez Masih)

Cyclone Biparjoy kills 2, uproots power lines after landfall in India, churns toward Pakistan

By Ajit Solanki, Sibi Arasu and Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

A villager moves with his flock of cows on a highway as he shifting them on higher place following fled from coast area due to Cyclone Biparjoy approaching, near Thatta, Pakistan's southern district in the Sindh province, Wednesday, June 14, 2023. The coastal regions of India and Pakistan were on high alert Wednesday with tens of thousands being evacuated a day before Cyclone Biparjoy was expected to make landfall. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

India, Pakistan brace for winds, flash flooding as Cyclone Biparjoy heads for evening landfall

By Ajit Solanki, Sibi Arasu and Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

A tractor unloads stones to prevent sea water entering on the Arabia Sea coast at Mandvi in Kutch district of Gujarat state, India, Wednesday, June 14, 2023. With Cyclone Biparjoy expected to make landfall Thursday evening, coastal regions of India and Pakistan are on high alert. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Indian, Pakistani coasts on high alert a day before Cyclone Biparjoy is expected to make landfall

By Ajit Solanki and Sibi Arasu and Munir Ahmed - Associated Press

In this Oct. 28, 2020, photo, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey appears on a screen as he speaks remotely during a hearing before the Senate Commerce Committee on Capitol Hill, in Washington. Shares of Twitter are surging at the market open on Monday, Nov. 29, 2021, following a report that Dorsey will be stepping down from his post. (Michael Reynolds/Pool Photo via AP) **FILE**

Jack Dorsey: India threatened to shut down Twitter, raid employee homes

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh welcomes German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, June 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

German, Indian companies sign accord on possible India submarine project

By Geir Moulson - Associated Press

Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, second left, welcomes U.S. Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin before their meeting, in New Delhi, India, Monday, June 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Pentagon chief Austin discusses upgrading ties with India to counter China

By Ashok Sharma - Associated Press

People watch at the site where trains that derailed, in Balasore district, in the eastern Indian state of Orissa, Sunday, June 4, 2023. Indian authorities end rescue work and begin clearing mangled wreckage of two passenger trains that derailed in eastern India, killing over 300 people and injuring hundreds in one of the country’s deadliest rail crashes in decades. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Indian railways official says error in signaling system led to crash that killed 275 people

By Krutika Pathi and Sheikh Saaliq and Ashok Sharma - Associated Press

People look at the mangled wreckage of the two passenger trains that derailed Friday in Balasore district, in the eastern state of Orissa, India, Sunday, June 4, 2023. The derailment in eastern India that killed 275 people and injured hundreds was caused by an error in the electronic signaling system that led a train to wrongly change tracks and crash into a freight train, officials said Sunday. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Biden ‘heartbroken’ after India train derailment kills 275 people

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Rescuers work at the site of passenger trains that derailed in Balasore district, in the eastern Indian state of Orissa, Saturday, June 3, 2023. Rescuers are wading through piles of debris and wreckage to pull out bodies and free people after two passenger trains derailed in India, killing more than 280 people and injuring hundreds as rail cars were flipped over and mangled in one of the country’s deadliest train crashes in decades. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

India train crash kills over 280, injures 900 in one of nation’s worst rail disasters

By Rafiq Maqbool, Ashok Sharma and Krutika Pathi - Associated Press

Sakshi Malik, an Indian wrestler who won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics, leads a team of wrestlers towards the banks of the river Ganges in Haridwar, India, Tuesday, May 30, 2023. India's top wrestlers held off from throwing their medals into the country's sacred Ganges River on Tuesday as part of an ongoing protest against sexual harassment after community leaders intervened and persuaded them against doing so. They accuse Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, the president of the Wrestling Federation of India, of sexually harassing seven young female wrestlers, including a minor. (AP Photo)

Indian wrestlers delay plan to throw medals into Ganges River as part of sexual abuse protest

Associated Press

Indian prime minister Narendra Modi carries a royal golden sceptre to be installed it near the chair of the speaker during the start of the inaugural ceremony of the new parliament building, in New Delhi, India, Sunday, May 28, 2023. The new triangular parliament building, built at an estimated cost of $120 million, is part of a $2.8 billion revamp of British-era offices and residences in central New Delhi called "Central Vista", even as India's major opposition parties boycotted the inauguration, in a rare show of unity against the Hindu nationalist ruling party that has completed nine years in power and is seeking a third term in crucial general elections next year. (AP Photo)

Modi opponents boycott opening of new Indian Parliament; PM says it breaks with colonial past

By Sheikh Saaliq - Associated Press

India's top female wrestlers and their supporters march towards landmark India Gate monument protesting against Wrestling Federation of India President Brijbhushan Sharan Singh in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, May, 23, 2023. India's top female wrestlers led a candlelight march of nearly 1,000 protesters in the capital on Tuesday demanding the resignation and arrest of the president of the wrestling federation for allegedly sexually harassing young athletes, one of whom was a minor. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Indian wrestlers hold candlelight march demanding arrest of sports official for sexual abuse

By Sheikh Saaliq - Associated Press

Signage on the wall of the health care center informs that it runs on rooftop solar power, near Raichur, India, Thursday, April 20, 2023. In semi-urban and rural regions of India and other developing countries with unreliable power grids, decentralized renewable energy — especially solar — is making all the difference in delivering modern health care. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

As India’s electrical grid strains, rural hospitals and clinics find reliable power in rooftop solar

By Sibi Arasu - Associated Press

An Indian policeman is seen on top of a police vehicle leading a cavalcade of delegates from the Group of 20 nations as they arrive to participate in a tourism meeting in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Monday, May 22, 2023. The meeting scheduled for later Monday is the first significant international event in Kashmir since New Delhi stripped the Muslim-majority region of semi-autonomy in 2019. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

G20 officials arrive in disputed Kashmir as India largely puts region’s intense security out of view

By Aijaz Hussain - Associated Press

U.S. President Joe Biden, center, attends an outreach session of the leaders of the G7 nations and invited countries, during the G7 Summit in Hiroshima, western Japan, Saturday, May 20, 2023. (Japan Pool via AP)

G7 ‘outreach’ an effort to build consensus on global issues like Ukraine, China, climate change

By Elaine Kurtenbach and Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Clockwise from left, U.S. President Joe Biden, Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Council Charles Michel, Italy's Premier Giorgia Meloni, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, France's President Emmanuel Macron and Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida attend a meeting during the G7 Leaders' Summit in Hiroshima, western Japan Friday, May 19, 2023. The Group of Seven advanced economies are expected to announce a new set of sanctions against Russia to try to further hinder its war effort in Ukraine during their summit in Hiroshima, Japan. (Brendan Smialowski/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Sanctions against Russia and what the G7 may do to fortify them

By Elaine Kurtenbach - Associated Press

Starbucks transgender acceptance ad sparks praise, backlash online

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Angela Munoz, leaves a message on a cross with the name, Cindy Cho, as her husband Rick, looks on at a makeshift memorial, Wednesday, May 10, 2023, in Allen, Texas, by the mall where several people were killed. The cross for Cho stands by those of her family, Kyu, and James. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Groups demand officials share information on Texas mall gunman’s motives

By Jamie Stengle - Associated Press

U.S. President Joe Biden, left, and India Prime Minister Narendra Modi talks during the G20 leaders summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, Nov. 15, 2022. Biden has made it a mission for the U.S. to build friendships overseas, and the next few weeks will offer a vivid demonstration of the importance he’s placing on a relationship with Modi. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara, Pool, File)

Biden, India’s Modi out to deepen their bonds, but geopolitical friendships have their limits

By Josh Boak and Ashok Sharma - Associated Press