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Fire kills 8 coronavirus patients in Indian hospital

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Policemen walk past an image of Hindu god Ram on the eve of a groundbreaking ceremony of a temple dedicated to Ram in Ayodhya, India, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020. Wednesday's groundbreaking ceremony follows a ruling by India's Supreme Court last November favoring the building of a Hindu temple on the disputed site in Uttar Pradesh state. Hindus believe their god Ram was born at the site and claim that the Muslim Emperor Babur built a mosque on top of a temple there. The 16th century Babri Masjid mosque was destroyed by Hindu hard-liners in December 1992, sparking massive Hindu-Muslim violence that left some 2,000 people dead. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Hindu temple ad runs in Times Square despite opposition

By THALIA BEATY - Associated Press

Instagram Reels is displayed on a mobile phone on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020 in New York. Facebook's Instagram is officially launching its answer to the hit short video app TikTok — Instagram Reels. The new Instagram feature will let users record and edit 15-second videos with audio, and will let users add visual effects. Users will be able to share Reels with followers in Instagram in a dedicated section called Reels in Explore, or in the Story feature where posts disappear after 24 hours. (AP Photo/Tali Arbel)

Facebook launches its new TikTok clone, Instagram Reels

By MAE ANDERSON and TALI ARBEL and BARBARA ORTUTAY - Associated Press

Paramilitary soldiers stands guard at an temporary check point on the first anniversary of India’s decision to revoke the disputed region’s semi-autonomy, in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020. Last year on Aug. 5, India’s Hindu-nationalist-led government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi stripped Jammu-Kashmir of its statehood and divided it into two federally governed territories. Late Tuesday, authorities lifted a curfew in Srinagar but said restrictions on public movement, transport and commercial activities would continue because of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/ Dar Yasin)

Virus lockdown shuts Kashmir year after India lifts autonomy

By AIJAZ HUSSAIN - Associated Press

An illuminated city of Ayodhya is seen on the eve of a groundbreaking ceremony of a temple dedicated to the Hindu god Ram in Ayodhya, India, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020. Wednesday's groundbreaking ceremony follows a ruling by India's Supreme Court last November favoring the building of a Hindu temple on the disputed site in Uttar Pradesh state. Hindus believe their god Ram was born at the site and claim that the Muslim Emperor Babur built a mosque on top of a temple there. The 16th century Babri Masjid mosque was destroyed by Hindu hard-liners in December 1992, sparking massive Hindu-Muslim violence that left some 2,000 people dead. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Indian PM lays foundation of temple at razed mosque site

By BISWAJEET BANERJEE and ASHOK SHARMA - Associated Press

More than 8 million Kashmiris face imprisonment illustration by The Washington Times

India’s oppressive siege of Kashmir tramples human rights

By Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi

FILE - In this Aug. 9, 2019, file photo, an Indian national flag, left, is hoisted next to a Jammu and Kashmir state flag on the government secretariat building after New Delhi scrapped the disputed region’s semi-autonomy in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir. Indian-controlled Kashmir has remained on edge after New Delhi last summer scrapped the disputed region’s semi-autonomy amid a near-total clampdown. While deeply unpopular in Muslim-majority Kashmir, the sudden move resonated in India, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi was cheered by supporters for fulfilling a long-held Hindu nationalist pledge. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin, File)

AP Explains: Kashmir on edge 1 year after major Indian shift

By AIJAZ HUSSAIN and SHEIKH SAALIQ - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 14, 2019, file photo, an Indian paramilitary soldier patrols during a security lockdown after the Indian government stripped the Himalayan state’s semi-autonomous powers in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir. A year after India ended disputed Kashmir's semi-autonomous status and downgraded it to a federally governed territory, authorities have begun issuing residency and land ownership rights to outsiders for the first time in almost a century. Many Kashmiris view the move as the beginning of settler colonialism aimed at engineering a demographic change in India’s only Muslim-majority region. (AP Photo/ Dar Yasin, File)

India’s residency law in Kashmir amplifies demographic fears

By SHEIKH SAALIQ and AIJAZ HUSSAIN - Associated Press

A deserted house boat is seen parked at Nigeen lake in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Monday, July 27,2020. Indian-controlled Kashmir's economy is yet to recover from a colossal loss a year after New Delhi scrapped the disputed region's autonomous status and divided it into two federally governed territories. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

Curfew in parts of Kashmir ahead of revocation anniversary

By AIJAZ HUSSAIN - Associated Press

A man, wearing a protective face mask, kisses his girlfriend's hand on Sabana Grande boulevard in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2020, amid the new coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Virus surges in India, Philippines; Australia imposes curfew

By ASHOK SHARMA and JOE McDONALD - Associated Press

The &quot;Oilworkers&quot; sculpture by Beatriz Blanco is reflected in the sunglasses of a woman wearing a stylized protective face mask as a precaution against the new coronavirus, on Sabana Grande boulevard in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

The Latest: Italy’s tally of new virus cases down to 239

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An Indian Muslim boy wears a protective mask in the colors of the Indian national flag, leaves after offering Eid al-Adha prayer at the Jama Masjid in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Aug.1, 2020. Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice, by sacrificing animals to commemorate the prophet Ibrahim's faith in being willing to sacrifice his son. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

The Latest: China’s Xinjiang region has 28 new cases

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Samsung, Apple to boost cellphone manufacturing in India

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This photograph shared by Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in Twitter shows Rafale fighter jets escorted by Indian Air Force Sukhoi Su-30 MKI fighter jets as they enter the Indian airspace Wednesday, July 29, 2020. A first batch of five French-made Rafale fighter jets arrived at an Indian air force base on Wednesday, Indian officials said.(Twitter via AP)

5 French fighter jets delivered to India in military upgrade

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In this Saturday, July 8, 2017, file photo, a One horned Rhinos wades through flooded Kaziranga national park in Kaziranga, 250 kilometers (156 miles) east of Gauhati, India. More than a hundred animals, including 10 one-horn rhinoceroses, have died due to massive flooding at the famed Kaziranga game reserve in northeastern India, prompting Britain's Prince William and his wife, Kate Middleton, to express their concern in a letter to park authorities, officials said Saturday. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath, file)

British royals share anguish over Indian rhino park’s floods

By WASBIR HUSSAIN and INDRAJIT SINGH - Associated Press

A man covers his nose with his shirt, left, as Luis Negron, a Miami Beach code compliance officer, right, talks to him about wearing a protective face mask amid the coronavirus pandemic, Friday, July 24, 2020, on Ocean Drive in Miami Beach, Fla. Masks are mandated both indoors and outdoors in Miami Beach. People found not wearing a mask are subject to a civil fine of $50. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

The Latest: Ga. Democratic Senate candidate’s wife has virus

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, May 30, 2017, file photo, Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput speaks during a press conference to promote his upcoming movie &quot;Raabta&quot; in Ahmadabad, India. The entertainment capital of India may be reeling under the coronavirus onslaught, but its celebrity inhabitants are being roiled by troubles of another kind. The recent suicide of Rajput, a young and popular movie actor in Mumbai has fueled a sustained reckoning over the privileges of the Bollywood elite, laying bare the simmering fault lines between the haves and the have-nots of the Hindi language movie industry. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki, file)

Death of young actor fuels debate on nepotism in Bollywood

By VINEETA DEEPAK - Associated Press

A Bharatiya Janata Party activist burns a photograph of Chinese President Xi Jinping during a protest in Jammu, India, Wednesday, July.1, 2020. Indian TikTok users awoke Tuesday to a notice from the popular short-video app saying their data would be transferred to an Irish subsidiary, a response to India's ban on dozens of Chinese apps amid a military standoff between the two countries. The quick workaround showed the ban was largely symbolic since the apps can’t be automatically erased from devices where they are already downloaded, and is a response to a border clash with China where 20 Indian soldiers died earlier this month, digital experts said. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

China aggression opens doors for U.S. in Asia

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Members of the Sikh community take part in worship at the Gurudawara Sri Guru Singh Sabha temple in Quetta, Pakistan, Thursday, July 23, 2020. The 200-year-old Sikh temple that served as a school for Muslim girls for seven decades was returned to the Sikh community in the city of Quetta, enabling them to worship there for the first time in 73 years, officials said Thursday. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)

Pakistan returns 200-year-old temple to Sikhs in southwest

By ABDUL SATTAR - Associated Press

Abdul Aziz, who was injured when shrapnel from an Indian mortar wounded his arm, talks to journalists in Chiri Kot sector near the Line of Control, that divides Kashmir between Pakistan and India, Wednesday, July 22, 2020. Villagers living along a highly militarized frontier in the disputed region of Kashmir have accused India of “intentionally targeting” civilians, but they are vowing that they would never leave their areas. Villagers say the fear of death is no longer present in their hearts after spending so many years in a state of shock and uncertainty. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Villagers say India targets civilians in Pakistan Kashmir

By MUHAMMAD YOUSAF - Associated Press