--- description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Kamakshi Ayyar ## Kamakshi Ayyar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close ## Kamakshi Ayyar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Aug 20, 2019 ### [Join TIME's Reddit AMA on the Hong Kong Protests](https://time.com/5655199/hong-kong-protests-reddit-ama-feliz-solomon/) Senior Editor Feliz Solomon will answer your questions on the tensions [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Aug 8, 2019 ### ['We Have Taken an Historic Decision.' Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Addresses Nation On Kashmir Move](https://time.com/5647142/kashmir-narendra-modi-address/) [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Jun 7, 2019 ### [All-Women Sailing Crew Raises Awareness of Plastic Pollution](https://time.com/5597447/exxpedition-world-oceans-day-plastic-pollution/) "Ocean advocate" Emily Penn sails the globe to shed light on plastic waste [WORLD](/section/world/) *  May 23, 2019 ### [Cricket Is More Than a Game for Filipina Helpers in Hong Kong](https://time.com/5585450/cricket-hong-kong-scc-divas-filipino-filipina-philippines-team/) Migrant workers find meaning, pride and hope in an unlikely source [SPORTS](/section/sports/) *  May 6, 2019 ### [Your Complete Guide to Ramadan Traditions](https://time.com/5583680/ramadan-guide-date-greeting/) What you need to know about Islam's holiest month. *  Feb 13, 2019 ### [Oscar-Winning Short Film Challenges India's Period Taboos](https://time.com/5526055/india-period-end-of-sentence-oscars-2019/) 'Period. End of Sentence.' can be streamed on Netflix [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) *  Jan 24, 2019 ### [China: Detained Australian 'Endangered National Security'](https://time.com/5511596/china-australia-yang-hengjun-detention/) Yang is the latest in a series of foreign nationals to be detained by China [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Jan 23, 2019 ### [Saudi Sisters Who Drowned in the Hudson Committed Suicide](https://time.com/5510463/saudi-sisters-drowned-hudson-suicide/) Their bodies were discovered duct taped together in October 2018 [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Jan 11, 2019 ### [Oceans Are Warming Faster Than We Thought, Study Says](https://time.com/5500002/oceans-warming-climate-change-impact/) Sea levels could rise 30cm by the year 2100, according to newly published data [SCIENCE](/section/science/) *  Dec 31, 2018 ### [Suspected Gas Explosion in Russia Kills at Least 3](https://time.com/5490731/russia-magnitogorsk-gas-explosion/) 79 people are missing [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Dec 27, 2018 ### [Sherpa Widows to Climb Everest in Honor of Late Husbands](https://time.com/5488951/nepal-sherpa-widows-everest/) They also hope to inspire other widows and single women [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Dec 18, 2018 ### [The Bodies of 2 Scandinavian Women Were Found in Morocco](https://time.com/5482289/bodies-two-scandinavian-women-found-morocco/) The bodies of two women from Denmark and Norway were found near a tourist village in Morocco's Atlas... [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Dec 10, 2018 ### [Jacinda Ardern Apologizes to Family of Murdered U.K. Tourist](https://time.com/5475149/jacinda-ardern-grace-millane-new-zealand-murder/) "Your daughter should have been safe here and she wasn't and I'm sorry for that" [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Dec 6, 2018 ### [Luxembourg Set to Offer Free Public Transport](https://time.com/5472079/luxembourg-free-public-transport/) Fares are due to be abolished starting next summer [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Nov 20, 2018 ### [What We Can Learn From 20 Years of the Space Station](https://time.com/5458488/international-space-station-20-years-anniversary/) On Nov. 20, the most ambitious space exploration mission in history celebrated its 20th anniversary [SCIENCE](/section/science/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/kamakshi-ayyar/","name":"Kamakshi Ayyar"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/kamakshi-ayyar/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/kamakshi-ayyar/"},"name":"Kamakshi Ayyar","jobTitle":null,"description":"","url":"https://time.com/author/kamakshi-ayyar/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```