by Our Correspondent in New Delhi Chinese President Xi Jinping skipped a gala dinner hosted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for BRICS leaders and other delegates attending the Summit in New Delhi
Britain could face a crisis reminiscent of the 1976 International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout if the government fails to get debt under control, a leading economist has warned. Jagjit Chadha, a professor
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Japanese billionaire Masayoshi Son, the founder and CEO of SoftBank, has become one of former US President Donald Trump’s most prominent foreign business allies, according to the Financial Times. His investments in
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More than four decades after its publication, Bob Woodward and Scott Armstrong’s The Brethren remains one of the most controversial books ever written about the United States Supreme Court. It is frequently
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A letter signed by U.S. First Lady Melania Trump and delivered to Russian President Vladimir Putin has ignited a storm of speculation online, with many pointing out its striking resemblance to former
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Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, Leader of the Islamic Revolution, emphasized the importance of national unity and support for the country’s officials during a public appearance at a mourning ceremony for the martyrdom
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Weijian Shan’s journey from a teenager exiled to the Gobi Desert during China’s Cultural Revolution to one of Hong Kong’s most prominent financiers is a story of extraordinary contrasts. In an in-depth
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South Korean President Lee Jae Myung is set to meet former U.S. president Donald Trump on Monday for his first face-to-face summit in Washington, in talks that could reshape America’s decades-long role
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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is preparing sweeping reforms to the asylum appeals process in a bid to speed up deportations, reduce Britain’s reliance on migrant hotels, and head off mounting public
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Editor’s note: This article is based on a speech delivered by the author at IIT Kharagpur, in which he said modern wars are often invisible and technology-driven, with algorithms as today’s weapons.
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Close on the heels of the arrest of former President Ranil Wickremesinghe, Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala thundered in Parliament that everyone was equal before the law. Whether the suspects were former
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Egypt has granted permanent residency to several senior figures from Palestinian factions who were forced to leave Syria following the takeover of Damascus by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) last year. Among those
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China has rejected a UK request to provide unredacted blueprints of its planned “mega” embassy in London, insisting that the level of detail already supplied is sufficient under planning rules, the Financial
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The tariff assault launched on the world by the US President has caught every country by surprise, and it appears that global trade flows will be disrupted for some time. With the
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Canada announced on Friday that it will remove billions of dollars’ worth of retaliatory tariffs on US goods, marking a significant step to ease months of economic tensions with Washington. Prime Minister
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Italian media have published fresh claims about the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline bombing, reporting that German investigators believe a former Ukrainian security officer masterminded the attack with six accomplices. The Nord Stream
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