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January 14, 2025 11:46 AM

Jaishankar highlights India’s global influence and strong ties with Spain

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, currently on a two-day visit to Spain, on Monday underscored India’s growing global prominence and its ability to provide meaningful support during challenging times. Addressing the Indian diaspora in Mad...

January 14, 2025 10:35 AM

North Korea fires short-range missiles ahead of Trump return

North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast on Tuesday, South Korea's military said, marking Pyongyang's latest show of force just days ahead of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's return to office. The missiles trav...

January 14, 2025 10:02 AM

Trial of South Korea’s impeached President Yoon set to begin

The trial of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol was set to start on Tuesday with oral arguments over his short-lived bid to impose martial law which threw the country into the worst political chaos in decades. However, the Constitutional Court sessio...

January 13, 2025 10:43 PM

Lebanon’s Nawaf Salam to be designated PM, angering Hezbollah

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun summoned Nawaf Salam, the head of the International Court of Justice, to designate him prime minister after most lawmakers nominated him on Monday, a big blow to Hezbollah, which accused opponents of seeking to exclude ...

January 13, 2025 10:20 PM

India ensures protocols in border fencing, urges Dhaka’s cooperation

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) summoned Bangladesh's Acting High Commissioner to India, Md. Nural Islam, to the South Block on Monday to address border security concerns and ongoing measures to combat cross-border crimes. During the meeting,...

January 13, 2025 7:19 PM

Magnitude 6.9 earthquake hits southern Japan

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 struck the Kyushu region of southern Japan on Monday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. Tsunami advisories for waves of a maximum height of 1 metre were issued for the southern prefectures of Miy...

January 13, 2025 4:15 PM

Nvidia says new rule will weaken US leadership in AI

Nvidia on Monday criticized a new effort by the Biden administration to tighten Washington's grip on artificial intelligence chip flows around the world, saying the regulation would jeopardize current U.S. leadership in AI. The new rule, which is ex...

January 13, 2025 3:55 PM

Lebanon to name a prime minister as new phase begins

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun began consultations with lawmakers on Monday to designate a prime minister in what political sources saw as a tight race between incumbent Najib Mikati and International Court of Justice President Nawaf Salam. The desi...

January 13, 2025 3:32 PM

Saudi Arabia plans to enrich and sell uranium, energy minister says

Saudi Arabia plans to monetize all minerals, including by selling uranium, Saudi energy minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said on Monday. "We will enrich it and we will sell it and we will do a 'yellowcake,'" Prince Abdulaziz told a conference in...

January 13, 2025 3:26 PM

Global stocks tumble as traders cast doubt on 2025 rate cut

Global stocks fell on Monday, while the dollar hit 26-month peaks following a bumper U.S. jobs report that prompted investors to question if interest rates will fall at all this year, just as earnings season is about to get underway. A surge in ener...

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