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February 10, 2025 11:25 PM

PM Modi arrives in Paris to co-chair AI Action Summit, hold talks with President Macron

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday landed at Orly Airport in the French capital, Paris, where he is scheduled to co-chair the highly anticipated AI Action Summit alongside French President Emmanuel Macron. The AI Action Summit will bring...

February 5, 2025 10:43 PM

Sweden’s mass shooting exposes double standards in global ‘human rights’ reactions

Sweden has been shaken by a mass shooting that left at least 11 dead, including the gunman, at an adult education centre west of Stockholm. This incident is being seen as the deadliest shooting in Sweden's modern history. Tragic impact of the shooti...

February 5, 2025 8:12 PM

What do we know about Sweden’s shooter?

The worst mass shooting in Swedish history was carried out by a 35-year-old Swedish man who lived locally, had been unemployed for a decade and had changed his first and last name, a police source and tax data show. Police have not publicly confirme...

February 3, 2025 6:29 PM

Europe braces for Trump trade tariffs, as levies on Canada, Mexico, China roil markets

European leaders were bracing for U.S. tariffs on Monday after President Donald Trump imposed sweeping levies on Mexico, Canada and China that will affect billions of dollars worth of trade, roiling global markets and currencies. Trump said the tari...

MINSK, BELARUS - JANUARY 26: Belarusian President and presidential candidate Alexander Lukashenko speaks during a press conference after casting his vote at a polling station in the capital Minsk, Belarus on January 26, 2025. Voting began at 8 a.m. local time (0500GMT) and the 5,325 polling stations will remain open throughout the country until 8 p.m. local time (1700GMT). (Photo by Ali Cura/Anadolu via Getty Images)

January 27, 2025 11:58 AM

Lukashenko pockets massive win in Belarus election scorned by the West

Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko extended his 31-year rule with a massive win in a presidential election that Western governments have rejected as a sham, according to preliminary results on Monday. "You can congratulate the Republic of Belaru...

January 14, 2025 12:58 PM

EAM Jaishankar meets Spain Foreign Minister, strengthens India-EU relationship

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, currently on a two-day visit to Spain, met with Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares on Monday, urging for deeper cooperation to strengthen bilateral ties between India and Spain. During the meeting,...

January 8, 2025 10:31 AM

EU Council President calls India “one of EU’s main global partners” in conversation with PM Modi

European Council President Antonio Costa held a telephonic discussion with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, describing India as one of the European Union’s (EU) primary global partners. The conversation, held on Tuesday, emphasized strengthenin...

January 7, 2025 11:41 AM

Battle rages in western Russia as Moscow reports gains in Ukraine

Russia said on Monday its forces had made important gains in eastern Ukraine while continuing to fend off a new Ukrainian offensive inside the Kursk region of western Russia, where a second day of fierce fighting was under way. The Russian defence m...

January 5, 2025 4:25 PM

Former Greek Prime Minister Simitis dies aged 88

Former Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis, who ushered the country into the European Union's single currency in 2001, died on Sunday aged 88 at his summer house in the Peloponnese. “With sadness and respect, I bid farewell to Costas Simitis, a wo...

January 1, 2025 7:59 PM

At least 20 migrants missing as boat sinks off Italy, seven rescued

Seven migrants were rescued, but at least 20 are missing after their boat sank en route to Italy from Libya, the mayor of the Italian island of Lampedusa said on Wednesday. Amongst those saved was an 8-year-old Syrian boy, hoping to join his fat...

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