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June 3, 2024 1:36 PM

Claudia Sheinbaum wins landslide to become Mexico’s first woman president

Claudia Sheinbaum won a landslide victory to become Mexico's first female president, inheriting the project of her mentor and outgoing leader Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador whose popularity among the poor helped drive her triumph. Sheinbaum, a climate ...

June 3, 2024 11:01 AM

Asia shares rally on promise of rate relief, factory pick up

Asian share markets rallied on Monday as investors looked forward to a rate cut in Europe, and quite possibly Canada, as the next step in global policy easing, though sticky inflation threatens to make the process a drawn out affair. There was also ...

June 3, 2024 10:40 AM

India sends 90 tonnes of medical supplies to Cuba

In a gesture of humanitarian aid, India has sent a shipment of approximately 90 tonnes of medical supplies to Cuba. The consignment, which departed from Mundra port on June 2, contains nine different Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) produced ...

June 1, 2024 7:30 PM

Netanyahu says no Gaza ceasefire until Hamas destroyed

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday there could be no permanent ceasefire in Gaza until Hamas was destroyed, casting doubt on a key part of a truce proposal that U.S. President Joe Biden said Israel itself had made. Biden said...

June 1, 2024 7:17 PM

Boeing’s Starliner capsule set for launch of first crewed space flight

Boeing's BA.N new Starliner astronaut capsule is poised for launch on Saturday in a much-delayed first crewed test flight, a milestone in the beleaguered aerospace giant's aim to compete with Elon Musk's SpaceX in the astronaut launch business. T...

June 1, 2024 6:14 PM

US shifts focus to China risks; Zelenskiy arrives at Shangri-La Dialogue

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin tried to refocus attention on China's threat in the Asia-Pacific on Saturday, seeking to alleviate concerns that conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza have distracted from America's security commitments in the region. J...

June 1, 2024 5:28 PM

South Africa election set to end three decades of ANC dominance

South Africa was set to end three decades of dominance by the party that freed it from apartheid on Saturday, as voters angry at joblessness, inequality and power shortages slashed the African National Congress's (ANC) share of the vote to 40%. A dr...

June 1, 2024 12:57 PM

Curtain raiser event at IGCC, Dhaka ahead of International Yoga day

High Commission of India launched a three-week long celebration of International Day of Yoga 2024 with a curtain raiser on Saturday morning at the Indira Gandhi Cultural Center (IGCC)in Dhaka.This year, the main events for the International Day of Yo...

June 1, 2024 11:21 AM

Japan, China defence ministers meet on sidelines of Shangri-La Dialogue

Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and his Chinese counterpart Dong Jun held bilateral talks on Saturday (June 1) on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore. Speaking to Dong during the meeting, Kihara addressed the security conce...

May 31, 2024 10:15 PM

Global stocks lose steam after U.S. data

MSCI's global equities index gave up earlier gains on Friday after data showed modest U.S. inflation in April, while the dollar fell with Treasury yields as investors still bet on Fed interest rate cuts this year. The U.S. Commerce Department said t...

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