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October 9, 2025 9:18 AM

China honing abilities for a possible future attack, Taiwan defence report warns

China is increasing the frequency of its military activities around Taiwan and developing new equipment to hone its ability to stage a surprise attack, the island's defence ministry said on Thursday. Democratically-governed Taiwan, which China views...

October 8, 2025 8:55 PM

India-UK chart new course for trade partnership with high-level meeting in Mumbai

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and UK Secretary of State for Business and Trade Peter Kyle held a bilateral meeting in Mumbai on Wednesday, reaffirming their commitment to deepen trade and investment ties between India and the United Kin...

October 8, 2025 10:12 PM

US targets Chinese companies over drone components used by Hamas, Houthis

The United States said on Wednesday it was adding 15 Chinese companies to its restricted trade list for facilitating the purchase of American electronic components found in drones operated by Iranian proxies including Houthi and Hamas militants. Ten...

October 8, 2025 10:17 PM

Trump calls for jailing Democratic leaders as troops prepare for Chicago deployment

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday called for jailing Chicago's mayor and the governor of Illinois, both Democrats, as his administration prepared to deploy military troops to the streets of the third-largest U.S. city. Neither Chicago Mayor B...

October 8, 2025 6:47 PM

Starmer denies trying to appease China, says spying case dropped on legal grounds

Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Wednesday rejected accusations that Britain tried to appease China by dropping a prosecution against two men accused of spying for Beijing, insisting the decision was based on legal constraints, not political motives. ...

October 8, 2025 6:38 PM

Small solar city emerges in South Africa’s coal heartland

As dusk descends on South Africa's coal belt, a stretch of land scarred by decades of mining now flickers to life as dozens of solar street lamps light up Nomzamo Agri-Village. Despite this mini solar wave sweeping the settlement, coal still keeps m...

October 8, 2025 6:25 PM

EU’s plan to phase out Russian energy clears first political hurdle

European Union countries' ambassadors on Wednesday agreed to move ahead with the bloc's plan to end Russian oil and gas imports by 2028, EU diplomats said, clearing the law's first political hurdle before governments vote on it later this month. The...

October 8, 2025 5:12 PM

Afghanistan’s neighbors signal opposition to US retaking Bagram base

Afghanistan's regional neighbors, including American allies, appeared to unite against U.S. President Donald Trump's stated aim of taking over the Bagram military base near Kabul, according to a statement released after they met in Moscow. Th...

October 8, 2025 4:55 PM

Russia moves to withdraw from plutonium agreement with the United States

Russia's lower house of parliament on Wednesday approved a move to withdraw from a landmark agreement with the United States aimed at reducing vast stockpiles of weapons-grade plutonium left over from thousands of Cold War nuclear warheads. The Plut...

October 8, 2025 3:41 PM

Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi win 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing metal–organic frameworks

Scientists Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for the development of metal–organic frameworks", the award-giving body said on Wednesday. The more than a century-old prize is awarded by the Royal S...

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