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Serena Williams claims ‘sexism’ in tennis & probiotics are now being called ‘useless’

Nepal to now access Chinese sea ports, and Spix's macaw go extinct in the wild.

Trump denies ‘plans to kill Bashar al-Assad’, and ICC claims jurisdiction on Rohingya exodus

Right-wing presidential candidate stabbed in Brazil, and Facebook removes the Burmese translation feature. 

White House official pens anonymous NYT op-ed slamming Trump, and Obama on campaign trail

Radiation from leaking Fukushima kills worker through lung cancer, and Afghan conflict still displacing hundreds of thousands.

Why White House aides stole Donald Trump’s paperwork off his desk, in Bob Woodward’s words

Amazon follows Apple to cross trillion-dollar milestone, and Muslim student to be first 'Miss England' finalist in a hijab.

No ‘vanity’ for China in Africa, says Xi, and the African nation shunning Beijing money

Xi Jinping is the king of headlines for Chinese daily, and England cricket star Alastair Cook announces his retirement.

China may defy debt-trap talk with more cash for Africa & the Queen of Soul never made a will

Theresa May rules out a second Brexit referendum and second hand fashion industry is going big in UAE. 

Iran might abandon nuclear deal, says Ayatollah Khamenei and Trump attacks CNN again

Emotional Malidivian President Yameen thanks China, and the changing covers of leading fashion magazines. Iran might abandon nuclear deal, says Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah...

China looks to beat the world to 5G, and Aung San Suu Kyi won’t be stripped of Nobel Peace Prize

China denies Trump's accusations of hacking Clinton's email, Vladimir Putin softens pension policy in Russia.

Donald Trump lashes out at Google, and Xi Jinping unleashes charm offensive on BRI

Greece cracks down on aid workers 'smuggling migrants', and journalists in Bosnia protest after attack on reporter.

Vietnamese migrants hide amid crocodiles in Oz, and Iran’s warning to the US

The Prime Minister evoking divinity-like devotion in Ethiopians, and Japanese railways offers a dangerous lesson. 

On Camera

A new Indian foreign policy consensus is emerging. That India isn’t a great power yet

After exuberance, India must now not only take difficult and costly steps toward industrialisation, but also convert growth into geo-economic leverage and military modernisation.

Geoeconomic confrontation top trigger for global crisis, cyber insecurity biggest risk for India—WEF

WEF report flags growing erosion of multilateralism, long considered stabilising force. 'Declining trust, heightened protectionism are threatening trade, investment.'

The curious case of Pakistan’s JF-17 ‘orders’

Pakistan lacks capacity to deliver aircraft at pace suggested by its claimed contracts as it depends on China for avionics, electronic warfare, weapons, and on Russia for engines. 

Thank you Donald Trump, again. India now has reason to shed fear of trade deals and risky reform

UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.