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Japan medical school wanted fewer women as doctors, and Israel’s sea wall around Gaza

Iran holds meeting with North Korea after US reimposes sanctions, and the Chinese family may soon get bigger.

Trump’s Iran warning, and three children euthanised in Belgium

Facebook requested to change rules for journalists, and a barber flies 11,000 km for high-profile client's haircut.

Boris Johnson says women in burqas look like letter boxes, and China bans Winnie the Pooh

President Trump advised to stop tweeting about son's 2016 meeting with Russians, and EU to rally against US sanctions on Iran.

8 journalists ‘assaulted’ during Bangladesh stir, and Indonesia quake kills 82

Why the Trump administration wants Palestinians stripped of refugee status, and star football faces 'racial abuse' at China game.

Apple rallies to $1 trillion, and Israel bars fuel and gas supply in Gaza 

China's most senior Buddhist monk has been accused of sexual harassment, and the 'new Singapore' to India's south. 

Trump sanctions Turkish officials to get back at Erdogan, and a ‘dengue-free’ city

Three killed in violence over elections in Harare, and Australia may be in the throes of the worst drought in its history. 

Chinese seek foreign vaccines for their kids, and shark disguised as baby by abductors

Facebook has identified an online campaign to interfere with this year's US midterm polls, and Bangladesh is concerned about India's 'anti-Muslim' NRC move. 

Mystery of MH370 deepens, and the ‘zombie apocalypse’ helping dictators win

British foreign secretary refers to his Chinese wife as Japanese, and Donald Trump ready for Iran talks but Tehran is not interested.

Palestinian teen activist has been released, and #piegate is taking over Australia

China has established a firm base in Latin America, and Egypt is using "fake news" to arrest dissenting journalists. 

Ex-lawyer drops another Trump ‘bombshell’, and Japan firm makes mosques-on-wheels

US and European Union are moving away from trade war rhetoric, and Japan has executed six more members of deadly 'sarin' cult.

On Camera

Two documents, Modi-Macron visits—India-France defence partnership is touching new heights

Horizon 2047 signed during Modi's visit to France in July 2023 and the defence industrial roadmap during Macron’s visit to India in January 2024 guide the strategic bonhomie between the two countries.

How govt brought Vodafone Idea back from the brink & earned a neat profit in the process

In 2021, the government allowed telcos to convert interest on deferred spectrum payments and AGR dues into equity. This made it the single largest stakeholder in Vodafone Idea.

China builds road through Shaksgam Valley, India registers protest

New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.