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Poor show of Vladimir Putin’s party in symbolic Moscow polls means little

Putin’s United Russia falls to 25 seats in the 45-member local assembly. But the poor performance is merely symbolic.

MIT under scanner over financial ties with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein

MIT’s Media Lab had deep financial relations with Jeffrey Epstein, who helped it raise $7.5 million. Following the revelations, Joi Ito, director of the lab, resigned.

A tale of two proposals: Contentious bills driving politics in UK and Hong Kong

Britain's House of Commons has passed the ‘Brexit delay’ proposal and Hong Kong protestors have dismissed withdrawal of the extradition bill as 'too little and too late'.

Conservative rebels defeat British PM’s Brexit gamble. What happened in there

Around 21 legislators from Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party aligned with the Labour Party to prevent the British PM from taking UK out of the European Union without a formal agreement.

Israel and Hezbollah exchange cross-border fire first time in four years

Hezbollah claimed that it managed to destroy an Israeli army tank, killing and injuring those inside it. Israel, however, rubbished the claim.

Mecca of parliamentary democracy in ‘constitutional coup’ as Boris Johnson suspends House

Britain PM Boris Johnson shuts down parliament for 5 weeks, leaving just a couple of weeks for MPs to discuss Brexit plans before the 31 October deadline.

Why Brazil has refused G7 funds to tackle Amazon wildfires

Brazil has witnessed a dramatic 85 per cent rise in wildfires in the Amazon rainforest this year.

US-China trade war, Russia inclusion make G7 summit a sinkhole for global governance

Overall atmosphere of the meeting was reported to be tense with leaders exchanging barbs.

Why ‘imperial’ Donald Trump wants to buy Denmark’s Greenland

Donald Trump made an ‘absurd’ offer to buy Greenland from Denmark. Minerals, North Atlantic shipping and other factors may have prompted the proposal.

Facebook, Twitter act against Beijing-sponsored disinformation campaign in Hong Kong

Twitter suspends 936 accounts originating from Mainland China while Facebook removes 15 pages, groups and accounts 'associated' with Beijing government.

On Camera

Trump’s 28 points for Ukraine add up to a no-go at peace

Two questions are pertinent: Why does the Trump administration keep making the same mistakes on the peace proposal? And what does a hurried peace plan mean on the ground?

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

Tejas fighter aircraft crashes at Dubai Air Show, IAF confirms pilot’s death

This is the second such incident after a Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas had crashed into a hostel on the outskirts of Jaisalmer in March last year.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.