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Road ahead may be stormy, President Xi warns people as China celebrates 75th National Day

Beijing, Oct 1 (PTI) China celebrated its 75th National Day Tuesday, with President Xi Jinping issuing a stern warning that the road ahead for...

Targeted tax hikes required to plug French deficit, says government spokeswoman

By Tassilo Hummel and Makini Brice PARIS (Reuters) -Targeted tax rises and spending cuts will be required to narrow France's gaping budget deficit, the government said on Tuesday, as French media

At condolence meet in Delhi for Nasrallah, Iran & Palestine envoys say Hezbollah will ‘rebuild itself’

Condolence meeting for the Hezbollah chief was organised by Shia group Anjuman-e-Haideri in Delhi. Envoys say new leaders will replace those slain, but they won't back down.

Biden administration toughens asylum restrictions ahead of polls; rights group call move ‘cruel’

Washington DC , October 1 (ANI): In a major development ahead of the upcoming US presidential elections, the Joe Biden administration is hardening the...

PoJK: Ad-hoc employees hold protest outside Central Press Club, demand permanent jobs

Muzaffarabad , October 1 (ANI): Several ad-hoc employees from various government departments in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) have been protesting outside the Central...

Spain urges Israel to halt its ground raids in Lebanon

MADRID (Reuters) - Israel should cease conducting ground raids in southern Lebanon to avoid an escalation of the conflict enveloping the wider region, Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares told

Russia is ready for long confrontation with US, senior diplomat says

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia must prepare for a long confrontation with the United States and has sent repeated warnings to Washington over the crisis in relations, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov

Austria’s conservatives want far right to be tasked with forming coalition

VIENNA (Reuters) - The leader of Austria's conservatives, Chancellor Karl Nehammer, urged President Alexander Van der Bellen on Tuesday to formally task the far-right Freedom Party with forming a

Israeli bombardment kills at least 31 in Gaza as fighting rages

By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) -Israeli airstrikes killed at least 31 people in Gaza on Tuesday, local medics said and fighting ramped up, as the Israeli military said it had been targeting

North Korean defector in South stole bus in bid to return home, media reports say

SEOUL (Reuters) - A North Korean defector living in South Korea was detained on Tuesday after ramming a stolen bus into a barricade on a bridge near the heavily militarised border, in an apparent

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Asian NATO? Why Japan PM’s big new idea won’t shake up foreign policy

One of the most difficult tasks for Shigeru Ishiba, apart from keeping together the divided LDP, will be implementing his foreign policy ideas—if he chooses to pursue them.

How businesses can become more resilient to the physical impacts of climate change

Extreme weather events have impacted 50% of corporate respondents to a recent survey. This underlines the importance of significant action now to increase climate resilience.

‘Nightmare at Chennai Marina’: 4 dead, 96 hospitalised after pandemonium at packed IAF air show

Lakhs of people were stranded at beach in heat as crowd control measures apparently failed. At least 14 lakh people were in attendance though police had expected around 10 lakh.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?