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Flying Dutchman recognised as longest-surviving heart transplant patient

By Charlotte Van Campenhout, Marta Fiorin and Piroschka van der Wouw HERKENBOSCH (Reuters) - Four decades after being diagnosed with a serious heart condition and given just six months to live, Bert

Nepal PM ‘Prachanda’ set to forge new alliance with ex-premier Oli’s party after splitting with Nepali Congress

Kathmandu, Mar 4 (PTI) Nepal's Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' on Monday decided to form a new alliance with former premier KP Sharma...

Philippines will push back against China if maritime interests ignored, Marcos says

By Karen Lema and Mikhail Flores (Reuters) - Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr on Monday said his country will cooperate with China despite increased tensions, but would push back when its

Senegal election crisis shakes support for Macky Sall’s coalition 

By Ngouda Dione and Alessandra Prentice DAKAR (Reuters) - Writer Moustapha Gueye voted for Senegalese President Macky Sall at the last two elections. But disappointment in Sall's second term and the

Police in Pakistan’s Quetta raids house of opposition presidential candidate Mahmood Khan Achakzai

Karachi, Mar 4 (PTI) Ahead of the presidential polls in Pakistan, authorities in Balochistan have raided the house of opposition presidential candidate and...

Hungarian PM Orban to meet Trump on March 8 in Florida

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban will meet former U.S. President Donald Trump on March 8 in Florida, Orban's press chief told Hungarian state news agency MTI late on Sunday.

Factbox-National security trial of Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai: what’s happened so far

By Jessie Pang and Edward Cho (Reuters) - Hong Kong media tycoon and pro-democracy advocate Jimmy Lai is on trial accused of endangering China's national security. Lai, 76, has pleaded not guilty to

China cancels premier’s press conference for first time since 1993

By Liz Lee and Albee Zhang BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Premier Li Qiang will not hold a press conference after the close of this year's annual parliamentary meeting, an official said on Monday, ending

Russia’s foreign ministry summons German ambassador, TASS reports

(Reuters) - Russia's foreign ministry summoned the German ambassador on Monday, the TASS news agency reported, citing an unidentified source, after Russian media published an audio recording of a

Earthquake shakes Kazakhstan’s biggest city

ALMATY (Reuters) - An earthquake jolted Kazakhstan's biggest city of Almaty on Monday, sending dozens of people scurrying to safety outdoors as sirens went off. The quake of magnitude estimated at

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CBDT signs record 125 Advance Pricing Agreements, 31% more than last year

The 125 APAs include 86 Unilateral APAs (UAPAs) and 39 Bilateral APAs (BAPAs). The total number of APAs since the start of the APA programme has risen to 641, with 506 UAPAs and 135 BAPAs.

India to start delivery of BrahMos missiles and launchers to Philippines tomorrow

India has completed storage-building space in one of the Philippines' islands as part of $374.96 million deal signed in January 2022.

44 years on, two things that have changed in Modi’s BJP, and one that hasn’t

As the BJP heads for a likely third successive term in power, it's fascinating to debate how true it looks to the original proposition: a party with a difference.