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Austria’s rightward shift puts immigration in crosshairs

By Louis van Boxel-Woolf VIENNA (Reuters) - Picknicking with friends in the park after prayers at a Vienna mosque, Saima Arab, a 20-year-old pedicurist originally from Afghanistan, is thankful for her

Harris campaign raises $55 million over two weekend events, campaign official says

By Trevor Hunnicutt LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Kamala Harris' U.S. presidential election campaign raised $55 million during two events this weekend, a campaign official said on Sunday. The Democratic

Factbox-Austria election: An overview of political parties’ immigration policies

(Reuters) - Austria's far-right Freedom Party won on Sunday a parliamentary election for the first time after a campaign that leant heavily into voters' concerns over immigration levels. The FPO will

Time to change Pakistan economy’s DNA, says country’s Finance Minister after 25th IMF bailout

Islamabad , September 30 (ANI): Pakistan must overhaul its economic foundation to break free from repeated International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailouts, according to Federal...

BTS member Suga fined $11,500 for drunk driving on e-scooter

SEOUL (Reuters) - K-pop star Suga, a member of the boy band supergroup BTS, has been fined 15 million won ($11,500) by a court for drunk driving while on an electric scooter. A judge at the Seoul

New Zealand reclaims record for largest haka dance

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand has set the world record for the most people to perform a haka, a traditional dance of the country's indigenous Maori, reclaiming the title from France. A statement

Rugby-Blues to start Super Rugby title defence with Grand Final re-match against Chiefs

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - The Blues will kick off their Super Rugby Pacific title defence in 2025 with a Grand Final re-match at Eden Park against the Chiefs on Feb. 15. The Blues thrashed the Chiefs 41-

Ukraine military reports waves of Russian drone attacks on Kyiv

There was no immediate comment from Moscow, which has launched multiple air attacks on Kyiv & Ukraine throughout September.

Taiwan detects 9 Chinese military aircraft, 4 PLAN vessels near its territory

Taipei , September 30 (ANI): The Ministry of National Defence (MND) stated that it detected nine Chinese military aircraft and four naval vessels around...

NASA astronauts Sunita Williams & Butch Wilmore welcome SpaceX capsule that will bring them home next year

Astronauts Hague and Gorbunov successfully travelled in the SpaceX Dragon capsule and docked with ISS to bring back Sunita Williams & Butch Wilmore, who have been stuck since June 2024.

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DMK ‘rising son’ Udhayanidhi Stalin should brace for challenges. Power isn’t a birthright

In the Indian political setup, the BJP and the communist parties are probably the only ones who have been able to circumvent the hereditary leadership tag.

#ByeByeAP to #LuluBackInAP: Naidu’s moves to make Andhra ‘business friendly’ & woo back investors

The Jagan Reddy govt has been accused of scuppering various investment deals. Under Naidu, the govt, is trying to make AP a top investment destination, officials and industrialists say.

‘No drone bombs or infiltration’, Army Chief says ‘battle of narratives’ must be controlled in Manipur

Chief of Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi says the Manipur conflict was triggered by a rumour and that the situation may be ‘stable today, but it is tense’.

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?