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Tunisian opposition leader Ghannouchi sentenced to three years in prison

TUNIS (Reuters) - A Tunisian judge on Thursday sentenced opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi, a fierce critic of President Kais Saied, to three year in prison on charges of‮ ‬accepting external

Biden issues order targeting Jewish settler violence in West Bank

By Steve Holland, Susan Heavey and Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden issued an executive order on Thursday that aims to punish Jewish settlers who attack Palestinians in

US approves strikes against Iranian targets in Iraq, Syria -CBS News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. administration has approved plans for multi-day strikes in Iraq and Syria on targets including "Iranian personnel and facilities", CBS News reported on Thursday, citing

Ukraine hails EU’s approval of aid, says it hopes US follows suit

By Olena Harmash KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine hailed the EU's approval of a major aid package on Thursday and said it hoped the U.S. would follow suit and unlock financing it called "critically important"

Canada to further delay assisted death based solely on mental illness

By Ismail Shakil OTTAWA (Reuters) -The Canadian government on Monday said people suffering solely from mental illness will remain excluded from pursuing assisted death for an unspecified period after

Ireland seeking review of EU-Israel agreement over rights concerns

(Reuters) - Ireland is in talks with other EU members who want a review of the EU-Israel Association Agreement on the basis that Israel may be breaching the agreement's human rights clause, Prime

Rugby-Italy’s Allan aiming for first Rome win in Six Nations

By Trevor Stynes (Reuters) - Italy's Tommaso Allan will make his 80th international appearance when they host England in the Six Nations on Saturday and the flyhalf would love to finally experience a

Exclusive-Meta to deploy in-house custom chips this year to power AI drive – memo

By Katie Paul, Stephen Nellis and Max A. Cherney (Reuters) - Facebook owner Meta Platforms plans to deploy into its data centers this year a new version of a custom chip aimed at supporting its

Oil prices buoyed by US signals on interest rate cuts

By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices edged higher on Thursday, boosted by the U.S. Federal Reserve signalling a possible start to interest rate cuts in coming months. Brent crude futures

UK Deputy PM says strikes weakening Houthis, won’t send troops into Yemen

By Alexander Cornwell ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Britain will not send ground troops into combat against Houthi militants in Yemen, Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden said on Thursday, adding that air

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Swraj Paul was the original NRI powerbroker. Helped Indira’s return, shaped India Inc

When he was asked why he was so loud in his criticisms of Indian industry when his purpose could be better served by a shrewder approach, he said, “Because I am a Punjabi, not a Marwari”.

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

India and France to jointly develop and manufacture 120 kN engine for homegrown AMCA

The new engine, set to be developed over the next 10 years, will power the second tranche of Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft. First set will be equipped with GE 414 engines.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?