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Tuesday, November 25, 2025
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Topic: World News

World news of the day: 21 July, 2025

ThePrint’s round-up of the major news events from around the world.

Five Italian railway workers die after being hit by train near Turin

The workers were replacing some tracks, on the line connecting Milan and Turin, at about midnight on Wednesday when they were run over by a train transporting wagons.

China’s new rules to scrutinise ‘deepfakes’ to take effect from 10 Jan

The regulations provide for people to be protected from being impersonated without their consent that are virtually indistinguishable from the original, & easily used for misinformation.

Over 1300 people in Russia detained over protests denouncing mobilisation

The protests came soon after President Vladimir Putin's order of a military draft, the first of its kind since World-War 2.

Why the shooting of Shinzo Abe is a huge shock for Japan and the world

There have been occasional shootings by organised crime groups, typically targeting each other, but Japan has consistently had low rates of violent crime.

On Camera

Worker exploitation powers the firework industry in Tamil Nadu’s Sivakasi

For an industry globally classified as hazardous, protections such as health insurance and a provident fund for workers are necessities. In Sivakasi, they remain elusive.

172 countries & counting, India looks to hit new record in rice exports. But there’s a flip side

The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.

India and France to jointly manufacture HAMMER air-to-surface missile

Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.