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20 June 2026, 08:39 AM
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Adani deal under bribery scrutiny was approved against officials' advice
The federal agency, tasked with developing the solar sector, wanted to know if the southeastern state of Andhra Pradesh would like to sign India's largest renewables contract.
17 December 2024, 09:26 AM
Bomb kills chief of Russian nuclear protection forces in Moscow
Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, who is chief of Russia's Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection Troops, was killed outside an apartment building on Ryazansky Prospekt
17 December 2024, 06:28 AM
ChatGPT search opens to all users in challenge to Google
The newly public feature enables users to receive "fast, timely answers" with links to relevant web sources –- information that previously required using a traditional search engine
17 December 2024, 05:42 AM
German Chancellor Scholz loses no-confidence vote, paving way for election
Scholz's three-party coalition fell apart last month after the pro-market Free Democrats quit in a row over debt
17 December 2024, 04:01 AM
Trump loses bid to toss hush money conviction on immunity grounds
Trump's lawyers are separately trying to have the verdict overturned on separate grounds in the wake of his defeat of Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris in the Nov. 5 election.
17 December 2024, 03:51 AM
Canada deputy PM quits in tariff rift with Trudeau
Canada's Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland quit Monday in a surprise move after disagreeing with Justin Trudeau over US President-elect Donald Trump's tariff threats
17 December 2024, 02:58 AM
Tsunami warning as USGS reports magnitude 7.3 quake off Vanuatu
A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Tuesday off the coast of the Pacific island state of Vanuatu
17 December 2024, 02:26 AM
TikTok asks Supreme Court to temporarily block looming US ban
TikTok asked the nation's top court to make a decision by January 6
17 December 2024, 02:14 AM
15-year-old girl killed two in latest US school shooting: police
'She was a student at the school, and evidence suggests she died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound'
17 December 2024, 02:05 AM
Taiwan receives first batch of US-made Abrams tanks
Taiwan has received 38 advanced Abrams battle tanks from the United States, the defence ministry said yesterday, reportedly the island’s first new tanks in 30 years.
16 December 2024, 18:00 PM
Turkish rescuers search infamous Syria jail
A team of Turkish rescuers began an in-depth search of Syria’s infamous Saydnaya prison yesterday, a spokesman for Turkey’s AFAD disaster management agency told AFP.
16 December 2024, 18:00 PM
30 North Korean soldiers killed, injured: Ukraine
Ukraine said yesterday that North Korean units fighting for Russia sustained losses of at least 30 soldiers killed or wounded around several villages on the front in Russia’s Kursk region over the weekend.
16 December 2024, 18:00 PM
Golan settlements: Israel seeking to ‘expand borders’
Turkey yesterday denounced an Israeli plan to double the population living in the occupied and annexed Golan Heights as a bid to “expand its borders”.
16 December 2024, 18:00 PM
Germany’s Olaf Scholz loses confidence vote
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz yesterday lost a confidence vote in parliament, paving the way for an early general election on February 23.
16 December 2024, 18:00 PM
Gaza death toll surpasses 45,000
Israel’s military offensive in the Gaza Strip has killed at least 45,028 Palestinians and wounded 106,962 since October 7, 2023, the Palestinian enclave’s health ministry said yesterday.
16 December 2024, 18:00 PM
Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain in ICU, but 'still alive'
Indian media ran stories on his passing away. Even the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting posted about the artist's death on X, only to delete it later.
15 December 2024, 19:25 PM
‘Bali Nine’ drug ring prisoners fly home to Australia
The five remaining members of the Australian “Bali Nine” drug ring flew home yesterday after 19 years in jail in Indonesia, ending a saga that had frayed relations between the two countries.
15 December 2024, 18:00 PM
Afghan coal mine collapse traps 32
A coal mine collapsed in northern Afghanistan trapping 32 miners, a provincial official told AFP yesterday, adding rescuers had been working for hours to reach the men.
15 December 2024, 18:00 PM
Trump gets $15m in ABC News defamation case
ABC News will pay a $15 million settlement payment to resolve a defamation lawsuit brought by President-elect Donald Trump, according to court documents filed Saturday.
15 December 2024, 18:00 PM
Israel ‘crossed the lines of engagement’
Israel struck dozens of sites in Syria overnight with airstrikes, despite Syrian rebel leader Abu Mohammed al-Jolani saying his Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group was not interested in conflict with Israel.
15 December 2024, 18:00 PM