India and Singapore agree to cooperate on chips as countries seek to strengthen partnership

India and Singapore agree to cooperate on chips as countries seek to strengthen partnership

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks prior to a meeting with Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah at Istana Nurul Iman in Bandar Seri Begawan on September 4, 2024. Dean Kassim | Afp | Getty Images SINGAPORE — India and Singapore on Thursday signed memorandums of understanding for cooperation on a number of key areas including semiconductors, … Read more

Clashes Between Israel And Hezbollah Since 2006 War

Clashes Between Israel And Hezbollah Since 2006 War

More than 40,000 people have been killed in Gaza since war began between Israel and Hamas (File). Paris: After an escalation of hostilities Sunday amid over 10 months of cross-border clashes between Israel and Lebanon’s powerful Hezbollah movement, here are the major eruptions of violence since their 2006 war. The devastating month-long war in the … Read more

Ukrainian Minister Arrested For Taking Bribe Worth Half A Million Dollars

Ukrainian Minister Arrested For Taking Bribe Worth Half A Million Dollars

The minister took the payment with the help of three alleged accomplices (Representational) Kyiv: A Ukrainian deputy energy minister accused of taking a bribe worth half a million dollars has been arrested along with three alleged accomplices, Ukraine’s SBU Security Service said on Monday. The minister, whom the SBU did not name, allegedly demanded mining … Read more

UK PM To Meet Cops Over Stabbing Attack As Protesters Chant “Save Our Kids”

UK PM To Meet Cops Over Stabbing Attack As Protesters Chant “Save Our Kids”

More than 50 police officers were injured in violent clashes in the English town of Southport (AFP) London: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will meet senior police leaders on Thursday, his office said, between after a second night of clashes between protesters and police prompted by the deaths of three young girls in a frenzied … Read more

China sends giant pandas to U.S. for 1st time in 20 years

China sends giant pandas to U.S. for 1st time in 20 years

Giant pandas eating bamboo at Bifengxia Panda Base in Sichuan, China. Christophe Boisvieux | The Image Bank | Getty Images For the first time in more than two decades, giant pandas are en route from China to a San Diego zoo in the U.S. — a sign that Beijing is resuming its so-called “panda diplomacy” … Read more

Modi’s BJP-led alliance set for narrower-than-expected win

Modi’s BJP-led alliance set for narrower-than-expected win

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi displays his inked marked finger after casting his ballot at a polling booth at Ranip, Ahmedabad on May 7, 2024.  Sajjad Hussain | Afp | Getty Images The Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance was set to come to power in India again, according to the Election Commission of India … Read more