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Billionaire Gautam Adani charged in US with bribery, fraud
Billionaire Indian industrialist Gautam Adani has been charged with paying hundreds of millions of dollars of bribes and hiding the payments from investors, US prosecutors said yesterday.
With a business empire spanning coal,…
China’s Xi calls for Gaza ceasefire: Xinhua
Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday called for a ceasefire in Gaza, as he visited Brazil's capital, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
Xi expressed concerns about the spread of the conflict in Gaza, and "called for a ceasefire…
Barcelona push back Camp Nou return to mid-February
Barcelona said on Wednesday their return to the Camp Nou would be delayed until at least mid-February as the iconic stadium undergoes modernisation and expansion work.
The Spanish giants released a statement saying their La Liga home…
Biden allows Kyiv to use long-range US missiles
President Joe Biden's administration has authorised Ukraine to use long-range American missiles to strike deep into Russia, two US officials and a source familiar with the decision said yesterday, in a significant reversal of…
World looks to G20 for breakthrough in COP29 talks
Diplomatic tensions over global warming will take center stage at the G20 summit in Brazil this week, as negotiators at UN talks in Azerbaijan hit an impasse on climate finance that they hope leaders of the world's 20 major economies can…
Israeli strikes kill 20 Palestinians in Gaza
Israeli military strikes across the Gaza Strip killed 20 Palestinians yesterday, including six people who were killed in attacks on tents housing displaced families, medics said.
Four people, two of them children, were killed in an…
G20 leaders to grapple with climate, taxes, Trump comeback
G20 leaders gather in Brazil on Monday to discuss fighting poverty, boosting climate financing and other multilateral initiatives that could yet be upended by Donald Trump's impending return to the White House.
US President Joe Biden…
Biden clears Ukraine for long-range missile strikes inside Russia
US President Joe Biden has cleared Kyiv to use long-range American missiles against military targets inside Russia, a US official told AFP on Sunday, hours after Russia targeted Ukraine's power grid in a deadly barrage.
Ukrainian…
UK minister for Indo-Pacific flies in Dhaka tomorrow
UK Minister for the Indo-Pacific Catherine West is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka tomorrow to discuss the UK's support for political and economic reforms, security, trade cooperation and UK-Bangladesh migration.
The visit marks the…
Trump names Karoline, 27, as White House press secretary
President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday that 27-year-old campaign spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt will serve as his White House press secretary.
Leavitt "is smart, tough and has proven to be a highly effective communicator. I have the…