(Video credits: X @BGatesIsaPyscho) A fire broke out at the COP30 climate summit in Belem, Brazil, on Thursday, forcing thousands of delegates to evacuate and halting negotiations at a critical moment in the two-week conference. Ironically, the blaze appears to have been caused by electrical equipment, likely a microwave — showing that even a summit […]
Hosting nearly two dozen of the world’s top oil and gas executives at the White House on Friday, Trump abruptly paused the discussion to stroll over to a window in the East Room, eager to check on the progress of his pet project: the long-promised White House ballroom. Mid-sentence, the president rose from his chair, […]
Leaders from across Southeast Asia and beyond are converging in Kuala Lumpur for the 47th Asean Summit, a biannual gathering that focusses on the bloc’s growing economic and strategic significance. This year’s summit is particularly historic as East Timor joins as ASEAN’s 11th member, expanding the organization for the first time since the 1990s. The […]
US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Washington will lift sanctions imposed on Turkey over its purchase of the Russian air defence system and indicated that his administration is also considering allowing the sale of F-35 fighter jets to Ankara, marking a potential shift in US-Turkey defence ties.Speaking alongside Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan […]
Russia is maintaining working-level contacts with the United States and hopes Washington’s efforts to broker peace in Ukraine will succeed, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday, while also signalling that Moscow would closely monitor the outcome of the NATO summit in Ankara.Speaking after US President Donald Trump said on Monday that a resolution to […]
File photo: A serviceman with Ukraine’s K-2 brigade launches a midrange drone toward Russian positions (Picture credit: AP) Ukraine launched one of its biggest drone offensives against Russia overnight, sending more than 400 drones towards Moscow and carrying out missile strikes on the Belgorod region, Russian officials said on Tuesday.The attacks came just hours after […]
Residents try to open the trunk of a car damaged during Russian strikes in Kyiv, Ukraine (Picture credit: Reuters) At least 11 people were killed and more than 60 others injured after Russia launched a massive overnight missile and drone attack on Kyiv and surrounding areas early Monday, Ukrainian officials said, just days after the […]
Canberra, July 4: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to embark on a tour of three countries, including Australia, in early July. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese expressed pride in welcoming PM Modi to Australia for the Australia-India Annual Leaders Summit, scheduled during Modi’s visit from July 8 to 10. According to a statement from […]
Oslo, May 19: Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the India-Norway Business and Research Summit in Oslo on Monday, where over 50 CEOs and more than 250 participants from the business and research communities of Norway and India gathered. Following the summit, several CEOs expressed their appreciation for PM Modi’s efforts to simplify doing business in […]
White House on Sunday released a fact sheet on US President Donald Trump’s visit to China, outlining agreements on trade, investment and the Iran crisis but making no mention of Taiwan despite the issue dominating discussions during Trump’s meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping.According to the fact sheet, the two countries agreed to establish new […]
