Top Indian arms makers held rare meetings in Russia on potential joint ventures, sources...
NEW DELHI — At least half a dozen executives from top Indian arms makers, including Adani Defense and Bharat Forge, attended rare meetings in...
Yoon vows to ‘fight until end’
SEOUL — South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol has sent a letter rallying his supporters saying he would “fight until the end” as...
Trump eyes larger tariffs on Canada, EU if they cause US ‘economic harm’
US PRESIDENT Donald J. Trump said on Thursday that larger tariffs could be placed on the European Union (EU) and Canada if they both...
Digital nomad hotspots grapple with housing squeeze
LISBON/MEXICO CITY — Among the glitzy new apartment buildings springing up in Mexico City’s Juarez neighborhood, fashionable coffee shops are taking the place of...
Trump and Xi skirt N. Korea divide in excellent’ talks
HAMBURG -- The heads of the world’s two largest economies brushed over differences on North Korea and trade as they met in person for...
BASIC bloc slams ‘leadership void’ on climate change, finance
SINGAPORE - Rich countries have left a "leadership void" in climate politics and must provide trillions of dollars to help developing nations cut their greenhouse gas...
Hong Kong jails 45 democracy activists in landmark national security trial
HONG KONG - Hong Kong's High Court on Tuesday sentenced 45 pro-democracy activists to jail terms of up to 10 years in a landmark national security...
Modi says India aims to become developed nation in 25 years
NEW DELHI — India will aim to become a developed nation within 25 years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a national day address on Monday, with policies to support domestic production in power, defense and digital technology.
There’s low risk of food spreading the virus, experts say after salmon panic
Food poses little risk of spreading the coronavirus, governments and industry groups from the US to Chile said, reassuring consumers after an outbreak in...
VW talks drag into the night as union says outcome is ‘far from clear’
HANOVER, Germany - Volkswagen management and labor representatives negotiated late into the night on Monday in a last-ditch round of talks on cost cuts before Christmas,...
EU provisionally OK’s law to cut packaging waste
BRUSSELS — The European Union (EU) has reached a provisional deal on a new law to cut packaging waste and ban single-use plastics, such...
Russia accuses Ukraine of killing nationalist’s daughter
RUSSIA’s Federal Security Service accused Ukraine’s secret services on Monday of killing Darya Dugina, the daughter of an ultra-nationalist, in a car bomb attack near Moscow that President Vladimir Putin called “evil”.