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Watch: Indian Ambassador Speaks Mandarin, Gives Tour Of Embassy In Beijing
Vikram Doraiswami takes viewers on a tour of the embassy, explains the services it offers, and shows its different sections.
A Bachelor's In Rare Earths? China Has Schools For That
Donald Trump and other Western leaders have pledged billions of dollars in investments to break China's chokehold on rare earths refining - a powerful lever Beijing has wielded in its trade war with Washington
How India-Oman Trade Pact Opens Alternative Route To Gulf Beyond Hormuz
The India-Omani CEPA comes into force amid the ongoing US-Iran war, which has severely disrupted the movement of ships in the international waters crossing the Strait of Hormuz.
Opinion: Blog | 'I Lost 10 Kilos': Indian Student On Falling Rupee And The Reality Of Life Abroad
In October 2025, I paid the first instalment of my tuition fee. It was 15,800 pounds, and the conversion rate was Rs 118 for a pound. By January, it further slipped to Rs 125 as I paid the second instalment.
Want To Climb Everest? Here's How Much It Can Cost You
The biggest expenses include permits, Sherpa support, specialised gear, oxygen supplies and logistics required for the climb.
"God Please Kill Him": Nurse Wishes For Trump's Assassination, Video Is Viral
According to a screenshot of her LinkedIn profile shared online, Lee has been working as a registered nurse at the University of Michigan Medical Center since 2000.
People ‘panicking’ as Ghana passes sweeping law criminalising LGBTQ+ activity
Community groups say some fear they could lose homes, jobs and access to healthcare if the new law is ratified by President John Dramani MahamaGhana’s LGBTQ community is living in fear after the country’s parliament approved a sweeping bill that criminalises the promotion of LGBTQ+ activities and identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer, rights groups have warned.The legislation, which was passed on Friday, mandates prison sentences of three to 10 years. Continue reading...
Royal Mail investigated again as almost a quarter of first-class post arrives late
Latest figures show the company’s delivery performance has worsened compared with the previous yearBusiness live – latest updatesThe postal regulator has launched an investigation into Royal Mail for once again missing its annual delivery targets, with almost a quarter of first-class mail arriving late.The company, which has been fined £37m since 2023 for routinely failing to meet delivery targets set by Ofcom, revealed on Friday that 24.3% of first-class mail failed to arrive on time in the year to the end of March. Continue reading...
No 10 braced for ‘excruciating’ revelations as messages between Mandelson and ministers to be released – UK politics live
Sources predict ‘toe-curling’ revelations as more than 1,000 pages of documents relating to his appointment as US ambassador to be publishedMandelson files show no mitigation of security concernsAt the Downing Street lobby briefing the PM’s spokesperson said the release of the Mandelson files today would be “an unprecedented piece of government transparency”.He said that party political material would be included, despite precedent suggesting it should be included, and that some material had to be declassified to allow it to be published.The broad scope of the [humble address motion – see 9.26am] has required the discovery, assessment, analysis and preparation of thousands of individual documents and messages.This is a task that has involved every government department.Yeah, I have changed what I would say. I wouldn’t say that phrase any more.And I think that, you know, over the last few years, I think a lot of us, myself included, have thought about this question in quite some detail. Continue reading...
‘What happened to the testicles?’: mockery in Milan over bull mosaic’s restoration
Rampant Bull needed a makeover after wear and tear from tourists, but refurbishment ‘castrated’ it, critics sayThe restoration of a floor mosaic in Milan called the Rampant Bull has been mocked after the works appear to have erased a crucial anatomical detail – its testicles.The 19th-century mosaic in the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II shopping arcade needed a makeover because a small crater had formed in the tiny pink tiles featuring the bull’s testicles, due to the constant stream of tourists performing a heel-spinning gesture. Continue reading...
French navy seizes Russia-linked oil tanker in Atlantic
President Macron says ship subject to sanctions and posts video of operation that took place with UK supportA suspected Russian oil tanker has been detained in the Atlantic, France has announced, in the latest seizure aimed at combatting Moscow’s “shadow fleet” of vessels contravening international sanctions.The Tagor was detained on Sunday morning in international waters more than 400 nautical miles (740km) west of Brittany with the help of the UK and other partners, said the French president, Emmanuel Macron. Continue reading...
30 Or 16? Nigerian Politician Mahmud Sadis Buba Caught In Age Scandal
Buba addressed his small body size by explaining that he has dwarfism, a condition he says he inherited from his paternal grandfather.
