Indian teenager Gukesh to challenge China’s Ding for world chess title
Seventeen-year-old Gukesh Dommaraju sets up world title showdown after winning the 2024 Candidates Tournament.
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Israel’s military intel chief resigns, citing failures over Oct. 7 attack
The intelligence chief of Israel’s Defense Forces has resigned citing failures linked to the Hamas…
Iranian refugee hopes to be acquitted in Greece smuggling appeal trial
Activists and legal experts say Homayoun Sabetara was unfairly imprisoned in 2022.
China is still years behind the U.S. despite Huawei’s breakthrough chips, Raimondo tells ’60 Minutes’
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo downplayed China-based Huawei Technologies’ latest microchip breakthrough, arguing that the U.S….
Huge crowds protest Colombian president’s planned reforms
Protesters call Gustavo Petro’s policies ‘dire’ as his government attempts to reform healthcare and other…
Israeli air attack hits residential area in Gaza City
Video captured the moment an Israeli air attack hit a residential area in Gaza City.
Australia’s PM criticises Musk’s X over stabbing footage
Anthony Albanese says decision to challenge takedown order for content related to church stabbing ‘extraordinary’.
Blinken to warn China over its support for Russia’s military during this week’s visit
He is expected to convey Washington’s “deep concerns” over this matter, when he is in…
Europe endured record number of ‘extreme heat stress’ days in 2023
New report warns people are increasingly at risk in a continent warming twice as fast…
Japan and South Korea could coordinate currency intervention, but they may need U.S. support
The U.S. last week acknowledged Japan and South Korea’s “serious concerns” over the recent sharp…
Global energy transition will require $4 trillion annually by next decade, BlackRock says
BlackRock estimates that the world’s green energy transition will require $4 trillion annually by the…
Why Apple is betting big on India
Apple has recently made an aggressive play to expand operations on both the manufacturing and…
TikTok says bill to force its sale would ‘trample’ free speech
Bill targeting Chinese-owned app goes to the US Senate after passing the House in bipartisan…
Why Kerala isn’t buying Modi claim of ‘double-digit’ win in India election
In India’s only state where the BJP has never won a seat, demographics and history…
Pro-China party on course for landslide victory in Maldives election
Provisional results give President Mohamed Muizzu’s PNC party 66 of 86 seats in parliament with…
Here are the top 10 smartest cities in the world — and none are in the U.S.
The 2024 Smart City Index, by IMD World Competitiveness Center and the World Smart Sustainable…
Biden condemns ‘blatant’ anti-Semitism at Columbia pro-Palestine protests
Biden’s remarks come after footage emerges appearing to show Jewish students being threatened with repeat…
Turtles swimming to extinction in Malaysia as male hatchlings feel heat
Already under pressure from habitat loss and pollution, turtles face an existential crisis from record…
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 788
As the war enters its 788th day, these are the main developments.
Here’s where the world’s top 0.001% are putting their money, according to wealth experts
There are about 28,420 centimillionaires globally, largely concentrated in New York City, the Bay Area,…
