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Aug 7, 2026 - World

The Centre on Friday responded to a remark made by a US lawmaker on the proposed Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment (FCRA) Bill, 2026.

Aug 7, 2026 - World

Disclosure challenges Conservative and Reform claims that police are refusing to interveneThe French authorities have halted small boats at sea in the Channel on 10 occasions since the spring, officials said on Friday.Despite claims from the Conservatives and Reform that the French were refusing to intervene in small boat crossings, maritime prefect officers were using “intervention tactics” to board or control vessels at sea and take asylum seekers back to France. Continue reading...

Aug 7, 2026 - World

Taxi driver says he acted as middleman between Yorgen Fenech and three men already convicted of €150,000 contract killingThe businessman accused of paying for hitmen to murder the journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was impatient for the killing to take place, and once texted from his boat to say he was “preparing champagne” to celebrate, a jury in Malta has heard.Yorgen Fenech, the 44-year-old heir to a property empire that includes several Hilton hotels, is on trial in Malta for complicity in the murder of Caruana Galizia. She died in a car bombing in October 2017 after publishing a series of revelations about senior politicians that were so damaging they triggered a snap general election. Continue reading...

Aug 7, 2026 - World

Why India should learn from the story of CXMT, the cornerstone of China's chip success and now the most valuable company listed on the mainland.

Aug 7, 2026 - World

The deal brings together oil-rich Saudi Arabia and nuclear-powered Pakistan as well as Turkey, which has NATO's second-largest army and a rapidly growing defence industry.