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India rolls out red carpet for Vladimir Putin
AFP, Published on 05/12/2025
» NEW DELHI - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is hosting Russian President Vladimir Putin at a summit on Friday, with defence and trade ties centre stage as New Delhi faces heavy US pressure to stop buying Moscow’s oil.
Putin heads to India for defence, trade talks
AFP, Published on 04/12/2025
» NEW DELHI - Russian President Vladimir Putin was due in India on Thursday evening to begin a two-day visit aimed at deepening defence ties, as New Delhi faces heavy US pressure to stop buying oil from Moscow.
Jakarta dog meat ban sparks debate
AFP, Published on 27/11/2025
» JAKARTA - Sitting at an empty stall in Jakarta, Alfindo Hutagaol gobbles down some rice, green sambal and grilled dog meat — a meal that is now banned in the Indonesian capital.
Ukraine scrambles for energy with power generation at 'zero'
AFP, Published on 09/11/2025
» KYIV (UKRAINE) - Ukraine was scrambling to turn lights and heating back on Sunday after Russian attacks targeting energy infrastructure reduced the country's power generating capacity to "zero".
China ends levies on US farm products after fentanyl tariff cuts
Bloomberg News, Published on 05/11/2025
» BEIJING - China has halted retaliatory tariffs that it imposed on a range of US agricultural products, after Washington officially halved its fentanyl-related levies on Chinese goods.
World's most expensive coffee goes on sale in Dubai at $1,000 a cup
AFP, Published on 01/11/2025
» DUBAI - Selling for nearly $1,000 a cup, a cafe in Dubai is offering the world's most expensive coffee, brewed from Panamanian beans sold at a premium price.
Tesla profits tumble on higher costs, tariff drag
AFP, Published on 23/10/2025
» NEW YORK - Tesla reported a hefty drop in profits Wednesday, citing a drag from tariffs and other expenses that more than offset a lift from increased auto sales.
Chances of recovering Louvre jewels slim, say experts
Published on 21/10/2025
» PARIS - Crime gangs around Europe are increasingly robbing valuable jewels and gold from cash-needy museums like the Louvre, but while police often catch the thieves, they struggle to recover the priceless goods, law enforcement and art experts say.
Dark ships try sanctioned Russian LNG transfer near Malaysia
Published on 19/10/2025
» A dark tanker carrying liquefied natural gas from a US-sanctioned Russian export plant has positioned itself for a rare open-water fuel transfer off the coast of Malaysia, satellite images show, in a demonstration of the increasingly circuitous routes taken by Moscow to evade Western restrictions.
Taliban shuts down landline internet to curb ‘immorality’
Published on 23/09/2025
» KABUL - In a dim home used as a small business in Afghanistan, women bent over bright cloth use needles to form intricate embroidery. But their fibre-optic network in Kandahar — their primary link to buyers — has now gone dark.