Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, US President Joe Biden, and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese issued a joint statement on May 24 stating that the Quad will seek to extend more than $50 billion in infrastructure assistance and investment to the Indo-Pacific region over the next five years. The leaders are […]
Bereft of allies and coalition partners, embattled Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan was ousted from power in the early hours of Saturday following a no-confidence vote. The combined opposition that spans the political spectrum from the left to the radically religious will form the new government in Pakistan, with Nawaz Sharif’s brother Shahbaz Sharif, the […]
The parliamentary majority of Sri Lanka’s ruling coalition headed by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has come under threat with dissident lawmakers, led by former president Maithripala Sirisena, planning to break away from the government against the backdrop of nationwide protests over the country’s worst economic crisis. Sri Lanka is currently experiencing its worst economic crisis in history. With long lines for […]
European buyers of Russian gas faced a deadline to start paying in roubles on Friday, while negotiations aimed at ending the five-week war were set to resume even as Ukraine braced for further attacks in the south and east. Moscow’s invasion of its neighbor has killed thousands, sent millions fleeing, and galvanized the United States […]
Search engine giant Google has announced a multi-year initiative to build a privacy sandbox on Android, with the goal of introducing more private advertising solutions. These solutions will limit sharing of user data with third parties and operate without cross-app identifiers, including advertising ID. “We’re also exploring technologies that reduce the potential for covert data collection, including safer ways for apps […]
Global stocks were caught in the crosshairs of Russia-Ukraine tensions on Monday, with India’s benchmark indices falling more than 3 per cent as the threat of an imminent war prompted investors to flee risky assets. Brent crude prices rose past $96 a barrel, the highest level in more than seven years, stoking concerns that they will […]
A new coronavirus variant Deltacron has emerged in Cyprus which has a similar genetic background to the Delta variant, as well as some of the mutations from Omicron, and experts say that it is not something to be worried about at the moment, a media report said. In total, 10 of the mutations from Omicron were found […]
