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NEW DELHI: BJP‘s super-majority win in a string of assembly polls, capped by its maiden victory in West Bengal with over two-thirds seats, and its rising number in Rajya Sabha will all but allow the party to dictate terms in next year’s presidential election, after its loss of majority in Lok Sabha polls had raised…
At least 14 people were killed and 38 others injured in a highway bomb attack in southwestern Colombia on Saturday, underscoring a surge in violence just weeks ahead of the country’s presidential election.The bomb detonated after assailants brought traffic to a halt, using a bus and another vehicle to block the road.Authorities said the blast…
Myanmar’s junta chief Min Aung Hlaing was nominated on Monday for a parliamentary vote to select the country’s next president, in a move that could formalise his rule under a civilian framework.“I nominate Senior General Min Aung Hlaing as vice-president,” MP Kyaw Kyaw Htay said during a lower house session, according to state-run media. Under…
NEW DELHI: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Tuesday that the political ties between Europe and India have never been stronger, pointing to closer cooperation after the conclusion of a Free Trade Agreement and the launch of a Security and Defence Partnership.Speaking at a banquet hosted in her honour at Rashtrapati Bhavan…
Shakeel Ahmad (ANI image) NEW DELHI: Former Congress leader and ex-Union minister Shakeel Ahmad on Sunday said that the outcome of 2022 Congress presidential election was effectively decided by the backing of Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi.Ahmad claimed that when Shashi Tharoor contested for the party president’s post, he wanted to vote for him, but…
Gunfire was heard near Venezuela’s Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas on Monday night, just days after former president Nicolás Maduro was captured and brought to the United States. CNN obtained videos showed what appeared to be lights from drones and anti-aircraft fire across the night sky.On Monday morning, Maduro, handcuffed and flanked by armed federal…
Representative image (AP) Russia said on Thursday it had recovered and decoded data from a Ukrainian drone shot down earlier this week, which it claimed showed the drone was targeting a Russian presidential residence. Moscow said it would share the relevant information with the United States.“Decryption of routing data revealed that the final target of…
Representative image (AI-generated) Three men are set to stand trial next year over the suspected theft of silverware and valuable tableware from the official residence of the French president, the Paris prosecutor’s office said.The disappearance of items, estimated to be worth between 15,000 and 40,000 euros ($17,500–$46,800), was first reported by the Élysée Palace’s head…
In a recent interview to Vanity Fair, in which Susie Wiles reveals the many predictable behavioural ticks of the denizens of Washington who roam the corridors of power, she called Trump someone with an alcoholic’s impulse, a man who displays liquid courage even while drinking Diet Coke. Among those alcoholic tendencies is the desire to…
The US government is facing a new ‘problem’ over the H-1B visa fee, that was implemented a few months ago. California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced that he, along with 19 other US states, has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration’s policy of hiking the fee on new H-1B visa petitions to an “unprecedented”…
