India has slammed Pakistan for its “delusional tirades” on Jammu and Kashmir during a United Nations Security Council debate on women and security. Continue reading ‘Sanctioned 400,000 rapes’: India slams Pakistan’s Kashmir rant at UN
Kurdish SDF spokesperson Farhad Shami accused factions belonging to the Damascus government of attempting to enter two Kurdish-held districts of Aleppo with tanks. Continue reading Syrian army redeploys near SDF fronts in northeast Syria as clashes rise
World no.19 Daria Kasatkina has called time on her 2025 WTA season after admitting in an emotional statement on Monday that she was at “breaking point.” The 28-year-old, who switched nationality from Russia to Australia in March, lost badly to Sonay Kartal in her opening match at the WTA 1000 event in Beijing last week Continue reading Daria Kasatkina ends WTA season early after hitting ‘breaking point’
All’s fair in love and politics — and international bank capital rules. US financial watchdogs are making mischief with European standards that give lenders relief by treating the euro zone as a single domestic market. The Americans have a point: The bloc is not a single market for banking and that’s been a problem when things go wrong. But they doubtless have an ulterior motive born of the political obstacles to reforming some of their own rules to help big US banks compete harder with their Eu Continue reading US Banks Are Taking Aim at a European Weak Spot
The Hamas terror organization shared a statement celebrating the two-year mark since the October 7 attacks, with an AI video that showed Yahya Sinwar and footage from the terror attack. Continue reading Hamas celebrates two years since October 7, calls terror attack a ‘glorious day’
MANILA, Philippines – The automotive financing and leasing arm of GT Capital Holdings Inc. will raise P2 billion from the debt market as it anticipates broad asset growth and aims for a wider investor base. In a regulatory filing on Monday, GT Capital said the maiden bond offer of Toyota Financial Services Philippines Corp. (TFSPH) Continue reading Toyota Financial offers P 2-B bonds at nearly 6% yield
Pascal Lamy, coordinatator of the Jacques Delors Institutes and chair of the board of the EU Mission on restoring ocean and waters. Photo credits: Thomas Blairon / Pixelshake Significant gaps are appearing in international efforts to address the state of the oceans, according to Pascal Lamy. At a time when, unfortunately, we see the US distancing themselves from ocean action [.] there is a sort of void appearing, the former trade chief said. Continue reading Lamy sounds alarm as ocean research community moves to fill knowledge gaps
South Africa inflicted a heavy defeat on New Zealand in Match 7 of the ICC Women’s World Cup 2025. Continue reading Women’s World Cup, South Africa tame sorry New Zealand: Stats
From the groves of Corfu and Cephalonia to the orchards of Tiberias and Jaffa, the saga of the etrog under Ottoman rule reveals how a fruit became entangled in struggles of faith and trade. Continue reading The ‘etrog’ wars: How the Ottoman Empire turned a sacred fruit into a global commodity
Photo credits: Jonas Willingstorfer/rsm for Volkswagen Foundation Amid the European rush to attract disenchanted US researchers, the Volkswagen Foundation is experimenting with a different approach: grants for US researchers to split their time between the US and Germany. The funding scheme, due to open in. Continue reading US researchers: Choose Europe, but part-time