Rubio Reassures Gulf Arab Partners on Iran Talks, But Concerns Over Exclusion Persist U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio concluded a three-nation Gulf tour on Thursday insisting that Washington’s partnerships with its Arab allies remain “rock solid,” even as those…
Karnataka’s Welfare Audit: Congress Bets on Fiscal Credibility at Political Cost The Karnataka government has launched a sweeping reverification of beneficiaries under its flagship guarantee schemes — a move that could shore up state finances but risks fracturing the political…
China Reclaims World’s Fastest Supercomputer Title for First Time Since 2017 A Chinese supercomputer has dethroned its American rivals to claim the top spot on the world’s most authoritative high-performance computing ranking — the first time Beijing has held that…
Burnham Enters Parliament With Pub Relief Pledge Andy Burnham, newly sworn in as MP for Makerfield on Monday, has moved quickly to distinguish himself as a potential Labour leader, pledging to cut employers’ National Insurance contributions and reduce business rates…
Taiwan Tracks Six Chinese Naval Vessels Circling Its Waters for Second Consecutive Day Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defence (MND) reported on Wednesday that six People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) vessels were detected operating around the island as of 6am local…
CNA Tops Singapore Trust and Reach Rankings in Reuters Institute’s 2026 Digital News Report Mediacorp’s CNA has been named Singapore’s most trusted and most widely used online news source, according to the Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2026, published on…
When Access Can Be Revoked Overnight A single directive from a foreign government or technology company could, without warning, switch off an AI capability that an entire economy has come to depend on. That is the central risk driving a…
India Moves to Bar Labour Law Violators From Government Contracts India’s Department of Expenditure (DoE) has issued a directive that could ban firms from government procurement if they repeatedly default on wage obligations to workers, marking a significant tightening of…
Trump’s Tarmac Remarks Prompt Mental Acuity Questions From Political Commentators A brief exchange between President Donald Trump and reporters on Monday night, following Game 3 of the NBA Finals, has drawn scrutiny from political analysts questioning the president’s cognitive sharpness…
Xi Jinping Visits Pyongyang to Consolidate Beijing’s Indo-Pacific Alliances Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in Pyongyang for a two-day state visit — his first trip to North Korea in seven years — calling for deeper “strategic coordination and cooperation”…
