MELBOURNE, Oct 15 (Reuters) – On home pitches and with strength across the board, Australia are in the box seat to become the first team to win back-to-back T20 World Cups in a country that has eagerly awaited its chance to stage the global showpiece. Australia were to host the tournament for the first time...
DUBAI, Oct 12 (Reuters) – A “flying car” built by Chinese electronic vehicle maker Xpeng Inc (9868.HK) made its first public flight in the United Arab Emirates, as the company works towards launching the electric aircraft on international markets. The X2 is a two-seater electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft that is lifted by eight...
WASHINGTON, Oct 12 (Reuters) – President Joe Biden pledged on Tuesday “there will be consequences” for U.S. relations with Saudi Arabia after OPEC+ announced last week that it would cut its oil production target over U.S. objections. His announcement came a day after powerful Democratic Senator Bob Menendez, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee,...
HONG KONG, Oct 12 (Reuters) – When Wang Yang was Chinese Communist Party boss of economic powerhouse Guangdong province, the man now considered a top contender to be China’s next premier displayed a liberal streak that has been less visible since Xi Jinping took power. During his time in Guangdong, which borders Hong Kong, Wang...
KYIV, Oct 10 (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Ukraine of orchestrating what he called a terrorist attack on a key bridge linking Russia and Crimea, as he prepared to hold a meeting of his security council on Monday. “There is no doubt. This is an act of terrorism aimed at destroying critically important...
SEOUL:South Korean Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup met with the commander of the US Indo-Pacific Command in Seoul on Friday to discuss North Korea’s provocations and the Seoul-Washington alliance, Lee’s office said. Lee and Adm. John Aquilino shared the view that the allies have “strongly” responded to North Korea over Pyongyang’s latest ballistic missile tests, according...
WASHINGTON:US announced new economic sanctions on North Korea after launched a series of ballistic missiles he called “unprecedented in their pace, scale and scope.” In a statement,US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said this year alone, North Korea has launched 41 ballistic missiles, six of them intercontinental ballistic missiles. North Korea has conducted six ballistic...
BENGALURU, Oct 7 (Reuters) – India’s rupee will trade near its record low against the mighty greenback beyond this year, buffeted by rising oil prices and an aggressive U.S. Federal Reserve rate-hiking campaign, according to a Reuters poll of FX strategists. Steamrolled by the Fed-pumped dollar, the rupee has fallen over 10% this year and...
CAIRO (special correspondent):Islamic Research Foundation Cairo organised a Webinar last week, on the topic of the US-China Trade and Media war, especially its new Xinjiang-related bill. Scholars from Al-Azhar University Egypt, Nanjing University China and RMIT University, Australia participated in Webinar. Scholars from Al-Azhar University shed light on the history of Muslims in China. It...
By Dr Majid khan Hindutva is on the rise globally, especially since 2014, when Modi came into power in India. Subsequently, after this, we have seen Hindutva is one of India’s largest export to the entire world by the Modi regime. During the last few weeks, people in United Kingdom have seen Hindutva’s fruits (brutality)...