UKRAINE WAR: RUSSIA ALERTS RAJNATH SINGH ON ‘DIRTY BOMB’ Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu called up Defence Ministers of India and China Wednesday to convey Moscow’s concern about a purported Ukrainian plan to use a “dirty bomb”, repeating
UKRAINE WAR: BLACKOUTS IN 1,162 TOWNS AND VILLAGES AFTER RUSSIA STRIKES More than a thousand towns and villages across Ukraine remain without power after massive Russian attacks in recent days, Ukrainian officials have said.
GOVERNMENT TO HIKE INTEREST RATES President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said the government will raise interest rates to keep inflation in check, a policy that is likely to raise the cost of borrowing. After meeting with his economic managers Tuesday, Marcos said taming in
BORDER PEACE, TRANQUILLITY REMAIN BASIS OF NORMAL TIES BETWEEN INDIA, CHINA: JAISHANKAR External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday said peace and tranquillity in the border areas remain the basis for normal ties between India and China and “new normals of postur
RUSSIA WARNS OF WORLD WAR III IF UKRAINE JOINS NATO: REPORT The admission of Ukraine to NATO could result in a third world war, the deputy secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, Alexander Venediktov, told the state TASS news agency in an interview on Th
CHINA LOOKS TO MAINTAIN PHILIPPINES SUPPLY CHAIN GAINS AS MARCOS JR PIVOTS BACK TO US China’s move to establish “demonstration parks” for trade and innovation in the Philippines is part of an effort to shore up supply chains amid US decoupling threats and m
INDIA, PAKISTAN CLASH OVER KASHMIR IN US, RWANDA AND KAZAKHSTAN India and Pakistan have clashed over the issue of Kashmir at three international forums spread as far apart as New York, Kigali (Rwanda) and Astana (Kazakhstan).
LEBANON, ISRAEL REACH ‘HISTORIC’ AGREEMENT ON MARITIME BORDERS Jerusalem : Israel and Lebanon have agreed to resolve a decades-old dispute over the control of an eastern stretch of the Mediterranean Sea, leaders of the two countries announced Tuesday, in a major
CHINA DENIES PLACING PHILIPPINES ON TOURISM BLACKLIST MANILA — China denied Tuesday that the Philippines is on its tourism blacklist after Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri claimed that Beijing has restricted Chinese tourists from coming to Manila due to the continue
UN WILL BECOME ‘IRRELEVANT’ WITHOUT REFORMS: JAISHANKAR The United Nations Security Council reforms is like a “hard nut”, but hard nuts can be cracked, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said in Sydney yesterday as he cautioned that the world body
