Although this might not be “common knowledge” for those living outside of Asia (more specifically, China), for a while now, the competition amongst Chinese folding phones has been basically as heated as the competition between Samsung, Apple, and Googl…

India on Saturday gifted its in-service missile corvette INS Kirpan to Vietnam in reflection of growing bilateral strategic and defence partnership amid common concerns over China’s increasingly aggressive behaviour in the South China Sea.…
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As the home of the Curry Mile, Manchester has long been known for its wide choice of Indian and South Asian restaurants. While the not-quite-a-mile strip of restaurants on Rusholme’s Wilmslow Road now tends towards more Middle Eastern cuisine, there ar…

G reece is facing the hottest July weekend in 50 years, a top meteorologist has warned, as wildfires continue to rage across the country.
Panagiotis Giannopoulos, a meteorologist with state broadcaster ERT, said Athens would see temperatures of over 40…

French President Emmanuel Macron’s diplomatic advisor said China was delivering items to Russia that could be used as military equipment that in turn could be used in its war in Ukraine.…
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Open this photo in gallery: Retired RCMP officer William Majcher is accused of conducting foreign interference on behalf of China. The RCMP said he had been under investigation since 2021.Handout
In 2014, as Beijing was ramping up Operation Fox Hunt, a…

[1/3] Hun Manet, son of Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, speaks during the final Cambodian People's Party (CPP) election campaign for the upcoming general election in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, July 21, 2023.…
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Open this photo in gallery: Retired RCMP officer William Majcher is accused of conducting foreign interference on behalf of China. The RCMP said he had been under investigation since 2021.Handout
In 2014, as Beijing was ramping up Operation Fox Hunt, …

Edith M. Lederer, The Associated Press
UNITED NATIONS (AP) – Russia came under pressure at the U.N. Security Council on Friday from its ally China and developing countries as well as Western nations to avert a global food crisis and quickly revive Ukr…

Maria Goeppert Mayer worked on the Manhattan Project and later won the Nobel Prize in physics. Bettmann/Getty Images
Nolan's "Oppenheimer" fails to highlight the women who helped make the Manhattan Project possible.
Women worked across the Project, in…

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President Joe Biden announced Friday that he has invited CIA Director William Burns to sit on the cabinet, a mostly symbolic elevation that recognized the US spymaster’s broader role in the administration.
Biden praised Burns for providing him “clear,…

Chinasent dozens of warplanes, including fighter jets and bombers, toward Taiwan, the island's Defense Ministry said Saturday, marking a forceful display days before the democracy plans to hold military exercises aimed at defending itself against a po…

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PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron's diplomatic adviser said China was delivering items to Russia that could be used as military equipment that, in turn, could be used in its war on Ukraine.
"There are indications that they are doing things we wo…

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India’s imports of oil from Russia reached a new height as New Delhi’s daily volumes climbed to 2.2 million barrels a day in June. The Russian purchases exceeded the combined shipments of Saudi Arabia and Iraq.
Though New Delhi’s trade with Russia rea…