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Aug 22, 2025

Modi lambasted for record-breaking unemployment

“They don’t even need your votes, so they don’t care about your problems either,” Rahul remarked while again reminding the people of the connection between Modi and big business.

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Aug 21, 2025

India bans cash-based online games, apps face closure

The new bill states that anyone who offers money games after the law comes in force could face a jail term of up to three years and a fine.

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Aug 21, 2025

More Iran-related US sanctions as Tehran not ready for talks yet

Iran suspended talks with Washington aimed at curbing the Islamic Republic’s nuclear ambitions after the US and Israel struck its nuclear sites in June. Iran denies any intent to develop atomic bombs

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Aug 21, 2025

Israel pounds Gaza City, Palestinians in Lebanon to start disarming

“Today marks the beginning of the first phase of the process of handing over weapons from inside the Palestinian camps,” Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee chairman Ramez Dimashkieh said in a statement.

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Web Desk AFP
Aug 21, 2025

EU wildfires burnt 2.5m acres in 2025, an area larger than Cyprus

This calculation is based on a total compiled by AFP from estimates by country by EFFIS, at a time when Spain and Portugal are still battling wildfires.

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Reuters
Aug 21, 2025

EU to secure lower US car tariff by opening market to US goods

In a 3-1/2-page joint statement, the two sides spelled out that 15 per cent US tariffs would apply to most EU imports and listed the commitments made, including the EU’s pledge to eliminate tariffs on US industrial goods and to give preferential market access for a wide range of US seafood and agricultural goods.

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Aug 21, 2025

China surprised by India’s U-turn on Taiwan

“It would seem that some people in India have tried to undermine China’s sovereignty on the Taiwan question and impede the improvement of China-India relations. China expresses serious concern and firmly opposes that.”

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Reuters
Aug 21, 2025

China for eradicating breeding ground for terrorism

“It is necessary to improve the security dialogue mechanism, deepen law enforcement and security cooperation, strengthen the fight against transnational terrorist activities, and eradicate the breeding ground for terrorism,” Wang said.

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Aug 21, 2025

Gold stays range-bound with investors watching Fed outlook

Gold prices held largely steady on Thursday as investors waited for policy signals from the US Federal Reserve ahead of its annual Jackson Hole symposium.

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Reuters
Aug 21, 2025

UN demands Gaza ceasefire, cautions against Israel’s fresh offensive

Officials say Israel’s goal is to assert control over Gaza’s largest city, even as humanitarian organisations caution that the operation could drive tens of thousands more Palestinians from their homes