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19-02-2025 WASHINGTON/ TAIPEI: Taiwan is exploring buying arms worth billions of dollars from the United States, sources briefed on the matter said, hoping to win support from the new Trump administration as China continues to apply military pressure on the island. Three sources familiar with the situation, speaking to media …

19-02-2025 BRAZZAVILLE: Residents of eastern Congo’s second-largest city on Monday surveyed the aftermath of widespread looting that accompanied the arrival of Rwandan-backed M23 rebels who have pledged to restore order. The M23 fighters moved into the centre of Bukavu on Sunday, marking the Tutsi-led group’s most significant advance since seizing …

19-02-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Indian state power company NTPC, opens new tab is looking to build 30 gigawatts of nuclear power capacity over the next two decades, three times more than expected, at a cost of $62 billion, three sources said. The country’s top power producer, which …

19-02-2025 MUNICH: Ever since World War Two ended, Europe has been able to stand up to Russia by relying on its big brother in the United States but now it is confronted by a strongman in the White House, US President Donald Trump, as well as one in the Kremlin, …

19-02-2025 BUENOS AIRES: Argentine President Javier Milei is facing impeachment calls and legal action accusing him of fraud over his promotion of cryptocurrency on social media. Milei posted on X, formerly Twitter, about the $LIBRA coin on Friday, which he said would help fund small businesses and start-ups. He shared …

19-02-2025 PARIS: Sir Keir Starmer has said any Ukraine peace deal would require a “US backstop” to deter Russia from attacking its neighbor again. Speaking after a hastily convened meeting with European leaders in Paris, the prime minister repeated that he would consider deploying UK troops to Ukraine in the …

18-02-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies SYDNEY: The majority of Australian voters want the current Labor government out of office, posing a threat to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s re-election plans just months ahead of a national election as his approval rating hit its lowest point, a widely watched poll showed on …

18-02-2025 BEIJING: China’s military on Monday condemned the sailing of a Canadian warship in the Taiwan Strait, saying its air and naval forces had monitored and warned the ship, a mission that came just a few days after US Navy ships made a similar mission. The US Navy, and occasionally …

18-02-2025 NAIROBI: Uganda will attack the town of Bunia in neighboring eastern Congo unless “all forces” there surrender their arms within 24 hours, the chief of Ugandan defence forces, General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, said in a post on X on Saturday. Kainerugaba, who has a history of posting provocative comments on …

18-02-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: The ePlane Company, an Indian electric aircraft startup, said on Monday it has agreed to supply 788 air ambulances in a deal valued at more than $1 billion, at a time when the country is grappling with worsening traffic congestion in busy cities. …