24-12-2025 WELLINGTON: New Zealand and India have concluded a Free Trade Agreement, offering New Zealanders unprecedented access to 1.4 billion Indian consumers, Trade and Investment Minister Todd McClay announced Monday. This historic Agreement eliminates and reduces tariffs on 95 percent of New Zealand’s exports among the highest of any Indian FTA with almost 57 percent being duty-free from day …
Read More »Australian PM apologizes over Bondi attack
24-12-2025 CANBERRA: Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has apologized to the Jewish community over last week’s Bondi Beach attack, which killed 15 people at a Hanukkah ceremony, and called for stricter laws against hate speech and hardline violence. Speaking on Monday, a week after Australia’s deadliest mass shooting in decades …
Read More »Japan set to restart world’s biggest nuclear power plant
24-12-2025 TOKYO: Japan is set to resume operations at the world’s largest nuclear power plant; Kashiwazaki-Kariwa. The partial restart of the plant got the green light in a vote on Monday by the Niigata local government. Japan has reopened several nuclear facilities as it seeks to reduce emissions, reversing policy …
Read More »Netanyahu finally announces October 7 inquiry
24-12-2025 JERUSALEM: The news that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be heading the inquiry into his own government’s failings ahead of the Hamas-led attacks of October 7, 2023, has drawn sharp criticism from many across Israel. Calls for a state commission of inquiry, to be led by a sitting …
Read More »Russian General killed in car bombing in Moscow
24-12-2025 MOSCOW: A Russian general has been killed in a car bombing in Moscow, officials have said. Russia’s Investigative Committee said Lt Gen Fanil Sarvarov died on Monday morning after an explosive device planted under a car detonated. Sarvarov, 56, was the head of the armed forces’ operational training department, …
Read More »Thai & Cambodian officials to meet amid border clashes
24-12-2025 KUALA LUMPUR: Thailand and Cambodia agreed to hold a meeting of defence officials towards resuming a months-old ceasefire, as fierce border fighting between them entered a third week with at least 80 people killed so far. The decision was taken on Monday during a special meeting in Kuala Lumpur …
Read More »Israel’s hostage families drive global diplomacy force
23-12-2025 JERUSALEM: In central Tel Aviv, the main stage has now been dismantled in Hostages Square, the focal point for the campaign over the past two years to bring back Israelis held in Gaza. Nearby, signs and posters have been taken down, and the Hostages and Missing Families Forum has …
Read More »UK’s Prince & son volunteer at homelessness charity
23-12-2025 LONDON: A touching gesture was provided for Prince William and Prince George as they were welcomed to a homeless shelter at the same charity the Prince of Wales visited with his mother, Princess Diana, 31 years ago. George, 12, followed in the footsteps of his father with his visit …
Read More »India to revamp M&A rules to protect retail investors
23-12-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ MUMBAI: India’s Securities and Exchange Board (SEBI) plans to amend its merger and acquisition rules, including barring acquiring companies from offering higher prices or additional compensation to major shareholders, said two sources with direct knowledge of the matter. The reforms aim to level the playing …
Read More »Australian PM booed as Bondi Beach attack victims honored
23-12-2025 SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was booed by an angry crowd gathered at the famous Bondi beach on Sunday to honor the victims of a gun attack a week earlier that targeted a seaside Jewish Hanukkah festival event. The nation marked a day of reflection on Sunday to …
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