Russia and Ukraine exchanged 303 prisoners each yesterday, completing the biggest prisoner swap since the war began in 2022. The exchange was part of a deal reached during recent talks in Istanbul on May 16, where both sides agreed to release 1,000 prisoners each.   The Russian Defence Ministry said its...
Top finance officials from the world’s seven wealthiest democracies have set aside stark differences on US tariffs and agreed to counter global “economic imbalances”, a swipe at China’s trade practices. Ahead of the meeting of G7 finance ministers and central bank governors there had been doubt about whether there would be a...
Russia has accused the International Criminal Court (ICC) of strong political bias and legal impropriety following the issuance of arrest warrants against several of its senior officials, including President Vladimir Putin. The Russian Security Council’s Deputy Secretary, Alexander Venediktov described the court as having become “an obedient puppet in...
Russia and Ukraine each released 390 prisoners on Friday and said they would free more in the coming days, in what is expected to be the biggest prisoner swap of the war so far. The agreement to exchange 1,000 prisoners each was the only concrete step towards peace to emerge...
US President Donald Trump has signed executive orders for a reform of the country’s nuclear industry. The administration says it will reduce regulatory barriers and speed up construction of nuclear reactors. The reforms will make it easier for the authorities to approve new nuclear power plant construction. Approvals have...
Harvard is suing the Trump administration after the university’s ability to enrol international students was revoked, describing the move as a clear violation of the law. The lawsuit, filed today in Boston, aims to block the Department of Homeland Security’s decision to strip Harvard of its certification under the Student...
The Trump administration announced on Wednesday that it will continue its efforts to prevent advanced artificial intelligence (AI) technology from reaching China, dismissing requests from Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang to relax chip export limitations to the country “We have great respect for Jensen,” stated Sriram Krishnan, a senior policy adviser...
Germany has fully supported India’s right to defend itself against terrorism. External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar today met his German counterpart Johann Wadephul in Berlin. After the talks, the German Minister condemned the terrorist attack on India. Mr. Wadephul advocated a bilateral solution between India and Pakistan. During...
Billionaire Elon Musk’s DOGE team is expanding use of his artificial intelligence chatbot Grok in the U.S. federal government to analyze data, said three people familiar with the matter, potentially violating conflict-of-interest laws and putting at risk sensitive information on millions of Americans. Such use of Grok could reinforce concerns...
Iranian and U.S. negotiators will resume talks on Friday in Rome to resolve a decades-long dispute over Iran’s nuclear ambitions, despite Tehran’s supreme leader warning that clinching a new deal might be insurmountable amid clashing red lines. The stakes are high for both sides. President Donald Trump wants to curtail...