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Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess to step down by Sept with Board consent

Herbert Diess, the CEO of the German automaker Volkswagen, is stepping down, the company announced Friday.

Mario Draghi resigns as Premier, leaving Italy in political chaos

Investor reaction was clear, with the yield on the Italy's 10-year note jumping as much as 21 basis points to 3.6%, its highest since June

'It's just a devastating decline': Monarch butterflies listed as endangered

This is one of the most recognisable butterflies in the world

Stock market investors richer by over Rs 9.76 trn in five days

In five days, the 30-share BSE benchmark has rallied 2,265.8 points or 4.24%

World's oldest male giant panda dies at age 35 in Hong Kong

An An had high blood pressure, a common condition among geriatric pandas

Alt News' Mohammad Zubair released from Tihar after SC grants bail

The court said it finds 'no reason or justification for the deprivation of his liberty to persist any further'

UK inflation surges to new 40-year high of 9.4% amid rising fuel prices

Inflation in the United Kingdom has accelerated to a new 40-year high, driven by rising food and fuel prices that are contributing to a cost-of-living crisis

Vladimir Putin in Tehran for talks with leaders of Iran, Turkey

In only his second trip abroad since Russian tanks rolled into its neighbour in February, Putin is meeting Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on pressing issues

US president Biden lands in Israel, jittery about Iran nuke programme

Biden is spending two days in Jerusalem for talks with Israeli leaders before meeting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday in the West Bank

Helped plan coups in other countries, says former US NSA John Bolton

The attack on the US Capitol was the result of then-president Donald Trump "just stumbling around from one idea to another," Bolton said

Adani gets LoI for 5G services in Gujarat; final list of bidders on July 20

Adani Data Networks, Jio, Airtel and Vodafone Idea to bid for 5G spectrum

NASA releases images of Universe taken from world's most powerful telescope

The first image from the $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope was released Monday at the White House - a jumble of distant galaxies that went deeper into the cosmos than humanity has ever seen

Putin expands fast-track Russian citizenship to all Ukrainians

Until recently, only residents of Ukraine's eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions, as well as residents of the southern Zaporizhzhia and the Kherson regions were eligible for the simplified procedure

Japan ruling alliance easily retains Upper House majority after Abe killing

The last day of campaigning on Saturday, a day after Abe was gunned down while delivering a speech, was held under heightened security as party leaders pledged to uphold democracy

Macao to shut casinos for a week amid Covid rise, allows essential services

The Asian gambling centre of Macao will close all its casinos for a week starting Monday and largely restrict people to their homes as it tries to stop a Covid-19 outbreak

South Africa: Shooting at a bar in Johannesburg's Soweto leaves 14 dead

A mass shooting at a tavern in Johannesburg's Soweto township has killed 14 people and left three others in critical condition, according to police

Ukraine: 10 dead in rocket attack on apartment; over 30 might be trapped

Pavlo Kyrylenko, governor of the Donetsk region, said about three dozen people could be trapped in the rubble

Inflation may ease gradually in 2nd half of fiscal, says RBI Governor Das

Inflation is a measure of the trust and confidence that the public reposes in the economic institutions of the country, Das said while speaking at the inaugural Kautilya Economic Conclave

G-20 diplomats struggle for unity on Ukraine, war's impact: Report

Consensus appeared to remain elusive amid deepe­ning East-West splits driven by China and Russia on one side and the US and Europe on the other

Inflation pushed 71 million people into poverty since Ukraine war

A staggering 71 million more people around the world are experiencing poverty as a result of soaring food and energy prices that climbed in the weeks following Russia's invasion of Ukraine