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Canadian citizenship for 300,000 people by March 2023, Indians to benefit

Canada aims to grant citizenship to 300,000 people in the 2022-2023 fiscal year, a move likely to benefit many Indians

S Korean music sensation BTS' Jin to release first solo single on Oct 28

Singer Jin, a member of the South Korean music sensation BTS, will release his first solo song "The Astronaut" on October 28. BTS management agency BigHit Music made the announcement on the fan community forum Weverse on Tuesday night, a day after the company said the group is looking forward to carrying out their mandatory military service with oldest member Jin initiating the process by the month end. "BTS member Jin's first official solo single, 'The Astronaut,' will be released on October 28, 2022. Since it's a song made with so much love toward the fans, we hope 'The Astronaut' can be a gift to all of you," the agency said in a statement. Jin, who turns 30 in December, will begin the enlistment formalities once commitments related to his solo album release are complete. In South Korea, all able-bodied men aged 18-28 are required to serve in the military for about two years. All BTS members had been allowed to put off starting their military service until they turned 30. "We a

European shares fall as selling pressure kicks in after recent gains

European indexes fell in early trading and US futures were down as selling pressure kicked in Wednesday after a few days of strong gains. Asian shares advanced, led by a nearly 6 per cent jump in Hong Kong's share benchmark as markets there caught up after reopening from a holiday. Easing concerns about interest rate hikes by central banks have helped push markets higher in the past few days, but worries over inflation persist. Britain's FTSE 100 fell 1.2 per cent to 7,002.15 ahead of a speech by British Prime Minister Liz Truss where she was expected to defend her economic plans, including tax cuts that have roiled markets. Truss says she will stick with her plan to reshape Britain's economy through tax cuts and deregulation in a bid to end years of sluggish growth and create a new Britain for the new era. France's CAC 40 fell 0.7 per cent to 5,996.89 in early trading, while Germany's DAX slipped 0.8 per cent to 12,574.14. The future for the S&P 500 was down 0.7 per cent while ..

Oil prices inch lower ahead of a meeting of OPEC+ producers on supply cut

Oil prices moderated very slightly on Wednesday after gaining more than 3% in the previous session ahead of a meeting of OPEC+ producers to discuss a big cut in crude output

Facebook takes down political influence operations from China and Russia

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, on Tuesday took down two separate covert influence networks operating from China and Russia

Tatas to invest $90 bn in India in 5 years; focus on new industries

The investment by the Tata group is a shift in its strategy to focus more in the home markets instead of international markets where the group lost money

Twitter introduces Circle globally, allows users to make smaller groups

People in the circle will see a green badge under Tweets sent to the group. These Tweets cannot be Retweeted.

Bangladesh's forex reserves enough to cover up to 9 months of imports: PM

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said her country would be able to meet 6-9 months of import expenditures with the existing foreign currency reserves

Ukrainian ports of Odesa, Chornomorsk and Pivdenny resume operations

Operations have resumed in three Ukrainian Black Sea ports of Odesa, Chornomorsk and Pivdenny in line with a grain exports deal signed between Kiev and Moscow last week

Japan PM Kishida blames police for death of former leader Shinzo Abe

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Thursday blamed inadequate police security for the death of former leader Shinzo Abe, who was shot while giving an outdoor campaign speech. Abe, one of Japan's most influential politicians, was assassinated last Friday in western Japan, shocking a nation known for its low crime rate. Photos and videos of the shooting show the gunman was able to come close to Abe. A suspect was arrested at the spot and is being detained for questioning. Police and media reports say he told investigators that a rumored link between Abe and a religious group the suspect hated was the reason he killed the former prime minister.

Why a historic cascade of defaults is coming for developing countries

Sri Lanka was the first nation to stop paying its foreign bondholders this year, burdened by unwieldy food and fuel costs that stoked protests and political chaos

GIF creator Stephen Wilhite dies at 74 due to coronavirus infection

"He invented GIF all by himself -- he actually did that at home and brought it into work after he perfected it," Kathaleen, who spoke to The Verge, said

Venice opens film festival with caution, history: Check details here

In Venice, the first isolated pestilence hospital was built on a solitary island in the lagoon

Ismail Sabri Yaakob appointed as new Prime Minister of Malaysia

He will succeed Muhyiddin Yassin, who resigned on Monday after losing majority support in the lower house of parliament

After $610 million crypto heist, hacker has job offer from his victim

PolyNetwork was hit by $600-million heist last week

BHP Group bets on lower-carbon world with petroleum exit; shares up 9.8%

The company also approved $5.7 billion of spending to build a massive new fertiliser mine in Canada

Heathrow reports busiest month since March 2020 as travel recovery begins

Heathrow also called on Britain and the US to reach an agreement to allow Britons to travel to the US

Afghan FM quits, leaves nation; three more capitals fall to Taliban

Group now controls nine of 34 provincial capitals amid US withdrawal

Let us regulate 'wild west' of cryptocurrency: SEC chief Gary Gensler

Gary Gensler seeks more authority from Congress to oversee a market 'rife with fraud, scams and abuse'

Saudi Arabia's Aramco raises Asia, US oil prices in sign demand seen rising

Many analysts and traders see the latest Covid-19 flare-ups as a short-term hit to oil demand