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Intel shares climb on report that Qualcomm made takeover approach

The shares rose 3.4 per cent to $21.87 in New York trading Friday, rebounding from a decline earlier in the day

UNSC meets for emergency session, says 'Lebanon on brink of catastrophe'

The meeting came amid an uptick in cross-border fire between Hezbollah and Israeli forces

Heavy rain pounds northcentral Japan still recovering from deadly quake

The Japan Meteorological Agency issued the highest level of heavy rain across several cities

G-20 nations agree to push for reform of global governance institutions

It's the first time that the world's 20 largest economies formally agree to make a joint effort to modernise global governance institutions

Indian migrants top list of educated global pool in US at 14%: Think tank

The data trend for H-1B workers, a term used to describe foreign professionals in the US, showed that in 2022-23, over 72 per cent of approved H-1B petitions were for workers from India

Ukraine restricts use of Telegram amid Russian surveillance concerns

Ukraine restrict the use of Telegram in government agencies, military formations, and critical infrastructure facilities

Mpox: How Africa's scientists are protecting the world from contagion

Meet eight Africa-based scientists and doctors using cutting-edge genomic tools, data-sharing platforms and shoe-leather epidemiology to identify, track, and counter the spread of emerging pathogens

Weaponising ordinary devices violates international law: UN rights chief

Volker Turk told an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council there must be an independent and transparent investigation of the two attacks in Lebanon

How Google allegedly monopolised ad technology market: All you need to know

Antitrust enforcers alleged that Google gave special access and privileges to its own ad products

Israel vows to eliminate Hezbollah threat following commander's killing

IDF confirmed the killing of senior Hezbollah military figure Ibrahim Aqil

Strike by Boeing workers shows no signs of ending after its 1st week

Federal mediators joined talks between Boeing and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers this week, but union officials reported that little progress was made

B'desh forms committee to probe violence, delegation to visit affected area

A high-level delegation will visit Khagrachhari and Rangamati on Saturday to address the violent situation

Polling begins in Sri Lanka, island nation to elect next president

Some 17 million people are eligible to vote at over 13,400 polling stations

American lawmakers announce launch of Quad Caucus ahead of summit

Quad leaders seek to discuss major initiatives on infrastructure, maritime security, public-private partnership among others

Jury begins deliberations on Trump Train encounter with Biden-Harris bus

Attorneys for the defendants argued they did not intend to hurt anyone or scheme a plan for Democrats

Biden opens foreign policy stretch as allies shift gaze to Trump, Harris

Biden kicks off his spurt of diplomacy on Friday when he hosts Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese for talks at his home near Wilmington

Hezbollah commander killed in Israeli airstrike was on US wanted list

Ibrahim Akil, 61, was the second top commander of Hezbollah to be killed in an Israeli airstrike in the southern suburb of Beirut

India less of an issue in Sri Lankan election, local factors predominate

"For Sri Lankans, this election is a way of overcoming the trauma of the economic hardship they have just been through, a way of speaking out. … India is not a factor."

China weighs removing major homebuying restrictions to boost demand

Authorities are also mulling fresh measures to shore up the sluggish stock market, the people added, without providing more specifics

US Fed's relaxed bank capital plan faces pushback from regulator: Report

At least three of five FDIC board directors whose support is needed to formally propose the new draft currently oppose doing so, the sources said