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Musk criticises Nasa's Sean Duffy as Isaacman praises agency leader

The comments by Musk, the space industry's most prominent CEO, come a day after Duffy expressed frustration over the development by Musk's company of a lunar lander

Walmart pauses job offers to candidates requiring costly H-1B visas

The Trump administration last month slapped a $100,000 fee for new H-1B applications in a bid to overhaul the visa programme and curb overuse

Nepali town mourns native son who died as a Hamas captive in Gaza

Bipin Joshi was 23 when he left Nepal for Israel as part of an agricultural study program. Less than three weeks into his time there, he was taken captive by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023

Trump's pick for federal watchdog withdraws after offensive texts revealed

Paul Ingrassia, who was nominated to lead the Office of Special Counsel, had been scheduled to have his confirmation hearing this week

Trump says he wants to be nice to China, but slaps 155% tariffs from Nov 1

Trump said while he personally wishes to maintain friendly relations with China, years of one-sided economic dealings have left the US with no choice but to take firm action

US Congressmen introduce resolution to recognise Diwali's significance

According to a press release, the resolution honours Diwali's cultural, spiritual, and historical significance to over three million Indian-Americans

Netflix blames tax dispute in Brazil for rare quarterly earnings letdown

The results announced Tuesday broke Netflix's six-quarter streak of posting a profit that eclipsed analysts' projections

Trump positive over trade deal with China, to meet Xi Jinping in 2 weeks

The US President also highlighted ongoing tariff discussions between the two economic powerhouses, suggesting that Beijing was concerned about the level of tariffs imposed by the US

Trump hosts Senate Republicans at renovated WH as shutdown drags on

As the government shutdown enters its fourth week -- on track to become one of the longest in US history -- millions of Americans are bracing for health care sticker shock

Trump puts meeting with Putin on hold, says it would be 'waste of time'

The decision to hold off on the meeting in Budapest, which Trump had announced last week, was made following a call between Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov

Trump-Putin Budapest summit on hold after Rubio talks with Lavrov

The meeting had been announced last week. It was supposed to take place in Budapest, although a date had not been set

Russia says its terms for Ukraine peace unchanged since August summit

Lavrov said that the place and the timing of the next Trump-Putin summit was less important than the substance of implementing the understandings reached in Anchorage, Alaska

Apple challenges EU digital markets act in biggest antitrust court test

Apple's case is the most hard-hitting attack on the law, following on from an earlier defeat for ByteDance over its TikTok platform's inclusion in the DMA's scope

From gold toilet to Mona Lisa, Louvre heist adds to art theft history

Recovery of objects from heists is low. it's impossible to put a number to it, but some say art recoveries globally are possibly as low as 10%

Vance on Israel visit, says Gaza ceasefire holding better than expected

Vance, Witkoff and others are in Israel to shore up the ceasefire following a burst of deadly violence and questions over the plan for long-term peace

Stocks rise, gold slips as easing trade tensions boost investor confidence

In Asia, the near-certainty of Sanae Takaichi becoming Japan's next prime minister briefly sent Tokyo's Nikkei to a record high and dented the yen

AUKUS pact will fuel arms race, raise nuclear proliferation risks: China

China has been vocal in its criticism, saying the AUKUS, together with the QUAD alliance between the US, India, Japan and Australia, was aimed at countering its rise

Magnitude 4.6 earthquake jolts Pakistan after recent tremors in region

Earthquakes of moderate 4.0 intensity had hit Pakistan on Saturday and Sunday also

What to expect for Japan's economy under Sanae Takaichi, its 1st female PM

I want to focus first on dealing with rising consumer prices, Takaichi told reporters after she was elected head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party earlier this month

Colombo terminal with Adani funding tops Sri Lanka's FDI inflows in 2025

BOI announced that FDI inflows including foreign commercial loans for investments to BOI-approved enterprises have reached $827 million during the period January to September 2025