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India seeks to avoid Trump's Brics wrath as it pursues US trade deal

With New Delhi set to assume the Brics chairmanship in 2026, India needs to differentiate itself from members like China and Russia, who are seeking to build the bloc as an opposition voice to the US

Italy opens Ukraine rebuilding conference as US defence help in doubt

It's the fourth such conference on Ukraine's recovery, with earlier editions in Lugano, Switzerland in 2022, London in 2023 and Berlin last year

B'desh proposes to increase imports from US on first day of tariff talks

Bangladesh has proposed to import more cotton, oil, Boeing aircraft, soybeans, etc from the United States, a Bangladeshi official who participated in the talks said

Tunnel collapse in Los Angeles: All 31 workers rescued, confirms fire dept

Wilmington tunnel collapse: Rescue teams shuttle trapped workers through a 9-km tunnel stretch; paramedics assess 27 individuals

Sri Lanka's apparel industry alarmed by US tariff of 30%, hopes for cut

The US takes about 40 per cent of apparel exports, helping to pull in $1.9 billion last year and make the industry Sri Lanka's third largest earner of foreign exchange, employing 300,000 people

xAI's head of infrastructure engineering resigns, joins Altman's OpenAI

In a post on X on Tuesday, Ruddarraju reflected on his journey at xAI, during which he played a pivotal role in the development of Colossus, a massive supercomputer comprising over 200,000 GPUs

Asian shares up on Nvidia high, investors unfazed by Trump's tariff moves

US copper futures widened their premium to the London benchmark overnight after Trump announced plans to impose a 50 per cent tariff on copper

Trump announces 50% tariff on copper imports; experts warn of price surge

Industry experts warn that the US is dependent on copper imports, and levies could increase costs across critical industries from electronics and automobiles to infrastructure and defence

$100 million job offers: How Mark Zuckerberg is luring the best AI minds

In just the last month, Zuckerberg has poached leading OpenAI scientist Lucas Beyer, who co-created the vision transformer; Ruoming Pang, who led Apple Inc.'s efforts at building AI models

Hundreds gather at high school stadium to honour many lost to Texas floods

Several hundred people gathered for a worship ceremony at a high school stadium in Texas to remember the at least 120 people who died in the catastrophic flash floods over the July Fourth holiday

Singapore's top students fight for elite college club spots amid job crunch

As hiring gets tighter, the number of graduates from popular business and administration courses has climbed for most of the past decade

Rescue efforts underway in Nepal after floods kill 9, leave many stranded

Search operations are also ongoing for the 19 people who went missing following the flood on Tuesday morning, Nepal Police said

Trump slaps 50% tariff on Brazil over Bolsonaro 'witch hunt' trial

US President Donald Trump triggers a 50% tariff on Brazilian imports over Jair Bolsonaro's prosecution, prompting sharp retaliation from President Lula

Gaza ceasefire possible in a week or two, not in a day: Israeli official

Israeli official said that if the two sides agree to a proposed 60-day ceasefire, Israel would use that time to offer a permanent ceasefire that would require the Palestinian militant group to disarm

Three African sites removed from the Unesco world heritage 'in danger' list

The sites taken off the danger list are the Rainforests of the Atsinanana in Madagascar, Abu Mena in Egypt, and the Old Town of Ghadams in Libya

Nissan suspends US production of three vehicle models sold in Canada

Nissan said its top-selling vehicles in Canada, such as the Versa, Sentra and Rogue, were all sourced from either Mexico or Japan, accounting for 80 per cent of its Canadian sales

Trump backs 500% tariff on India's Russian oil trade to pressure Putin

The proposed US bill seeks harsh penalties on Russian oil buyers like India and China, aiming to choke Kremlin's war funding and compel an end to the Ukraine war

Trump promises West African leaders pivot to trade after US aid cut impacts

President Donald Trump promised West African leaders a pivot from aid to trade during a White House meeting on Wednesday as the region reels from the impact of sweeping US aid cuts.

Russia fires more missiles, drones at Kyiv; at least ten injured

In a post on Telegram, Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko said rescue workers were working at a residential building, after falling debris caused a fire on the top floor of an apartment building

Trump appoints transport secretary Sean Duffy as interim Nasa chief

Duffy's appointment comes less than two months after Trump unexpectedly pulled the nomination of his original choice for Nasa administrator, SpaceX astronaut and billionaire Jared Isaacman