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Ukraine’s incursion: Where does it go from here?

Ukrainian military vehicles near a crossing point at the border with Russia Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry has announced it has no intention of permanently holding on to the small pocket of Russian territory it has seized over the last week. But it still faces a stark choice today – whether to keep its forces there to […]

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Baby twins killed in Gaza as father registered births

Mohammed Abu al-Qumsan shows the birth certificates of his twins after learning they were killed in an air strike Newborn twins were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza while their father was at a local government office to register their birth. Asser, a boy, and Ayssel, a girl, were just four days old when

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Japan set for new PM as Kishida bows out as party leader

Japan’s prime minister Fumio Kishida is expected to step down in September Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will not seek re-election as leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which he says needs a “new start”. The 67-year-old LDP veteran is expected to step down as PM after the party elects a new leader

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Canadian tariffs on Chinese EVs should look like the United States’, not Europe’s: Heather Exner-Pirot for Inside Policy

(This article was originally submitted as a letter to the Department of Finance’s Consultations on potential policy responses to unfair Chinese trade practices in electric vehicles.) China is now, beyond a doubt, engaged in dumping and subsidizing a range of clean technologies to manipulate global markets. The remaining question is: How should Canada respond? The Finance

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Japan takes a soft diplomatic approach to ASEAN ties: Stephen Nagy in the Japan Times

Southeast Asia’s changing dynamics force Tokyo to balance its role amid U.S.-China competition. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations was said to be the driver of Asia-Pacific’s regional economic integration in the wake of the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis. There was an informal agreement between the 10 ASEAN members and Japan, South Korea and China

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Chinese company to invest $1.26 million in packaging industry

Chinese company Baida Industrial Company Limited is going to set up a Printed Materials and Packaging Products manufacturing industry in Uttara Export Processing Zone (UEPZ) with an investment of $1.26 million. The company signed an agreement with Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) to this effect at BEPZA Complex, Dhaka on Tuesday (30 July), reads

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The Gaza Man: A Palestinian’s quest to make it to the Paris Olympics

Mohammed Hamada is a champion weightlifter. But after struggling to survive in Gaza, he faces an uphill task to compete at the Paris games. Mohammed comes from a family of weightlifters. His nieces and nephews all participate in the sport and his older brother, Hussam, has trained him for years as Palestine’s national weightlifting coach.

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Adani Group rocked by Hindenburg allegations against SEBI

Adani Group’s stock value plunged by nearly $150bn after Hindenburg Research’s first report in January 2023. Adani Group, the Indian conglomerate rocked by a Hindenburg Research report last year, has faced another heavy share selloff after the short seller accused the head of India’s market regulator of having links to offshore funds also used by

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Putin says Ukraine will ‘receive a worthy response’ over Kursk incursion

Ukraine’s military commander says his forces control about 1,000sq km of the Russian territory. Russian President Vladimir Putin says Ukraine is trying to undermine Russian stability with its incursion into the south of the country and warns that Ukraine will receive “a worthy response”. Last week, Ukrainian forces rammed through the Russian border and swept across western

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Is US preparing for Israel-Iran war by deploying more ships to Middle East?

As the region anticipates what an Iranian response to Israeli assassinations will be, US moves forces to the region. The United States has deployed a naval strike group to the Eastern Mediterranean amidst increased tensions following Israel’s killing of Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr in Beirut and the assassination of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran. The

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Bangladesh economy under pressure amid ‘uncharted’ political turmoil

Hopes that interim government under Muhammad Yunus can restore stability and address country’s inequalities. The student protests that have rocked Bangladesh since July 1 and led Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to flee in the middle of the night in a helicopter to New Delhi have battered the domestic economy, with losses estimated at billions of

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Trump election campaign accuses Iran of hacking attack

Claim comes amid reports of foreign efforts to interfere in US presidential election US presidential candidate Donald Trump has accused Iran of hacking his campaign. The Republican nominee’s campaign team issued a statement late on Saturday claiming that the Iranian government stole and distributed sensitive internal documents. The accusation came after Microsoft issued a report

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Bangladesh Test squad to arrive four days ahead of schedule in Pakistan

The team was invited to train in Lahore and Rawalpindi by the PCB because of the ongoing political unrest in Bangladesh The Bangladesh senior men’s team is set to arrive in Lahore on August 13, four days before their scheduled arrival, for a two-Test series. The team will train for three days each at the Gaddafi

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