Narendra Modi received the Guardian of the Blue Horizon award in Seychelles. The Indian prime minister accepted the "highest" honor from Seychelles president Patrick Herminie. Modi has a pattern of collecting awards during his overseas travels. Indian prime minister has a habit of collecting awards on his travels, some as their first and only recipientAs Narendra Modi touched down in Seychelles over the weekend, the archipelago nation in the Indian Ocean swiftly bestowed one of its “highest” honours upon the Indian prime minister. Modi beamed as he accepted the Guardian of the Blue Horizon award from Patrick Herminie, the Seychelles presi.
A new UN report by an independent expert found racism significantly impacts access to sport. High From high participation costs and restrictions on Palestinian athletes – to bans on Muslim women wearing hijabs – racism continues to shape who gets to participate in sport, a new UN report published on Thursday has found.
Floods in Côte d’Ivoire killed 59 people since May. Authorities say rainy season deadlier, with Ghana reporting 13 dead and floods also hitting Benin, Togo and Nigeria Floods in Côte d’Ivoire have killed 59 people since May, the communication minister told a cabinet meeting in Abidjan. There are fears the toll could further rise as rescue teams continue to search for victims during the rainy season, which runs from May until July, the minister, Amad.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is experiencing an ongoing Ebola outbreak from the Bundib If we don’t know the source, not only do humans remain at risk but wildlife can suffer needlessly health departments were palpitating over the news of an Andes virus infectious disease outbreak on a cruise ship (13 cases, three deaths), in the Democratic Republic of the Congo the Bundibugyo virus, the root of the current Ebola outbreak (currently more th.
Iran tests the Strait of Hormuz and conducts actions in the Gulf. As Washington and Tehran test the limits of a fragile interim understanding, the diplomacy around Iran has become increasingly complex. To unpack the latest developments, RFE/RL spoke with Marc J. Sievers, a former US diplomat based in Abu Dhabi who has served across the Middle East.
US Vice President JD Vance stated the White House is prepared to use force against Iran if diplomacy US Vice President JD Vance has again signaled that the White House is prepared to use force against Iran if diplomacy fails, raising the stakes around a 60-day memorandum of understanding (MOU) that has halted open hostilities but left the core disputes unresolved.
Niger's military regime arrested up to 40 people for homosexuality following a new Fears of resurgence of HIV/Aids amid loss of access to PrEP drugs as at least 40 people arrested in ‘toxic’ climateA “witch-hunt” is under way in Niger, where dozens of people have been arrested for homosexuality in the west African state following the introduction of a new penal code earlier this year. Up to 40 people have been arrested and 16 men, including high-ranking military officials, have b.
A US-Iran diplomatic window, set for 60 days, shows signs Despite a US-Iran memorandum that opened a 60-day diplomatic window, missile exchanges and maritime threats suggest the negotiations are faltering under growing military pressure. RFE/RL spoke with Hudson Institute Senior Fellow Mary Kissel about whether diplomacy can deliver lasting security.
The UN agency UNRWA faces a $100 million budget shortfall. It continues to deliver services to 5.9 million Palestine refugees. The UN agency serving 5.9 million Palestine refugees, UNRWA, continues to strive to deliver on its mandate while facing an unprecedented $100 million budget shortfall, a gap it hopes to narrow during Tuesday’s pledging conference at UN Headquarters.
A report by geopolitical consulting firm Asia Group concluded China was the sole winner in Asia from the Strait of Hormuz crisis. China withstood the global commodities crisis and energy shock due to its stockpiles and renewables industry. It is now gaining from the global push for solar and electric vehicles. Beijing, whose stockpiles and renewables industry allowed it to withstand energy shock, is now gaining from global solar and EV pushChina has emerged as the sole winner in Asia from the strait of Hormuz crisis, by the geopolitical consulting firm Asia Group concluded that China had weathered the storm of the global commodities crisis resulting.
Mothers face constant judgment from each other. Mothers just can’t seem to catch a break, even with each other. The writer explores how being “judgy” can make mothers overly critical of one another, and how she’s trying to stop measuring other mums against her own standards – even as others do the same to her.
Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said AI agent development has not accelerated as expected. Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg told an internal town hall on Thursday that AI agent development over the last four months has not "accelerated in the way we expected,".
Hernán Alberto Gil Flores, 43, was rescued from a collapsed shopping center Security guard Hernán Alberto Gil Flores, 43, initially told rescuers not to tell his wife in case he did not surviveA 43-year-old security guard who survived last week’s devastating earthquakes in Venezuela thanks to a pocket of air in his workstation cabin has been pulled from the collapsed basement of a shopping centre amid huge cheers from international rescue teams. Hernán Alberto Gil Flores h.
An eleven-year-old Canadian boy died of rabies after a bat encounter in an Ontario Eleven-year-old developed symptoms 19 days after encounter in ‘exceedingly rare’ case in Canada Doctors in Canada say a child who awoke to find a bat resting on his nose and mouth while visiting an Ontario cottage later died of rabies, in an “exceedingly rare case” that highlights the need for better public awareness. In a report published this week in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, infe.
Four people died in Mexico City during World Cup celebrations. Three of the victims died from suffocationMore than a million people gathered in Mexico CityFour people died, three from suffocation, as thousands of fans crowded Mexico City streets during World Cup celebrations, the capital’s health secretariat said in the early hours of Wednesday. The deaths occurred near the Angel of Independence landmark, where thousands of fans had gathered to celebrate.
The baseball stadium at Playa Grande, Venezuela, now serves as an emergency shelter. Where children once trained as baseball players, families now sleep under tarpaulins. The stadium at Playa Grande, on Venezuela's central coast, has become an emergency shelter for people who lost their homes – or cannot safely return to them – after the deadly quakes that struck the country on 24 June.
NATO plans to replace its AWACS fleet with Saab GlobalEye jets. NATO dropped plans in 2025 to buy six Boeing E-7 Wedgetail aircraft after the Pentagon, its largest prospective customer, scrapped plans to acquire 26 of the jets and instead put greater emphasis on satellite-based capabilities.
Russian recruitment officers seized men off streets in Penza and other regions. In a video captured in the Russian city of Penza, women sob as their loved ones are loaded into a van by recruitment officers, apparently after the men were forced into signing military contracts. Similar reports have emerged from several Russian regions in recent weeks.
Russian missile and drone attacks killed at least 17 people and injured over At least 17 people were killed and more than 80 injured, including children, in overnight Russian missile and drone attacks on Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, on July 2. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had warned that Russia was preparing a massive strike.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz suggested a Plaza Accord 2. TOKYO. Enter German Chancellor Friedrich Merz as the latest to suggest a Plaza Accord 2.0 is needed to knock China’s export competitiveness down to size. Merz argues the yuan is 30% undervalued, accuses Beijing of “flooding global markets” with artificially cheap goods and warns that its state-subsidized overcapacity is destabilizing an already fragile world economy.
Ukrainian K-2 Brigade drone operators are using medium-range strike UAVs. They target Russian logistics, air defenses, and military vehicles behind the front line. This activity in Ukraine's Donetsk region forces Russia to relocate its frontline logistics hubs. Ukrainian drone operators from the K-2 Brigade are using medium-range strike UAVs to target Russian logistics, air defenses, and military vehicles behind the front line.
China and the European Union launched a new Trade and Investment Consultation Mechanism in Brussels on June The official launch of the China-EU Trade and Investment Consultation Mechanism represents one of the most significant developments in China-Europe economic relations in recent years, underscoring a shared determination to manage an increasingly complex commercial relationship through dialogue rather than confrontation. At the inaugural meeting in Brussels, on June 29, China’s Minister of Commerce.
China's electric vehicle fleet is emerging as a significant, often overlooked, artificial intelligence History has a habit of concealing its most consequential turning points inside the mundane. The invention of the shipping container did not announce itself as a revolution in global trade. The rise of the mobile phone was initially dismissed as an expensive novelty for businessmen. Today, something similarly quiet and similarly transformative is unfolding across The post China’s EV fleet is wo.
Japan is building national resilience by integrating civilian industry capabilities into national strategy. This includes KD This article first appeared on Pacific Forum and is republished with permission. Read the original here. KDDI’s cable-laying and repair capacity, Japan’s intervention in the Makino Milling Machine acquisition, and the Daikin–Shin-Etsu–Hitachi–Tokyo Eco Recycle rare-earth magnet project would seem to belong to separate policy worlds.
Bangladesh's foreign policy under ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina focused heavily on India For decades, Bangladesh’s foreign policy operated on a predictable, singular axis. Under the sixteen-year tenure of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Dhaka’s strategic and economic relations were deeply tethered to New Delhi. A flurry of bilateral agreements spanning digital connectivity, transit rights, and maritime security signaled a tight, almost exclusive alignment with Indian interests.
