Japan’s ruling coalition, led by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, is expected to lose its majority in the upper house of Parliament after Sunday’s election, according to exit polls. The coalition also lost control of the lower house in October, putting Ishiba’s government under even more pressure. Exit polls suggest that Ishiba’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)…
NEW DELHI: In a dramatic turn of events, Canadian PM Mark Carney called PM Modi and invited him for the G7 summit that begins eight days from now at Kananaskis in Alberta. Modi accepted the invitation and said he was looking forward to meeting him at the summit.The announcement by Modi on X followed almost…
Russia has officially accepted the Taliban’s nomination of an ambassador to Moscow, the Afghan foreign ministry said in a statement on Sunday, as economic and political ties grow between the two sanctions-hit nations. Russia in April suspended its ban on the Taliban, which it had designated for more than two decades as a terrorist organisation,…
The Pentagon has confirmed it has accepted a luxury Boeing 747 from Qatar, setting it on a path to become the next Air Force One, despite a wave of constitutional concerns and bipartisan criticism in Congress. The aircraft, described as a “palace in the sky,” was offered during President Donald Trump’s recent Middle East visit…
NEW DELHI: Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati on Sunday pardoned her nephew Akash Anand and re-inducted him into the party after he publicly apologised for being “under the … influence” of his father-in-law.In a social media post on X, former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati said a decision has been taken “to give one more…
NEW DELHI: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) working committee on Friday accepted Sukhbir Singh Badal‘s resignation as party president, according to party officials. This decision followed the directive from Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh in early December, urging SAD to implement the December 2 edict regarding Badal’s resignation.The acceptance took place during a working…
Yashasvi Jaiswal’s dismissal (Screengrabs) NEW DELHI: Australian wicketkeeper-batter Alex Carey provided his perspective on the controversial dismissal of Indian batter Yashasvi Jaiswal on Day 5 of the Melbourne Test. Carey expressed his belief that the third umpire made the correct decision in ruling Jaiswal out, despite the lack of a clear spike on the snickometer….