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Kharkiv, close to the border, to deny Ukraine the possibility of using these weapons against legitimate military targets on Russian territory makes it very hard for them to defend themselves." It has long been a source of frustration for Ukrainians that if they want to go after targets on Russian soil they must depend on home-produced drones, which have only limited utility. Their anger has been boiling over since May 10th, when the Russians began a big offensive across the border only 20 miles (32km) from Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-biggest city. It had been subject to pulverising aerial bombardment for several months before.

Former President Donald Trump has made a promise to grant a presidential pardon to Ross Ulbricht, the founder of Silk Road, if he is re-elected in November’s election.

Hardik Pandya was notably absent as the first batch of Team India's players left for the T20 World Cup 2024 in the USA and West Indies. This has led to significant speculation among fans and the media. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) shared photos of the players at the airport, including Rohit Sharma, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, and Rishabh Pant. However, Pandya was not among them. Performance Woes and Captaincy Criticism Pandya's absence follows a challenging Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 season. As the Mumbai Indians' captain, he faced heavy criticism and was often booed for replacing Rohit Sharma. His performance on the field also fell short of expectations, adding to the scrutiny.

Joint Sword-2024A military exercise around Taiwan, US experts analysed that Beijing has an intent to make large-scale military drills around the island a regular move with the China Coast Guard (CCG) to play a more important role in a blockade, reported Focus Taiwan. Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a think tank in Washington, issued an article, where Bonny Lin, head of the CSIC's China Power Project, and fellow researcher Brian Hart analysed the two-day Joint Sword-2024A, which was launched on Thursday, three days after President Lai Ching-te was sworn in on Monday. Joint Sword-2024A was the third round of large-scale military exercises China has staged around Taiwan in recent years.

Inflation is set to ease across Group of Seven economies, according to those countries’ central bankers, but the progress will be uneven. G-7 leaders meeting in Italy are weighing the durability of America’s growth momentum against the perennial sickliness of Europe’s expansion. However, the softer inflation outlook could be challenged by an aging global population as more old people are spending and fewer young people are producing. In the UK, figures on inflation, migration, private-sector activity, retail sales and consumer confidence have all been published since Wednesday morning, hours before Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called a snap general election. An announcement on household energy bills highlighted the political divide.

COVID-19 vaccine when he was president and for not doing more to stop public health restrictions on the unvaccinated during the pandemic.When Trump took to the stage in Washington, there were loud boos and jeers. A smaller section of the crowd, Trump supporters, cheered him.Shortly before he appeared, one Libertarian Party member shouted: "Donald Trump should have taken a bullet!"Trump's campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the hostile reception.Trump, who was president between 2017 and 2021, immediately mentioned the total 88 felony charges he faces in four federal and state prosecutions."If I wasn't a libertarian I am now," he said.

Hong Kong is considering allowing staking for exchange-traded funds investing directly in Ether, potentially unlocking a source of passive income that has been removed from prospective US issuers' plans. The Securities and Futures Commission has held discussions with the city's crypto ETF issuers about providing staking services via licensed platforms, after fielding proposals in recent weeks, according to people familiar with the matter.

T20 World Cup in the US is a "landmark event" and there is huge excitement among the diaspora as well as across America, India's envoy here said emphasising that the tournament is playing a «very significant role» in bringing cricket to the country's mainstream and will further contribute towards the bilateral people-to-people relationship. «This is the first time we are having a (cricket) World Cup being played on US soil. There is huge excitement, not only among the Indian diaspora members but even in the United States,» Consul General of India in New York Binaya Srikanta Pradhan told PTI here in an exclusive conversation ahead of the much-anticipated tournament. He said American congressmen, senators, elected representatives are talking about the T20 Cricket World Cup being held in the US.

Manishi Raychaudhuri, Veteran Investor In Asian Equities, says for global investors’ focus to come back sustainably in emerging markets, the rate narrative and the US dollar narrative has to change. Till then, we would possibly see this three steps forward and two steps back as far as the FII flows into India and other Asian markets are concerned. There are enough opportunities in India in sectors like capital goods, industrials and power which hitherto had not performed and some FIIsfund managers have moved into midcaps and even smallcap spaces. There was a weakish patch barely a week or 10 days ago when the market corrected from 23,000 to 21,800 odd. At that time, a narrative got built that China and Hong Kong markets have started to look very attractive versus India, so some money went there. But right now, we are back at life highs. Can India afford to do well despite some flows going to China? Manishi Raychaudhuri: I would think so.

Cannes Film Festival 2024: Indian filmmaker Payal Kapadia made history on May 25, bagging hers and the country's first Grand Prix Award for the Malayalam-Hindi language film 'All We Imagine As Light', at the 77th Cannes Film Festival.The Cannes Grand Prix is the second-highest accolade at the festival after the Palme d'Or. American director Sean Baker took home the top-most honour for Anora.Also Read | Cannes 2024: Payal Kapadia becomes first Indian to clinch Grand Prix award for ‘All We Imagine as Light’Notably, according to a PTI report, Kapadia became the first female director in India and the first Indian film in 30 years to compete in the festival's main competition.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's recent trip to Nigeria has left Prince William and Kate Middleton feeling ‘terrified’, according to royal expert Tom Quinn.Tom Quinn told the Mirror that the senior royals, especially William and Kate, are terrified of one thing above all others, that “Harry and Meghan will continue to organise trips across the world until they are seen as the public face of the royal family".“The fear is made worse because William knows that with his wife stricken with cancer he cannot compete and he can’t stop the Meghan and Harry rollercoaster," Quinn noted.

first batch of cricketers who travelled for the prestigious tournament. Other MI cricketers in the national squad, including Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah and Suryakumar Yadav, were seen among the first batch of cricketers flying to the US.It was expected that MI players would be among the first to fly to the US as Mumbai were eliminated in the league stage of this year’s IPL season.

Nifty ended with 2.2% gains in a truncated week amid significant volatility where India VIX shot up to a 52-week high gaining nearly 10% in four sessions. When markets resume trading on Monday, a host of important domestic and global events lined up during the week are likely to impact them. «The Nifty and sensex scaled new peaks on Friday, with the Nifty surpassing the 23,000 mark for the first time ever. Sensex and Nifty record the biggest 2-week gain in the last 5 months. Nifty Bank moves 2% higher this week,» Pravesh Gour, Senior Technical Analyst at Swastika Investmart said, adding that the chart structure of Nifty now shows a bullish trend with a buy-on-dip approach should be adopted.

Mark Mobius, Chairman, Mobius Emerging Opportunities Fund, says that there are lots of steam left in the global market, and we are seeing a lot more interest in equities globally, particularly in the US, and that helps India as well because if people are making a lot of money in the US, they want to diversify globally. They want to put their eggs in more baskets. And one of the most important baskets now is India. Mobius further says that India is a huge market and there are lots of opportunities for global investors.They are going to take advantage of that opportunity. I wanted to glean out a bit because overall we have seen that there has been a shift towards China as well because the valuations there were fairly comfortable. For you, I see that it is still one of the least preferred countries in terms of your geographical portfolio breakdown. What is the thesis there? Are you looking at perhaps increasing the weights in China and even the US for that matter is fairly underweight at just 9%? Mark Mobius: Yes, we are looking at China again now and you have seen that the Hong Kong market has had a pretty good recovery.

Rohit Sharma, the first batch of Indian cricketers departed for the United States on Saturday for the T20 World Cup starting June 2. The squad includes pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah, top-ranked T20I batter Suryakumar Yadav, head coach Rahul Dravid and batting coach Vikram Rathou.

Swati Maliwal's absence during Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's arrest by the ED, she claimed that she went to the US to attend a conference at Harvard and later her stay got extended as her sister contracted Covid-19. Maliwal also questioned that if she was assaulted for that reason, then why Raghav Chadha, who was also away during Kejriwal's arrest, was treated differently.

Indian airports, calling it a “bottleneck" for passengers.In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Kapoor wrote, “Airport entry queues and ID/ticket checks - India is the only major country I am aware of that requires this. I wonder if there is a way forward that does not require this bottleneck."He further mentioned that DigiYatra, an application which helps facilitate a smooth and paperless air-travel experience, is only for tech-savvy air travellers.

Payal Kapadia made history as the first Indian filmmaker to clinch the Grand Prix prize at the Cannes Film Festival for her movie “All We Imagine as Light." This accolade, the festival's second-most prestigious award, was bestowed upon her film, while the coveted Palme d'Or was awarded to American director Sean Baker for his work “Anora," ANI reported.Kapadia's film, screened on Thursday night, marks the first Indian entry in 30 years and the first ever by a female Indian director to be featured in the main competition. The previous Indian film to be selected for the main competition was Shaji N Karun's "Swaham" in 1994.Kapadia received the Grand Prix from American actor Viola Davis.

All-Time Favourites for Children, read by Anuj Datta, Bond told PTI that the format could be called “a stimulus, a catalyst for the whole art of reading". As true as this may be for children, many adults, too, listen to books so that they can multitask during a commute or while doing chores, and meet reading or learning goals. India is the third largest audiobook market in the world after the US and China, according to Statista.

Viral video shows real-life Bambi-Thumper from Disney; netizens say, ‘Art imitated life’ | WatchThe Walt Disney Co. announced that Sherman died Saturday due to age-related illness.

Also Read: Viral video: Thieves use bike to steal goods from moving truck, netizens draw Dhoom parallelOn this day in 1999, during India’s World Cup match against Sri Lanka in Taunton, Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid forged a spectacular partnership of 318 runs for the second wicket. This stand set a record for the highest partnership in ODIs at the time.