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The Dominican Republic has partially reopened its border with Haiti to limited commercial activity nearly a month after shuttering the frontier amid an ongoing spat over construction of a canal targeting water from a shared river

Belgium’s prime minister says his country, which has the biggest interest in the global diamond trade in the European Union, is supporting a ban on Russian diamonds as part of sanctions targeting President Vladimir Putin’s government for its war agains...

By Gustavo Palencia

Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour," opening on Friday, October 13, has already exceeded $100 million in advance ticket sales across 8,500 theaters in 100 countries worldwide. The movie will have its world premiere screening at The Grove in Los Angeles on Wednesday, October 11. «Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour» will be shown in AMC theaters via Variance Films in the United States, starting on Friday, October 13, with screenings scheduled at 6 p.m. local time.

India Inc – for India Inc. Now in its fifth edition, The Economic Times Women Ahead listing showcases a formidable line-up of 29 female achievers, who have made an impact not just in their respective organisations and industries but are also inspirations to future generations of leaders. Based on an extensive study by consulting firm Spencer Stuart, the list itself has been picked by the who’s who of corporate India. The stellar panel of jury members included Harsh Goenka, chairman, RPG Enterprises (also, chair of the jury); Janmejaya Sinha, chairman, India, Boston Consulting Group; Shweta Jalan, managing partner, Advent India PE Advisors; Zia Mody, cofounder & managing partner, AZB & Partners; Saugata Gupta, managing director and CEO, Marico; V Vaidyanathan, managing director and CEO, IDFC First Bank and Gaurav Dalmia, chairman, Dalmia Group Holdings.

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By Stephen Nellis

WARNING—GRAPHIC FOOTAGE: The Punaro Group CEO Gen. Arnold Punaro (ret.) discusses the attacks on Israel from Hamas and reacts to the White House being grilled over refreezing the $6 billion from the Iran prisoner swap deal.

The Sunshine State is about to get an influx of venture capitalists after the state government’s start-up funding initiative received a staggering amount of interest.

NEW DELHI : As countries move toward ambitious net zero goals, a leading international non-profit supporting clean energy is likely to launch a global consortium on battery energy storage systems (BESS) at the coming UN climate change conference, to be held in the UAE. Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet , formed in 2021 by the Rockefeller Foundation, IKEA Foundation and Bezos Earth Fund among others, plans to float the Global BESS Consortium at the UN Cop28 meeting, which will held from 30 November to 12 December. Ashvin Dayal, senior vice president, power and climate at Rockefeller said the consortium will look at ways to both drive down the cost and unlock the value proposition for power distribution companies in terms of adoption of battery storage.

What is the genesis of this crisis? It’s an incendiary mix of politics, religion and economics. Modern Palestine was populated with Jews from the global diaspora—a British imperial drive—in 1948. Around 750,000 Palestinians were expelled as Jews captured 78% of the land.

NEW DELHI : Japan’s premier international cooperation and development agency, JICA, is interested in partnering with India in infrastructure projects in Southeast Asia, Africa and the Pacific, said JICA India chief Saito Mitsunori. He also pointed to JICA’s plans with the newly announced Bay of Bengal Northeast Corridor, which aims to build infrastructure in India and Bangladesh and construct a new industrial value chain.

Emerging-market stocks just crossed another grim milestone: They’ve tumbled to the lowest level in 36 years relative to US equities.

Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly says flights will begin to help Canadians depart Tel Aviv, Israel, by the end of the week with the help of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF).

₹2,200 crore, in terms of size. We’ve been working on transformation and integration of Eastern into our business," he said.

Army chief Gen Manoj Pande on Wednesday felicitated Olympian Neeraj Chopra and several other sportspersons for their remarkable accomplishments at the Asian Games in China, and said the army will continue to support and nurture sporting talent. India bagged its highest-ever total of 107 medals at the Asian Games in Hangzhou. In his address at the felicitation ceremony held at Manekshaw Centre here, Gen Pande said the Indian Army also made a significant contribution of 20 medals — three Gold, seven Silver, and 10 Bronze — to the country's tally.

Jaishankar on Wednesday called on Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe here and held «extensive discussions» aimed at enhancing the relationship between the two neighbours. The minister, who is here to attend the 23rd Council of Ministers Meeting of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA), met with President Wickremesinghe at the Presidential Secretariat. «Called on President of Sri Lanka Ranil Wickremesinghe today evening in Colombo.

Narendra Modi will inaugurate on Friday the meeting of Presiding Officers of Parliaments of G20 member nations that will deliberate on critical global issues such as gender equality and transforming lives through public digital programmes. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will kick-start the three-day summit on Thursday by chairing a Parliamentary Forum on LiFE (Lifestyle for Environment), a movement proposed by Modi to advocate sustainable lifestyles to safeguard the environment.

₹15,920 crore, up by 24% versus the previous year. To be sure, countries such as the US, Russia, and France would capitalize on this sort of an opportunity the most and are likely to increase their share of defence exports compared to India, said Amit Anwani, an analyst at Prabhudas Lilladher. This is because India still accounts for a negligible portion of the world’s defence exports.

India and China exchanged views in an open and constructive manner for an early and mutually acceptable resolution of the remaining issues along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Wednesday, a day after the two sides concluded two days of military talks. It said the two sides agreed to maintain the momentum of dialogue and negotiations through the relevant military and diplomatic mechanisms.

TCS on Wednesday said it has 250 staffers in Israel and stressed that the ongoing conflict will not have any major impact on its business. The company said it is in constant touch with all staffers, and at present, the focus is their safety and to look at how they help the communities they live in. It has initiated business continuity plans wherever necessary to ensure that the customers do not get impacted, TCS Chief Operating Officer N Ganapathy Subramaniam told reporters, adding that it does not expect any major impact of the war on its business.