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Volkswagen unit MAN Energy Solutions' gas turbine business to a Chinese company on Wednesday, with ministers citing security reasons. The decision comes amid rising trade tensions between the EU and China. Germany's economy ministry can review and stop transactions deemed to have national security implications, and Berlin and the EU are trying to reduce risks from economic ties with Beijing. The planned sale of the German business to Chinese state-owned CSIC Longjiang GH Gas Turbine Co (GHGT) was announced in June 2023 at an undisclosed price, but MAN Energy Solutions said in September the government would take a close look.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s summer campaign circuit will not include a stop at the Calgary Stampede.

Hemant Soren preparing for his third term as Jharkhand’s chief minister, attention turns to whether she will join his cabinet. Kalpana's political ascent Kalpana’s life took a significant turn in March this year when she officially joined the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), over a month after Hemant’s arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). At 38, her transition from homemaker to politician saw her actively campaigning for the party, with Champai Soren’s backing, as JMM's face during the Lok Sabha elections. As per a TOI report, she conducted 151 election rallies, appeared alongside top INDIA bloc leaders, and secured a victory by over 22,000 votes in the Gandey assembly segment in Giridih district. This seat had been vacated by Hemant to bring her into the state assembly in case he was imprisoned due to the ongoing land scam investigation. Upon entering politics, Kalpana stated, «I will be ready to take on whatever responsibility the party gives me.» After her election from Gandey, she emphasised her commitment to accelerating development in her constituency ahead of the assembly elections.

Indonesia’s anti-graft court has sentenced a former agriculture minister to 10 years in prison for extortion, abuse of power and bribery involving ministry contracts with private vendors

Speaking for the first time in front of 10 Downing Street on Friday (5 July), Starmer said the UK has voted «decisively for change and for national renewal», and that he will govern «country first, party second». He said he is ready to rebuild the UK's «infrastructure of opportunity … brick by brick», but caveated it will «take some time» before any change will become visible. Rishi Sunak resigns as prime minister ahead of stepping down as Conservative Party leader «When the gap between the sacrifices made by people and the service they receive from politicians grows this big, it l...

LONDON—British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak stood outside 10 Downing Street on May 22 and called a surprise general election to be held on July 4. Just days earlier, one of his aides, fellow lawmaker Craig Williams, placed a £100 bet that an election would take place in July. “I should have thought through how it looks," Williams said when the move became public.

bifurcation of erstwhile Andhra Pradesh and creation of Telangana in 2014 was an emotional blow. What added salt to the wound was the loss of Hyderabad to Telangana after the bifurcation, leaving Andhra Pradesh without a capital. Naidu, who became the first chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, announced the creation of a new capital, promising to build a smart city.

After India’s historic win in the T20 World Cup final match against South Africa, many politicians, business mens and known figures congratulated team India including Rahul Gandhi and PM Modi. 

In 2019, Boris Johnson rode to a big election win on a promise to “Get Brexit Done" and finally strike a deal with the European Union for Britain’s departure. Next week, the Conservative Party that delivered Brexit goes to the polls again, this time facing a deficit of more than 20 percentage points and almost certain defeat by the opposition Labour Party. The only question, it seems, is the scale of the wipeout for the hapless Rishi Sunak and his Tories.

₹20,000. As it turned out “Sachin Agarwal" was not just any old fellow. He contained multitudes.

Joe Biden’s allies wanted him to demonstrate strength and energy on the debate stage to help put to rest questions about the 81-year-old Democrat’s physical and mental acuity.But on the biggest stage in U.S. politics on Thursday night, Biden did not meet their modest expectations.And by the end of the 90-minute showdown, the Democratic president’s allies — party strategists and rank-and-file voters alike — descended into all-out panic following a debate performance punctuated by repeated stumbles, uncomfortable pauses, and a quiet speaking style that was often difficult to understand.

Narendra Modi and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi made a polite handshake following the election of NDA's candidate Om Birla as the Lok Sabha speaker. The two leaders accompanied Birla to the Speaker's chair. That's because Rahul Gandhi now holds a constitutional position which is opposite to PM Modi's. While PM Modi has been elected the leader of the house in the Lok Sabha, Rahul has become the leader of the opposition. Though Rahul has been seen as the main opponent of PM Modi for long, he was never acknowledged formally as the topmost leader of the opposition. The INDIA bloc of opposition parties led by the Congress did not choose its prime-ministerial candidate ostensibly due to the presence in the opposition bloc of more senior leaders than Rahul such as Sharad Pawar and Mamata Banerjee. But now, since the Congress has emerged as the biggest opposition party by winning 99 seats, a big improvement over its 2019 tally of 52, the opposition has to accept Rahul as its tallest leader.

Six candidates have been approved by Iran’s theocracy to run in Friday’s presidential election to replace the late President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash with several other officials in May

China is deeply concerning and has raised serious allegations of human rights abuses, including forced organ harvesting. In March, during a US congressional committee hearing, experts had claimed that Chinese authorities had gathered genetic information from the Muslim Uyghur minority, with the aim of supporting a forced organ transplant programme targeted at attracting Muslim medical tourists from Gulf states.

The Washington Post says that Robert Winnett, who had been named to take over the organization's core newsroom functions later this year, will not take the job after all

An influential politician in the Philippines who supported expansion of natural gas power is behind a company that planned to make a fortune from it, an Associated Press investigation has found

An influential politician in the Philippines, who has been a cheerleader for natural gas power, is behind a company that planned to make a fortune from it, an Associated Press investigation has found

Prices are surging in Bolivia, dollars are scarce and lines snake away from supply-strapped gas stations

T20 World Cup 2024, Abdul Qadir Patel, a lawmaker from the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), has proposed a suggestion for the national team captain, Babar Azam. The team was knocked out in the group stage for the first time in its history after a crucial match between co-hosts USA and Ireland was abandoned without a ball being bowled. This early exit has ignited intense scrutiny and debate about Babar Azam's future as captain. Pakistan's T20 World Cup campaign began disastrously with a shocking Super Over loss to the USA. This was followed by a six-wicket defeat to arch-rivals India at a packed Nassau County International Cricket Stadium on June 9. These consecutive losses left Pakistan on the brink of elimination. Despite a seven-wicket victory over Canada and a win against Ireland, Pakistan finished third in Group A with four points from four matches, thus failing to advance to the Super Eight stage.

Parliament, NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar said on Saturday. Addressing the media alongside his brother Prataprao Pawar and Lok Sabha member Supriya Sule, the veteran politician highlighted the potential of AI technology in revolutionising agricultural practices. He claimed the AI method (in farming) has been introduced in Baramati- the Lok Sabha constituency represented by his daughter Supriya Sule -for the first time in the country. The former Union agriculture minister also said sugarcane production can be increased at low cost through AI technology.

Jessica Alba returns to the screen in the Netflix thriller "Trigger Warning," portraying Parker, a skilled Special Forces operative who returns to her hometown following her father's suspicious death. Directed by Mouly Surya and drawing inspiration from action classics like "John Wick" and «Rambo: First Blood,» the film unfolds as Parker confronts a gang of criminals linked to a corrupt politician, played with fervor by Anthony Michael Hall.